 By 1906 Cooper had established the Alpha Trading Company, and started film production in his own right.His productions at this time include "MacNab's Visit to London" (1905), in which he plays the title role in a slapstick comedy about golf, and "The Motor Pirate" (1906), in which bandits in an armoured car make the roads unsafe.That year he also became one of the founder-members of the British Kinematograph Manufacturers Association.