Gary Cooper Inspired Many Great Actors After Him The High Noon actor is said to have found out in February 1961 that he would not survive the illness. He lost the fight just a few months later.

Gary Cooper was one of the world's greatest actors ... winning twice for his performances in Sergeant York and High Noon.

Easily one of the most iconic Westerns of all time, High Noon is Gary Cooper's best-known work in Hollywood. Released in 1952, High Noon starred Cooper and Grace Kelly in a Western tale that wound ...