He was a two-time Academy Award nominee, and in March 2010, was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Cause of Death. They were denied rooms in motels and proper service in restaurants as a result of their radical looks. [2] Film critic Matthew Hays wrote "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper".[3]. They had a daughter, Marin, before Hopper's drug-induced violence led to divorce after eight years. Immediately thereafter, Hopper starred as an addled short-order cook "Cracker" in the Neil Young/Dean Stockwell low-budget collaboration Human Highway. "Sean Penn", interview with Julian Schnabel and Dennis Hopper, Krull, Craig. Hopper was unable to capitalize on his Easy Rider success for several years. Cash said the song was written by Kris Kristofferson about Hopper. Hopper’s manager announced in October 2009 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Hopper debuted in an episode of the Richard Boone television series Medic in 1955, portraying a young epileptic. He was 74. William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. According to Hopper, Torn was originally cast in the film but was replaced with Jack Nicholson after the incident. When he was 13, Hopper and his family moved to San Diego, where his mother worked as a lifeguard instructor and his father was a post office manager, having previously served in the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, in World War II. During his lifetime, Hopper's own work as well as his collection was shown in monographic and group exhibitions around the world including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; MAK Vienna: Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Cinémathèque Française, Paris, and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne. [60] On May 12, 2010, a hearing was held before Judge Amy Pellman in downtown Los Angeles Superior Court. Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and artist. Hopper had recently been suffering from prostate cancer and going … On October 2, he was discharged, after receiving treatment for dehydration. Tributes were posted Saturday on celebrities' websites and Twitter feeds. Because I am Frank Booth! From that point on, Hopper maintained a frantic work pace, appearing in many forgettable movies and a few memorable ones, including 1993's "True Romance," where he played a well-meaning ex-cop trying to protect his son from a gangster played by Christopher Walken. Mar 2, 2018. The old rebel contributed money to the Republican Party in recent years, but also voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2008. "[23] He won critical acclaim and several awards for this role, and in the same year received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an alcoholic assistant basketball coach in Hoosiers. He married five times and led a dramatic life right to the end. [12] Hopper made his debut on film in two roles with James Dean (whom he admired immensely) in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). ico_twitter. Hopper's early photography is known for portraits from the 1960s, and he began shooting portraits for Vogue and other magazines. Shortly thereafter, he played drug smuggler and DEA informant Barry Seal in the HBO film Doublecrossed. He starred as King Koopa in Super Mario Bros., a 1993 critical and commercial failure loosely based on the video game of the same name. Hopper also tried his hand at a number of artistic pursuits including photography, sculpting and painting. [26][27] j Hopper also recited Rudyard Kipling's famous poem If— during his appearance.[28]. He was an actor, known for 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Perry Mason (1957) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Dennis Hopper died at his home in Venice, CA today. He subsequently appeared in over 140 episodes of television shows such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Petticoat Junction, The Twilight Zone, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, The Defenders, The Investigators, The Legend of Jesse James, Entourage, The Big Valley, The Time Tunnel, and Combat!. [62] A very ill Hopper did not appear in court though his estranged wife did – case BD518046. Actor Dennis Hopper left behind a legacy of movie achievements when he died on May 29, 2010, at age 74 from prostate cancer. For years he lived in Los Angeles' bohemian beach community of Venice, in a house designed by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. He was involved in L.A.'s Ferus and Virginia Dwan galleries in the 1960s, and he was a longtime friend and supporter to New York dealer Tony Shafrazi. His body was buried at the Jesus Nazareno Cemetery in Ranchos de Taos. Fonda produced "Easy Rider" and Hopper directed it for a meager $380,000. [56] After citing her "outrageous conduct" and stating she was "insane", "inhuman" and "volatile", Hopper was granted a restraining order against her on February 11, 2010, and as a result, she was forbidden to come within 10 feet (3 m) of him or contact him. [10] Hopper was voted most likely to succeed at Helix High School, where he was active in the drama club, speech and choir. "U taught me so much.". As well as his acting/directing talents, Hopper was a skilled photographer and painter, having had his works displayed in galleries in both the United States and overseas. [18], Besides showing drug use on film, it was one of the first films to portray the hippie lifestyle. He had Scottish ancestors. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s. He saw his first movie at 5 and became enthralled. He was additionally a dedicated and knowledgeable collector of modern art and has one of the most extensive collections in the United States. He also left behind valuable life lessons about prostate cancer. In 1990, Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot, which was not a box-office hit. John Phillips and Dennis Doherty, the Papas, also went solo with mixed success. ©2021 FOX News Network, LLC. Hopper and his fourth wife, dancer Katherine LaNasa, had a son, Henry, before divorcing. Hopper died Saturday at his home in the Los Angeles beach community of Venice, surrounded by family and friends, family friend Alex Hitz said. Nickname:Dennis Full Name:Dennis Lee Hopper Profession:Actor, Filmmaker, Photographer and Artist Nationality:American Date of Birth:May 17, 1936 Date of Death:May 29, 2010 Place of Death:Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States Cause of Death:Prostate Cancer Birthplace:Dodge City, Kansas, United States Zodiac Sign: Taurus Hopper was reported to have an uncredited role in Johnny Guitar in 1954 but he has stated that he was not in Hollywood when this film was made. RIP Dennis Hopper.". He co-starred in the 1994 blockbuster Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and as magic-phobic H.P. Remains:Buried, Jesus Nazareno Cemetery, Ranchos de Taos, NM. Market data provided by Factset. Lovecraft in the TV movie Witch Hunt. [59], On April 5, 2010, a court ruled that Duffy could continue living on Hopper's property, and that he must pay US$12,000 per month spousal and child support for their daughter Galen. Original: Jun 1, 2010. ico_facebook. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Hopper added that Kristofferson had written some songs for his Peruvian-shot movie "The Last Movie", in which Kristofferson appeared in his debut role with Julie Adams. His politics, like much of his life, were unpredictable. [50], In 1994, Rip Torn filed a defamation lawsuit against Hopper over a story Hopper told on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. She produced seven albums and several singles before her death. [43] In 2013, Harper Collins published Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream, a biography by American writer Tom Folsom. Hopper died Saturday at his home in the Los Angeles beach community of Venice, surrounded by family and friends, family friend Alex Hitz said. He appeared in three films released posthumously: Alpha and Omega (2010), The Last Film Festival (2016)[4] and the long-delayed The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which had been filmed in the early 1970s. [1][34], Ostracized by the Hollywood film studios due to his reputation for being a "difficult" actor, Hopper turned to photography in 1961 with a camera bought for him by his first wife Brooke Hayward. He went on to helm his third directorial work Out of the Blue (1980), for which he was again honored at Cannes, and appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983). According to Torn's suit, it was actually Hopper who pulled the knife on him. Movie Actor. Scouted by the studios, Hopper was under contract to Columbia until he insulted the boss, Harry Cohn. Dean's death in a car accident in September 1955 affected the young Hopper deeply and it was shortly afterward that he got into a confrontation with veteran director Henry Hathaway on the film From Hell to Texas (1958). [70], By March 2010, Hopper reportedly weighed only 100 pounds (45 kg) and was unable to carry on long conversations. "a compelling, important, and weirdly omnipresent chronicler of his times. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [8] Hopper had two brothers, Marvin and David.[9]. All rights reserved. When Dennis Hopper died of prostate cancer at age 74, my husband asked me, "Hey, I thought prostate cancer didn't kill men and it is slow growing." Shunned by the Hollywood studios, he found work in European films that were rarely seen in the United States. Hopper filmed scenes for The Other Side of the Wind in 1971, appearing as himself; after decades of legal, financial and technical delays, the film was finally released on Netflix in 2018.[5]. Peter Fonda, the Oscar-nominated actor whose roles in Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider and Roger Corman’s... Peter Fonda, star of 1969's 'Easy Rider,' dead at 79 ... “The official cause of death was respiratory failure due to lung cancer,” they said. He died after three weeks on March 6, at the age of 55. [5], Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Marjorie Mae (née Davis; July 12, 1917 – January 12, 2007)[6] and James Millard Hopper[7] (June 23, 1916 – August 7, 1982). Hopper was also "notorious for his troubled relationships with women", including Michelle Phillips, who divorced him after eight days of marriage. The success of “Easy Rider,” and the spectacular failure of his next film, “The Last Movie,” fit the pattern for the talented but sometimes uncontrollable … In 2005, Hopper played Paul Kaufman in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead. Here is all you want to know, and more! Later, he moved to New York to study at the Actors Studio, where Dean had learned his craft. He was 74. But, again, he made a remarkable comeback, starting with a memorable performance as a drugged-out journalist in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now," a spectacularly long and troubled film to shoot. The series starred Chuck Connors and the premiere episode "The Sharpshooter" was written by Sam Peckinpah.