William Hopper

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 1940s. 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.[1]

William Hopper
Hopper in 1934
Born	William DeWolf Hopper Jr. January 26, 1915 New York City, U.S.
Died	March 6, 1970 (aged 55) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Resting place	Rose Hills Memorial Park
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916; 1934–1970
Spouse(s)	Jane Gilbert ​ ​ (m. 1940; div. 1959)​ Jan Hopper ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	DeWolf Hopper Hedda Hopper

Early life

William DeWolf Hopper Jr., was born January 26, 1915, in New York City.[2] 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.[3] Hopper made his film debut as a baby in his father's 1916 silent movie Sunshine Dad.[4] His mother divorced his father in 1922 and moved to Hollywood with their son. Hedda Hopper became one of America's best-known gossip columnists, with nearly 30 million readers in newspapers in the U.S.[5]

Contract players Wolfe Hopper and Gail Patrick in a July 1936 Paramount Pictures fashion photograph; 20 years later, William Hopper was Paul Drake and Gail Patrick Jackson was executive producer of the CBS-TV series Perry Mason

William Hopper, Barbara Hale, and Frank Sully in the CBS-TV series Perry Mason (1958)

Hopper and Raymond Burr in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma" (1959)

Guest star Bette Davis with Hopper in Perry Mason (1963)

Career

1930s–1940s

Hopper began his acting career as a teenager. He made his first stage appearance at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, in She Loves Me Not.[6] He worked in summer stock in Ogunquit, Maine.[7][8]^:58 He appeared on Broadway in the short-lived comedy Order Please (1934)[9] and as a member of the ensemble in Katharine Cornell's production of Romeo and Juliet (1934–35).[10]

In March 1936, Hopper — then working under the name Wolfe Hopper — won a contract at Paramount Pictures.[6][11] Early in his film career, Hopper appeared in numerous movies, uncredited and also under the name DeWolf Hopper. In 1936, he played a small role as a soldier in the 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 also enjoyed significant roles alongside Ann Sheridan in The Footloose Heiress (1937) and Mystery House (1938).[4]

After that, he had roles that included playing a sergeant in the John Ford Western, Stagecoach (1939); an intern in The Return of Dr. X (1939); a college football player in Over the Goal (1939); and reporters in Knute Rockne, All American (1940), The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).[4]

Hopper became an actor because his mother expected it of him.[8]^:57 "When I worked at Warner Bros.," Hopper said, "I was so scared I stuttered all the time."[12]

Military service and postwar career

Hopper served with the United States Navy during World War II, as a volunteer with the Office of Strategic Services[7][13] and as a member of the newly created Underwater Demolition Team. He received a Bronze Star and several other medals during operations in the Pacific.[14]

For eight years after the war, Hopper became involved in business and sold cars in Hollywood.[14] He combined car sales and acting when opportunities came up during the advent of television.[15]

"I didn't even think about acting much until a friend, director Bill Wellman, asked me to do a part in The High and the Mighty," Hopper recalled.[12]

1950s–1970s

In 1953, director William Wellman persuaded Hopper to resume his movie career with his 1954 film, The High and the Mighty,[16] opposite Jan Sterling. Before filming began, Hopper challenged Wellman because he suspected his mother had arranged the offer. "When it appeared Wellman was serious, I asked him if he knew whose son I was. He ignored me," Hopper recalled. "I was so lousy, so nervous, I didn't even know where the camera was. But somehow Billy got me through. Afterward, I thanked him. He said, 'Thank me, my foot. After this, you're going to be in every picture I make.' I didn't believe him."[8]^:60 Hopper subsequently appeared in two of Wellman's films, Track of the Cat (1954) and Good-bye, My Lady (1956).[4]

