Producer · Director · Actor · 1893 to 1973
Merian C. Cooper
Best rated (producing): Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (7.7)
- Producing films
- 49
- Producing avg
- 6.63
- Peak run
- 1925’33
Producing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a producer, films with 25+ votes
Merian by the numbers
Average
6.63
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.71
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.62
rating spread
Career
32y
1925 to 1956
Total votes
7.14K
across every film
Best
7.7
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Worst
5.4
The Son of Kong
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 |  The Searchers | 7.7 | 1,639 |
| 1953 |  The Sun Shines Bright | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1952 |  This Is Cinerama | · | 14 |
| 1952 |  The Quiet Man | 7.3 | 629 |
| 1950 |  Rio Grande | 6.8 | 410 |
| 1950 |  Wagon Master | 6.7 | 169 |
| 1949 |  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 6.9 | 421 |
| 1949 |  Mighty Joe Young | 6.4 | 126 |
| 1948 |  3 Godfathers | 6.8 | 217 |
| 1948 |  Fort Apache | 7.0 | 428 |
| 1947 |  The Fugitive | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1940 |  Dr. Cyclops | 6.2 | 75 |
| 1938 |  The Toy Wife | · | 8 |
| 1936 |  Dancing Pirate | · | 18 |
| 1935 |  The Last Days of Pompeii | 5.8 | 26 |
| 1935 |  She | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1934 |  Kentucky Kernels | · | 10 |
| 1934 |  Finishing School | · | 18 |
| 1934 |  Success at Any Price | · | 10 |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It | · | 4 |
Better together?
Merian C. Cooper's regulars
- Fay WrayDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.59 avg▲+0.77
- Max SteinerComposer · 2 films · 7.59 avg
- Ernest B. SchoedsackCinematographer · 2 films · 6.70 avg
- Ernest B. SchoedsackWriter · 2 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.07
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray movies · Merian C. Cooper and Max Steiner movies · Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack movies · Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper movies
Takes
On Merian C. Cooper
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1953John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, Producers
- WonHonorary Award · Academy Awards 1953Merian C. Cooper