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Edward Ashley

Edward Montague Hussey Cooper was an actor descended from an English family but born in Australia. Known by his professional name Edward Ashley (to avoid confusion with a fellow actor Edward Cooper), Cooper performed in 60 films for Metro Goldwyn Mayer including Pride and Prejudice, in which he played George Wickham. He made a number of films in the United Kingdom before moving to California in 1940, where his first big role was as George Wickham in Pride and Prejudice. After this, his career consisted of a large number of mainly supporting roles until 1988, including a recurring character in the Maverick television series, "Nobby Ned Wingate", in the late 1950s.

Known For: Acting

Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1904-08-12

Died: 2000-05-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	The Beggar Student	Nicki	0
2	1932	Men of Steel	Sylvano	0
3	1936	The Conquest of the Air	(uncredited)	42
4	1937	Saturday Night Revue	Duke O'Brien	45
5	1938	The Villiers Diamond	Capt. Dawson	62
6	1939	Spies of the Air	Stuart	65
7	1940	Pride and Prejudice	Mr. George Wickham	69
8	1940	Sky Murder	Cortland Grand	63
9	1940	Bitter Sweet	Harry Daventry	58
10	1940	Gallant Sons	Al Posna	72
11	1941	Maisie Was a Lady	Link Phillips	68
12	1941	Come Live with Me	Arnold Stafford	70
13	1941	Strange Testament	Julian Poydras	50
14	1942	You're Telling Me	Fred Curtis	0
15	1942	The Black Swan	Roger Ingram (uncredited)	64
16	1945	Love, Honor and Goodbye	William Baxter	45
17	1946	Gay Blades	Ted Brinker	0
18	1946	The Madonna's Secret	John Earl	59
19	1946	Nocturne	Keith Vincent	58
20	1947	The Other Love	Richard Shelton	60
21	1947	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome	Dr. L.E. Thal	54
22	1948	Tarzan and the Mermaids	Commissioner	60
23	1951	Tarzan's Peril	Conners	50
24	1952	Macao	Martin Stewart	62
25	1953	El Alaméin	Capt. Harbison	0
26	1954	Elephant Walk	Planter Gordon Gregory	58
27	1955	The Court Jester	Black Fox	73
28	1958	Darby's Rangers	Lt. Dave Manson	59
29	1965	King Rat	Prouty	71
30	1974	Herbie Rides Again	Announcer at Chicken Race	61
31	1976	The Stronger		0
32	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Second Butler	41
33	1981	Beyond the Next Mountain	Governor	0
34	1988	Waxwork	Professor Sutherland	61

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
2	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Captain Johns	78
3	1956	The Errol Flynn Theatre	Michel	0
4	1956	The Gale Storm Show	Michael	55
5	1957	Maverick	Nobby Ned Wingate	68
6	1957	Maverick	Nobby Ned Wyngate	68
7	1958	The Texan	Darrell Stanton	55