[25]. William Hopper; William Hopper in 1934 Birthday/Birthplace: William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (1915-01-26)January 26, 1915 New York City, New York, U.S. Deceased: March 6, 1970(1970-03-06) Palm Springs, California, U.S. Hopper died Saturday at his home in the Los Angeles beach community of Venice, surrounded by family and friends, family friend Alex Hitz said. In later years he picked up some income by becoming a pitchman for Ameriprise Financial, aiming ads at baby boomers looking ahead to retirement. After Easy Rider, it was everywhere". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. "A cinematic Ali v. Though Hopper gave critically acclaimed performances in Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1983), it was not until he portrayed the gas-huffing, obscenity-screaming villain Frank Booth in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) that his career truly revived. The book, whose title refers to the house where he lived with Hayward in the Hollywood Hills in the 1960s, was edited by his daughter Marin Hopper. The moving image collection of Dennis Hopper is held at the Academy Film Archive. [16] The production was plagued by creative differences and personal acrimony between Fonda and Hopper, the dissolution of Hopper's marriage to Hayward, his unwillingness to leave the editor's desk and his accelerating abuse of drugs and alcohol. [58], On March 23, 2010, he filed papers in court alleging Duffy had absconded with US$1.5 million of his art, refused his requests to return it, and then had "left town". He died before the movie was released. In 1957 Hopper played thief Abe Larson in another Cheyenne episode titled "The Iron Trail." [30], Hopper's fascination with art began with painting lessons at the Nelson-Atkins Museum while still a child in Kansas City, Missouri. "He wouldn't hold back with his positive re-enforcement. From there he went to Warner Bros., where he made "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" while in his late teens. Hopper had several artistic pursuits beyond film. In a December 1994 interview on the Charlie Rose Show, Hopper credited John Wayne with saving his career, as Hopper acknowledged that because of his insolent behavior, he could not find work in Hollywood for seven years. Despite Duffy's bid to be named the sole beneficiary of Hopper's million-dollar policy, the judge ruled against her and limited her claim to one-quarter of the policy. In 1968, Hopper teamed with Peter Fonda, Terry Southern and Jack Nicholson to make Easy Rider, which premiered in July 1969. "All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job -- two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.". Dennis Hopper. On viewing the first release print, fresh from the lab, in his screening room at Universal, MCA founder Jules Stein rose from his chair and said, "I just don't understand this younger generation." With Francis Ford Coppola's blockbuster Apocalypse Now (1979), Hopper returned to prominence as a hyper-manic Vietnam-era photojournalist. All rights reserved. [71] According to papers filed in his divorce court case, Hopper was terminally ill and was unable to undergo chemotherapy to treat his prostate cancer.[72][73]. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009. After filming was finally completed, Hathaway allegedly told Hopper that his career in Hollywood was finished.[13]. It began in the era of the 1950s with a role opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, flowered in art films of … The print sold at Christie's, New York, for US$302,500 in January 2011. [64], On September 28, 2009, Hopper, then 73, was reportedly brought by ambulance to an unidentified Manhattan hospital wearing an oxygen mask and "with numerous tubes visible". In 1988, he directed Colors, a critically acclaimed police procedural about gang violence in Los Angeles starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall. Dennis Hopper, who has died of cancer aged 74, was one of Hollywood's great modern outlaws. The image was reproduced on the invitation for Ed Ruscha's second solo exhibition at Ferus Gallery in 1964. [68], On March 18, 2010, he was honored with the 2,403rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Hopper's manager announced in October 2009 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was nominated for an Emmy Award[24] for the 1991 HBO film Paris Trout. Production was reportedly often delayed by his unreliable behavior. [33] In 1960–67, before the making of Easy Rider, Hopper created 18,000 images that chronicled the remarkable artists, musicians, actors places, happenings, demonstrations, and concerts of that period. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. William Hopper was born on January 26, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA as William DeWolf Hopper Jr. Hopper, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer … [33] His painting style ranges from abstract impressionism to photorealism and often includes references to his cinematic work and to other artists. [20] During the tumultuous editing process, Hopper ensconced himself at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico, which he had purchased in 1970,[21] for almost an entire year. "No better scene in the movies than his showdown with Walken in 'True Romance'," actress Elizabeth Banks tweeted Saturday. His photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 civil-rights march in Selma, Alabama, were published. Mr. Hopper is the second “Perry Mason” star to die with in the last two years. Hopper struck up a friendship with actor Vincent Price, whose passion for art influenced Hopper's interest in art. