Cooper Huckabee
Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actor who appeared in The Funhouse, Urban Cowboy, and as Harrison in the 1993 film Gettysburg, among other roles.
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Cooper Huckabee
- Name
- Cooper Huckabee
- Birth Name
- Thomas Cooper Huckabee
- Birthplace
- Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
- Born
- 8 May 1951
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- University of Southern Mississippi · Davidson High School
- Languages
- English
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Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actor who appeared in The Funhouse, Urban Cowboy, and as Harrison in the 1993 film Gettysburg, among other roles.
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Cooper Huckabee (born 1951) is an American actor. The actor was born in Mobile. Cooper Huckabee studied at Davidson High School and University of Southern Mississippi. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Cooper Huckabee • Birth Name — Thomas Cooper Huckabee • Birthplace — Mobile, Alabama, U.S. • Born — 8 May 1951 • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1976–present
Career
Career
Huckabee played Buzz, one of the leading roles, in The Funhouse. He was Marshall, John Travolta's buddy in Urban Cowboy. He shared a starring role in the 1982 CBS made-for-TV movie Country Gold made in Nashville which also featured Loni Anderson, Linda Hamilton, and Earl Holliman. He was Henry Thomas Harrison, the spy, in Gettysburg. He has also had several guest appearances on various TV series, including ER and The Shield. Huckabee appeared as Euple Byrd, the first husband of country music legend Tammy Wynette in the made-for-TV movie, Stand by Your Man. Huckabee also appeared in The Killers video for "A Dustland Fairytale". Huckabee had a recurring role in the TV series True Blood as Joe Lee Mickens.
TV and filmography
TV and filmography
Film and television • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1976 — Little House on the Prairie — Herman Stone — Season 2 Episode #17: "Troublemaker" • 1977 — Dallas — Payton — CBS TV Mini-Series: Season 1, Episode 4 • Murder at the World Series — Frank Gresham • 1978 — Foul Play — Sandy • Hawaii Five-O — Armitage — Episode: "The Bark and the Bite" • The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams — John Ransom — Episode: "The Runaway" • 1980 — Joni — Dick Filbert • Urban Cowboy — Marshall • 1981 — The Funhouse — Buzz • Stand by Your Man — Euple Byrd • The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper — Homer • The Blue and the Gray — Matthew Geyser — TV miniseries • 1982 — Country Gold — Reilly Sears — CBS TV movie • 1983 — Little House: Look Back to Yesterday — Vance Reed • 1985 — Chase — Coy • MacGyver — Bill Farren — Episode: "Hellfire" • 1986 — Eye of the Tiger — Roger • 1987 — The Curse — Dr. Allen Forbes • 1989 — Cohen and Tate — Jeff Knight • 1990 — Night Eyes — Ernie • 1992 — Love Field — Deputy Swinson • 1993 — Gettysburg — Henry Thomas Harrison • 1994 — Bad Girls — Deputy Earl • 1997 — Turbulence — Wing Commander W. Hadfield • 1999 — The General's Daughter — Colonel Weems • 2000 — Space Cowboys — Trajectory Engineer • 2003 — Gods and Generals — Henry Thomas Harrison — reprised role from Gettysburg • 2009 — Staunton Hill — Burgh • 2009 — Dexter — Joe Nix • 2010 — True Blood — Joe Lee Mickens — 7 episodes • 2012 — Django Unchained — Roger "Lil Raj" Brittle • 2013 — Criminal Minds — Raoul Whalen — Episode: "Alchemy" • 2014 — Longmire — George Linder — Episode: "Harvest" • 2015 — Band of Robbers — Muff Potter • 2016 — Pee-wee's Big Holiday — Minister • "The Last Ship (TV series)" — Bob — Season 3, Episode 12 "Resistance" • If Loving You is Wrong — Rusty — 6 episodes • 2019 — NCIS — Kyle Larson — Episode: "Judge, Jury..." • 2020 — Tales from the Hood 3 — Denton Wilbury
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1951
Cooper Huckabee born at Mobile.
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- 1.Cooper Huckabee. Hollywood.com.
- 2.Miller, Mark L. THE FUNHOUSE (1981). Ain't It Cool News. June 23, 2014.
- 3.Canby, Vincent. TRAVOLTA, 'URBAN COWBOY'. The New York Times. June 11, 1980.
- 4.Flander, Judy. Today in Preview. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 27. November 23, 1982.
- 5.Rubin, Stephen Jay. Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010, 2d ed. McFarland & Company. 212. 1981. 9780786486137.
- 6.O'Connor, John J. TV: 'STAND BY YOUR MAN, ' TAMMY WYNETTE STORY. The New York Times. March 31, 1981.
- 7.Another Bit of True Blood Casting
- 8.New True Blood Promo Poster Continues the Show's Sexy Bloodsucking Ways
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