Hopper was cast to star opposite Claire Trevor in the live television drama, "No Sad Songs for Me",[8]^:61 broadcast April 14, 1955, on NBC's Lux Video Theatre.[17] He had such stage fright, he initially cancelled: "I swore I'd never act again as long as I lived," Hopper recalled. "Then I thought, what the heck, they can't shoot me, and walked on the set. Something happened then. It was as if someone had surgically removed the nerves."[8]^:61

At last comfortable on screen, Hopper played the stern and emotionally distant father of Natalie Wood in the James Dean classic, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and the often-absent father in The Bad Seed (1956). He starred in the science-fiction films 20 Million Miles to Earth and The Deadly Mantis, released in 1957.[4]

In 1956 Hopper guest-starred again on television during the first season of the Western series Gunsmoke, portraying an outlaw initially supported by townsfolk in an episode titled "Robin Hood".[18] The following year he played a supporting role in the pilot episode of the television series The Restless Gun, which was broadcast as an episode of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. Some of Hopper's other television guest appearances include The Joseph Cotten Show, Fury, Studio 57, and The Millionaire.

Perry Mason

Hopper is best known for his principal role as the private investigator Paul Drake on CBS's courtroom television series Perry Mason (1957–66). He initially tested for the title role, while Raymond Burr read for the role of Mason's courtroom adversary, district attorney Hamilton Burger. Burr was encouraged to lose weight and return to audition for the role of Perry Mason — which he later did, successfully.[lower-alpha 1][19] Hopper, too, was called back. Executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson recalled, "When Bill Hopper came in to read for Paul Drake he blurted out, 'You hate my mother.' And that was Hedda Hopper. Well, I disliked what she stood for, but 'hate' is something else — and anyway he was perfect as Drake, and we got him."[20]

Wrote Brian Kelleher and Diana Merrill in their chronicle of the television series:[8]^:61

As Paul Drake, William Hopper was called on to be the most versatile of the principals in the Perry Mason cast. He was not only the careful investigator, the duke-it-out tough guy, the ladies' man, and the hipster, but also the fall guy, the strikeout artist, the "eating machine" and "the big kid." Hopper's Drake alone provided the comic relief for the show. And, despite being a rather late bloomer to the acting field, he played all the parts surprisingly well and believably. His appearances made fair shows good, and good shows better.[8]^:61

The 1959 episode, "The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma", had Hopper's character on trial for murder.[8]^:65

Hopper continued to work in summer stock and to make movie appearances during his years on Perry Mason; however, after the series was cancelled in 1966, he declined other television offers. He did, though, make one final film appearance in Myra Breckinridge (1970), which premiered in New York three months after his death.[8]^:66[21]

Accolades

In 1959, Hopper was nominated as Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series at the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards for his performance as Paul Drake.[22]

Personal life

In 1940, Hopper married actress Jane Gilbert.[8]^:60[23] They had worked together on the 1939 film Invisible Stripes.[24] The couple had one daughter, Joan, born in 1947.[25][8]^:60[26][27]

Hopper and Gilbert divorced in 1959, and later that same year, Hopper married Jeanette Juanita Ward (d. 2008). They remained together until his death.

Death

Hopper entered Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, California,[14] on February 14, 1970, after suffering a stroke. He died of pneumonia three weeks later, on March 6, at age 55.[1][23][28] He was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.

