Gooper — Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Character Profile

About Gooper

Brick's brother and a lawyer who, along with his wife Mae, schemingly attempts to cut Brick and Maggie out of Big Daddy's inheritance during the family's wealth disputes.

Character Facts

Played by

Jack Carson

Appears in

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Gooper — Family Husband — Mae (Madeleine Sherwood)

  Gooper is Mae's husband, part of the larger family unit gathering at the plantation.

• Gooper — Family Brother — Brick (Paul Newman)

  Brick and Gooper are biological brothers with contrasting lifestyles and approaches to family legacy.

• Gooper — Conflict Inheritance Rival — Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor)

  Maggie opposes Gooper's attempts to disinherit her and secure the family's cotton business.

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• Brick (Paul Newman)
• Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor)
• Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt (Burl Ives)
• Big Momma (Judith Anderson)
• Sonny Pollitt (Robert 'Rusty' Stevens)
• Mae (Madeleine Sherwood)
• Buster Pollitt (Hugh Corcoran)
• Deacon Davis (Vaughn Taylor)
• Dr. Baugh (Larry Gates)
• Boy (Brian Corcoran)
• Servant (Zelda Cleaver)