In the span of just three years, Hopper made 14 films and numerous appearances on His acting career, becoming a far more successful actor. The film was a success, and he quickly retooled This time, however, he felt he had nothing to lose and was more relaxed in front of the camera. Tired of his sales career and needing a change, Hopper took a supporting role in the film. In early 1954 director William Wellman approached him for a role in the adventure The High and the Mighty (1954 with During World War II, he entered the Coast Guard and upon his return in 1945, he threw in the towel and his acting careerĪnd became a car salesman, another profession he hated but stuck with until the mid 1950s. The couple welcomedĪ daughter, Joan, two years after the nuptials. George Raft vehicle Invisible Stripes (1939). Married actress Jane Gilbert in 1940, whom he met when each had a bit role in the Warner Bros. However, Hopper's lack of enthusiasm for the profession relegated him once again to bit parts soon after. second features as Over the Goal (1937 with June Travis) and Mystery House Moved out of bit parts and had a couple of starring roles in such Warner Bros. The young Hopper did not enjoy acting as his mother and father had, yet he stuck with the profession, moving to Warner Bros. At about this time his estranged father died, so Hopper initially used the stage name DeWolf Hopper Jr. After doing summer stock and appearing in a few Broadway plays,Īt the age of 20 William Hopper signed a contract with Paramount. As her son matured into a handsome young man, Hedda Hopper pushed him to become an actor. Following her divorce from DeWolf Hopper in 1922, Hedda Hopper acted in many films until the late 1930s, when her now infamous newspaper column Hopper's parents entered films at around the time of his birth, but as his father was nearly 60 years old at the time, his mother had more success on in New York on January 26, 1915, William Hopper's parents were famed stage actor DeWolf Hopper and actress-turned-gossip-columnist In a bizarre coincidence, Perry Mason left the air in 1966, the same year that William Hopper's mother Hedda passed away.Born William DeWolf Hopper Jr. After a largely undistinguished film career (notable exceptions to his usual humdrum assignments were his roles in 20 Million Miles to Earth and The Bad Seed ) Hopper finally gained fame - and on his own merits - as private detective Paul Drake on the enormously popular Perry Mason television series, which began its eight-season run in 1957. He wasn't able to graduate to better roles until the 1950s, by which time he was calling himself William Hopper. At first billing himself as DeWolfe Hopper Jr., Hopper languished in bit parts and walk-ons for several years. contract in 1937, a year or so before Hedda had established herself as the queen of the dirt-dishers. Not so: Hopper was signed to his first Warner Bros. The popular consensus is that the younger Hopper was given his first talking-picture break because of his mother's reputation as the most feared of the Hollywood gossips. He wasn't able to graduate to better ro The son of legendary Broadway actor DeWolfe Hopper and movie actress Hedda Hopper, William Hopper made his film debut as an infant in one of his father's films. Description: The son of legendary Broadway actor DeWolfe Hopper and movie actress Hedda Hopper, William Hopper made his film debut as an infant in one of his father's films.
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