I didn’t/don’t like Gary Cooper as an actor...but he is the lead in many of my favorite movies, The Fountainhead, Sargent York and High Noon.
Regardless, John Wayne was and is the King.
I liked Gary Cooper movies, but his monotone delivery of lines, and seeming lack of emotion drives me nuts. How he won a Best Actor Oscar is beyond me. Kind of like 0bama winning a Nobel prize.