Cooper Huckabee

Cooper Huckabee (born 1951) is an film and television actor.

Early life

Huckabee attended Davidson High School in Mobile, Alabama. At USM, he received an Athletic Administration Degree.^[1]

Football career

He played football for the University of Southern Mississippi.^[2]

Acting career

Played Buzz, one of the leading roles, in The Funhouse. Also played Marshall, John Travolta's buddy in Urban Cowboy. He also played Henry T. Harrison, the spy, in Gettysburg. He's also had several guest apparences on various TV series, including ER and The Shield. Huckabee also turned in a memorable performance as Euple Byrd, the first husband of country music legend Tammy Wynette in the made for TV movie Stand By Your Man.^[3] Recently Huckabee appeared in The Killers video for Dustland Fairytale.^[4] Huckabee has a recurring role in the TV series True Blood and portrays Joe Lee Mickens.^[5]

Filmography

• Foul Play (1978)
• Joni (1980)
• Urban Cowboy (1980)
• The Funhouse (1981)
• Stand By Your Man (1981)
• The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981)
• The Blue and the Gray (TV miniseries) (played Matthew Geyser) (1982)^[6]
• Country Gold (1982)
• Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)
• Chase (1985)
• Eye of the Tiger (1986)
• The Curse (1987)
• Cohen and Tate (1989)
• Night Eyes (1990)
• Love Field (1992)
• Gettysburg (1993)
• Bad Girls (1994)
• Turbulence (1997)
• The General's Daughter (1999)
• Space Cowboys (2000)
• Gods and Generals (2003)
• Staunton Hill (2009)
• True Blood (2010)

References

1. ^ "AtlantaMafia.Com - University of Southern Mississippi". http://www.atlantamafia.com/. 
2. ^ "Cooper Huckabee Biography (1951-)". filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/91/Cooper-Huckabee.html. 
3. ^ O'Connor, John J. (1981-03-31). "TV: 'STAND BY YOUR MAN, ' TAMMY WYNETTE STORY". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E4DB1039F932A05750C0A967948260. 
4. ^ Another Bit of True Blood Casting
5. ^ New True Blood Promo Poster Continues the Show's Sexy Bloodsucking Ways
6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083387/

External links

• Cooper Huckabee at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Huckabee, Cooper
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1951
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death