DeWolf Hopper Sr.

About DeWolf Hopper Sr.

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: March 30, 1858
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Birth Name: William DeWolf Hopper

DeWolf Hopper Sr.

Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5...
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As per our current Database, DeWolf Hopper Sr. has been died on 23 September, 1935 at Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

🎂 DeWolf Hopper Sr. - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When DeWolf Hopper Sr. die, DeWolf Hopper Sr. was 77 years old.

Popular As DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Occupation Actor
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born March 30, 1858 (New York City, New York, USA)
Birthday March 30
Town/City New York City, New York, USA
Nationality USA

🌙 Zodiac

DeWolf Hopper Sr.’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

DeWolf Hopper Sr. was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.

Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5 years before The Jazz Singer (1927), Casey at the Bat (1922), was included in Ken Burns' Baseball (1994).

Hopper, a fervent New York Giant fan, first performed the then-unknown poem to the Giants and Chicago Cubs, on the day his friend, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe had his record 19 game winning streak stopped, August 14, 1888.

The dying General William T. Sherman was also in the audience that evening, along with Keefe and his brother-in-law shortstop/attorney John Montgomery Ward. 2 months later the Giants won New York's first world championship.

Hopper recited Casey for almost 40 years in films, on stage, records, radio etc. Known as the "Husband of His Country" for his 6 marriages. He became totally hairless, with blue-tinged skin, possibly from reaction to a patent medicine.

Even so, his powerful voice and great sense of humor mesmerized women all his life. One of his wives was the gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Their son, the white-maned William Hopper, played private investigator Paul Drake on Perry Mason for many years.

DeWolf Hopper Sr. WIFE, FAMILY, KIDS

  • Lillian Glaser (vocal coach and widow) (20 October 1925 - 23 September 1935) ( his death)
  • Hedda Hopper (8 May 1913 - 29 January 1924) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
  • Nella Bergen (2 October 1899 - 21 April 1913) ( divorced)
  • Edna Wallace Hopper (28 June 1892 - 5 May 1898) ( divorced)
  • Ida Mosher (1886 - 1892) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
  • Helen De Wolf Gardner (27 July 1880 - 22 April 1885) ( divorced)

DeWolf Hopper Sr. Movies

  • Don Quixote (1915) as Alonso Quijano / Don Quixote
  • Sunshine Dad (1916) as Alonzo Evergreen
  • Puppets (1916) as Pantaloon
  • Mr. Goode, Samaritan (1916) as Alphonse Irving Goode

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