John Cooper (1793–1870), was a British actor active between 1811 and 1859, who played in "a singularly large number of parts, some of them of leading importance"[1] in many locations in England, Wales and Scotland.
[1] Subsequent roles at Drury Lane included: "Antony" in Julius Caesar, "Tullus Aufidius" in Coriolanus, "Joseph" in The School for Scandal, "Richmond" in Richard III, and "Iago" in Othello.
[1] Around 1825 he married the widowed actress Mrs Dalton, originally Miss Walton, of Dublin, and over the next couple of decades played a large number and variety of parts at Covent Garden, the Haymarket, the English Opera House, and the Surrey Theatre.
In 1845 moved to Newmarket, and was subsequently engaged by Knowles, the proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Manchester.
[1] His final roles were played under Charles Kean at the Princess's Theatre, London, where his performances included "Henry IV" in Henry IV, Part I, the "Duke of York" in Richard II, and "Kent" in King Lear.