Northern Ireland-born Terence Cooper was a larger than life actor who got his big break playing one of multiple James Bonds in 1967 farce Casino Royale. Moving to New Zealand in 1976, he played patriarchs in kidult hits Gather Your Dreams and Children of Fire Mountain. But his biggest role was as laconic detective sergeant Doug Mortimer over three seasons of rural police drama Mortimer's Patch. Off-screen, he opened Trouper Cooper's Curry House in Auckland, and was an accomplished watercolour painter. Cooper continued to act into the early 1990s. He died in Queensland on 16 September 1997, at the age of 67.
He loved the industry. He didn't stand too much on ceremony —he didn't believe in that. But he did believe in quality and pushing the boundaries of excellence. Coop bought a vitality off the screen and into the frame of the work . . . People enjoyed working with him. They didn't know what to expect from him but he was never boring. Mortimer's Patch actor Don Selwyn on Terence Cooper
1988, As: Jack Macready - Television
1986, As: Brendan O'Keefe - Film
1985, As: Frank Lauber - Film
1985, As: Dave Adams - Film
1985, As: Inspector Bletcher - Film
1984, As: Robert Jackson - Film
1984, As: Detective Sergeant Doug Mortimer - Television
1982, As: Minister - Television
1980, As: Detective Sergeant Doug Mortimer - Television
1980, As: Paul Temm (Arthur's first lawyer) - Film
1980 - 1984, As: Detective Sergeant Doug Mortimer - Television
1979, As: Sir Charles Pemberton - Television
1979, As: Sir Charles Pemberton - Television
1978, As; Rex Latimer - Television
1978, As: Wallace - Television
1978, As: Wallace - Television
1977, As: Colonel Carey - Television
1977, Subject - Television
1976, As: Uncle - Television
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