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William Hopper was an American actor who worked in film, television, and on stage. Born in New York City in 1915, he was the son of actors DeWolf Hopper and Hedda Hopper. His career began in 1930, and he performed primarily in the English language.
Hopper served in the United States Navy during World War II, for which he received the Bronze Star Medal. He died of pneumonia in Palm Springs in 1970. He was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park and had one child.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Puritan Gift
- Through an Angels Eye
- Heathen's Guide to Christmas
- Eschaton
- Angel's Journal
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- Cheap Thrills: Those Drive-in Horror Flicks2022
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
- Myra Breckinridge — Judge Frederic D. Cannon (uncredited)1970
- The Deadly Mantis — (archive footage)1966
- 20 Million Miles to Earth — Colonel Robert Calder1957
- The Deadly Mantis — Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson1957
- Slim Carter — Joe Brewster1957
- Perry Mason — Paul Drake1957
- The Bad Seed — Col. Kenneth Penmark1956
- The First Texan — William Barrett Travis1956
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1993
- Active to
- 1997
Discography
- Hunter1994
- Wasted1995
- Bad Kid1996
- Ridiculous Day1996
- English and French1996
- Oh My Heartless1997
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Father
- DeWolf Hopper
- Mother
- Hedda Hopper
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Bronze Star Medal
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- William Hopper by Van Vechten.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1915-01-26
- date of death
- 1970-03-06
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Rose Hills Memorial Park
- Commons category
- William Hopper
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (2)
Available in 21 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Afrikaans
- azb
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Central Kurdish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Irish
- Serbian (Latin)
- Svenska
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0