William Hopper
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William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in predominantly minor roles in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and '40s.
After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he left acting, but in the mid-1950s, he was persuaded by director William Wellman to resume his film career.
He became best known for his work as private detective Paul Drake in the CBS television series Perry Mason.
Early life
William DeWolf Hopper Jr., was born January 26, 1915, in New York City. He was the only child of actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer DeWolf Hopper and his fifth wife, actress Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry). He had one older half-brother, John A. Hopper, from his father's second marriage in the 1880s. Hopper made his film debut as a baby in his father's 1916 silent movie Sunshine Dad. His mother divorced his father in 1922 and moved to Hollywood with their son. Hedda Hopper became one of America's notorious gossip columnists, and a major proponent of the Hollywood blacklist, with nearly 30 million readers in newspapers in the U.S.
Personal life
In 1940, Hopper married actress Jane Gilbert.: 60 They had worked together on the 1939 film Invisible Stripes. The couple had one daughter, Joan, born in 1947.: 60
Hopper and Gilbert divorced in 1959, and later that same year, Hopper married Jeanette Juanita Ward (d. 2008). They remained together until his death.
Career
Hopper began his acting career as a kid. In She Loves Me Not, he made his first public appearance at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. He worked in summer stock in Ogunquit, Maine. 58 He appeared in Order Please (1934), and as a participant of the ensemble in Katharine Cornell's production of Romeo and Juliet (1934–35).
Hopper, who was then known as Wolfe Hopper, earned a Hopper, who was then working under the name Wolfe Hopper, received a In March 1936, the actor was granted a Hopper, who then worked under the name Wolfe Hopper, was granted a Hopper, 1936, received a Paragraph Hopper appeared in numerous films, uncredited and also under the name DeWolf Hopper early in his film career. In 1936, he appeared in a small role as a soldier in Columbia Pictures' film The King Steps Out, starring Grace Moore and Franchot Tone. In 1937, he portrayed the leading man in two films, Public Wedding with Jane Wyman and Over the Goal with June Travis. He appeared in The Footloose Heiress (1937) and Mystic House (1938).
He continued working in John Ford Western, Stagecoach (1939), a college footballer in The Return of Dr. X (1939), and journalists in Knute Rockne (1942).
Because his mother aspired him to be an actor, Hopper became a comedian. 57 "I was so afraid I stuttered all the time when I worked at Warner Bros.
Hopper served in the United States Navy during WWII as a member of the newly established Underwater Demolition Team and as a volunteer with the Office of Strategic Services. During Pacific operations, he earned a Bronze Star and several other awards.
Hopper became involved in industry and sold cars in Hollywood eight years after the war. During the rise of television, he combined car sales and acting.
"I didn't even think about acting until a friend, director Bill Wellman, asked me to do a part in The High and the Mighty," Hopper said.
With his 1954 film The High and the Mighty, opposite Jan Sterling, producer William Wellman persuaded Hopper to resume his film career. Hopper confronted Wellman because he suspects his mother arranged the filming. "I asked Wellman if he knew who my son I was when he appeared serious." Hopper recalled, "He dismissed me." "I was so ill, so afraid, that I didn't even know where the camera was." Billy was able to guide me through the process. I thanked him afterwards. 'Thank you, my foot,' he said. After this, you're going to be in every photo I make.' I didn't believe him. "60 Hopper appeared in two Wellman's films, Track of the Cat (1954) and Good-bye, My Lady (1956).
In the live television drama "No Sad Songs for Me," the host was cast opposite Claire Trevor. "Yes, Sad Songs for Me" is the 61th broadcast on NBC's Lux Video Theatre, March 14, 1955. "I swore I'd never act again as long as I lived," Hopper explained. "I thought, hey, they can't shoot me," the singer said, despite the fact that they didn't attack me." Back then, something happened. It was as if someone had surgically cut the nerves.": 61
Hopper played Natalie Wood's stern and emotionally distant father in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and The Bad Seed (1956), a British film actor who appeared on screen for the final time. In 1957, he appeared in the science-fiction films 20 Million Miles to Earth and The Deadly Mantis.
In 1956, Hopper appeared on television for the first season of the Western series Gunsmoke, portraying an outlaw initially supported by townsfolk in an episode titled "Robin Hood." He appeared in the pilot episode of the television show The Restless Gun, which was broadcast as an episode of Schlitz Playhouse of Actors the following year. The Joseph Cotten Show, Fury, Studio 57, and The Millionaire are just a few of Hopper's other television appearances.
Hopper is best known for his appearance on CBS's courtroom television series Perry Mason (1957–66). He first applied for the title role, but Raymond Burr later read about Mason's courtroom rival, district attorney Hamilton Burger. Burr was encouraged to shed weight and return to audition for Perry Mason's role, which he did eventually. The hopper, as well as the host, was called back. "You hate my mother," executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson recalled as Bill Hopper came to read for Paul Drake.' And that was Hedda Hopper. Well, I disliked what she stood for, but 'hate' is something else — and in the end, he was just as Drake as Drake. We should have him.
In their continuing appearance of the television series, Wrote Brian Kelleher and Diana Merrill. 61
Hopper's character was on trial for murder in "The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma" in 1959.
