Guilty as charged. But seriously, his courtroom monologue in "The Fountainhead" could have been SOOOO much better. He did well enough in "Sgt. York" but was pretty weak in "High Noon"...just one man's opinion.
You’re right. But Cooper didn’t need to act and, frankly, didn’t even want to. His best roles were the most outlandish—Beau Geste, Good Neighbor Sam, Along Came Jones. All images of what we expected him to be—an innocent suddenly exposed to reality. Not his macho roles.