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Following the critical and commercial failure of his second film as director, The Last Movie (1971), he worked on various independent and foreign projects – in which he was frequently typecast as mentally disturbed outsiders in such films as Mad Dog Morgan (1976) and The American Friend (1977) – until he found new fame for his role as an American photojournalist in Apocalypse Now (1979). Over his lifetime he amassed a formidable array of 20th- and 21st-century art, including many of Julian Schnabel's works (such as a shattered-plate portrait of Hopper); numerous works from his early cohorts, such as Ed Ruscha, Edward Kienholz, Roy Lichtenstein (Sinking Sun, 1964),[38] and Warhol (Double Mona Lisa, 1963);[32] and pieces by contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst and Robin Rhode. For example, Michael Jackson has been named as the highest-earning artiste for the 7thtime long after his death; out-earning the living. Hopper then appealed but the judge again ruled in Torn's favor and Hopper was required to pay another US$475,000 in punitive damages. Peter Biskind states in the New Hollywood history Easy Riders, Raging Bulls that Hopper's cocaine intake had reached three grams a day by this time, complemented by 30 beers, and some marijuana and Cuba libres. In 1957, he played Billy the Kid on the episode "Brannigan's Boots" of Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. He died of the disease on May 29, 2010 in Venice, California. Actor Dennis Hopper is honored with the 2,403rd Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 26, 2010 in Hollywood, California. In both of the films with Wayne, Hopper's character is killed in the presence of Wayne's character, to whom he utters his dying words. In 1970 he filmed The Last Movie, cowritten by Stewart Stern and photographed by Laszlo Kovacs in Peru, and completed production in 1971. The marriage lasted eight days. The remaining US$750,000 was to go to his estate. "[36], Hopper began working as a painter and a poet as well as a collector of art in the 1960s as well, particularly Pop Art. After a promising start that included roles in two James Dean films, Hopper's acting career had languished as he developed a reputation for throwing tantrums and abusing alcohol and drugs. Hopper died May 29, 2010, in Los Angeles, 12 days after his 74th birthday. In 1959 Hopper moved to New York to study Method acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. On 30 September 1970, Hopper appeared on the season 2-second episode of "The Johnny Cash Show" where he sang a duet with Cash entitled "Goin' Up Goin' Down". [57] On March 9, 2010, Duffy refused to move out of the Hopper home, despite the court's order that she do so by March 15. Hopper became a stereotype for some male youths who rejected traditional jobs and traditional American culture, partly exemplified by Fonda's long sideburns and Hopper wearing shoulder-length hair and a long mustache. Hopper's first wife was Brooke Hayward, the daughter of actress Margaret Sullavan and agent Leland Hayward, and author of the best-selling memoir "Haywire." [67] In January 2010, it was reported that Hopper's cancer had metastasized to his bones. With Hopper hailed as a brilliant filmmaker, Universal Pictures lavished $850,000 on his next project, "The Last Movie.". Hopper starred as a U.S. Army colonel in the 2005 television series E-Ring, a drama set at The Pentagon, but the series was canceled after 14 episodes aired. [31] One of the first art works Hopper owned was an early print of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans bought for US$75. His persona, on and off the screen, signified the lost idealism of … Hopper died at his home in the coastal Venice district of Los Angeles, aged 74, on the morning of May 29, 2010. In the show business, the dead keeps making money even long after they have passed on. [55], On January 14, 2010, Hopper filed for divorce from his fifth wife Victoria Duffy. Quick Facts. In 2011, Barricade Books published film historian Peter L. Winkler's biography, Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, He was married to Jeanette Juanita Ward and Jane Gilbert.He died on March 6, 1970 in Palm Springs, California, USA. On September 28, 2009, Hopper, then 73, was reportedly brought by ambulance to an unidentified Manhattan hospital wearing an oxygen mask and "with numerous tubes visible". [69] Surrounded by friends including Jack Nicholson, Viggo Mortensen, David Lynch, Michael Madsen, family and fans, he attended its addition to the sidewalk six days later. Profession. (March 25) [37] German film director Wim Wenders said of Hopper that if “he’d only been a photographer, he’d be one of the great photographers of the twentieth century.”[36] In The New Yorker, Hopper, as photographer, was described as [12] In 1993, he played Clifford Worley in True Romance. [45], In the late 1980s, Hopper purchased a trio of nearly identical two-story, loft-style condominiums at 330 Indiana Avenue in Venice Beach, California – one made of concrete, one of plywood, and one of green roofing shingles – built by Frank Gehry and two artist friends of Hopper's, Chuck Arnoldi and Laddie John Dill, in 1981. 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