Select theatre credits

• 1934: Order Please, Playhouse Theatre, New York City (as Victor Neilson)[9]
• 1934–35: Romeo and Juliet, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City (Ensemble)[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1916	Sunshine Dad	Baby	Credited as William DeWolf Hopper Jr.[4]
1936	The King Steps Out	Soldier	Offscreen credit[4]
1936	Murder with Pictures	Photographer	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1936	The Big Broadcast of 1937	Ship's Officer	Uncredited[29]
1936	Easy to Take	Monitor room man	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1936	The Accusing Finger	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1936	Beware of Ladies	Reporter	Uncredited[29]
1937	Larceny on the Air	Announcer	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1937	Join the Marines	Marine	Uncredited[29]
1937	Dick Tracy	Dirigible Pilot	Uncredited[29]
1937	Public Wedding	Tony Burke	Male lead, opposite Jane Wyman[4]
1937	Mr. Dodd Takes the Air	Second production manager	Uncredited[29]
1937	The Footloose Heiress	Jack Pierson	[4]
1937	Back in Circulation	Pete Edington	Offscreen credit[4]
1937	Love Is on the Air	Eddie Gould	[4]
1937	Over the Goal	Ken Thomas	Male lead, opposite June Travis[4]
1937	The Adventurous Blonde	Matt	[4]
1938	Daredevil Drivers	Neeley bus driver	Offscreen credit [4]
1938	Love, Honor and Behave	Yale tennis player	Offscreen credit [4]
1938	Mystery House	Lal Killian	[4]
1938	The Patient in Room 18	Grabshot	Offscreen credit [4]
1938	Women Are Like That	Larraby	Offscreen credit [4]
1939	Stagecoach	Cavalry Sergeant	Offscreen credit[4]
1939	Midnight	Flammarions' Party Guest	Uncredited
1939	Daughters Courageous	Striped-shirted man at beach	Offscreen credit[4][29]
1939	The Cowboy Quarterback	Handsome Sam	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1939	The Old Maid	John	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1939	The Angels Wash Their Faces	Photographer	Uncredited[29]
1939	Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1939	Dust Be My Destiny	Reporter	Uncredited
1939	Espionage Agent	Student	Offscreen credit[4]
1939	On Your Toes	Ronald - Peggy's Escort	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1939	Pride of the Blue Grass	Joe	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1939	On Dress Parade	Soldier Getting Radio Report from H4	Uncredited
1939	The Return of Doctor X	Intern	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1939	A Child Is Born	Intern	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1939	Invisible Stripes	Young Man	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	The Fighting 69th	Private Turner	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1940	Calling Philo Vance	Hotel clerk	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	Castle on the Hudson	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	Virginia City	Lieutenant	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	'Til We Meet Again	Man	Uncredited[29]
1940	Tear Gas Squad	George	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1940	Flight Angels	Lefty	Credited as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	Brother Orchid	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	Gambling on the High Seas	Station operator	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	The Man Who Talked Too Much	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	Ladies Must Live	Joe Barton	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1940	Money and the Woman	J.L. Burns, Bank Depositor	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4][29]
1940	No Time for Comedy	First-Nighter	Uncredited[29]
1940	Knute Rockne, All American	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1940	Always a Bride	Man at campaign meeting carrying Michael	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4][29]
1940	Lady with Red Hair	Lyceum Theater Attendant	Uncredited[29]
1940	Santa Fe Trail	Officer	Scenes deleted; offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4][29]
1941	The Case of the Black Parrot	Second mate	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	Flight from Destiny	Travin	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1941	Footsteps in the Dark	Police secretary	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	Here Comes Happiness	Best Man	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	Knockout	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	A Shot in the Dark	Jones	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	Strange Alibi	Desk clerk	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1941	Affectionately Yours	Airline attendant	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	The Bride Came C.O.D.	Keenan's pilot	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1941	Bullets for O'Hara	Richard Palmer	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1941	Highway West	Frank Carson - Murdered Cashier	Uncredited[29]
1941	Manpower	Power company telephone operator	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4][29]
1941	Dive Bomber	Pilot	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1941	International Squadron	Radio operator	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	Passage from Hong Kong	Watson	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	Navy Blues	Ensign Walters	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	The Maltese Falcon	Reporter	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1941	Blues in the Night	Billiard Player	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Lt. Frazier	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1941	The Body Disappears	Terrence Abbott	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1941	You're in the Army Now	Clerk	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	All Through the Night	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	Bullet Scars	Reporter	Offscreen credit[4]
1942	The Male Animal	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	Lady Gangster	John	Credited as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1942	Murder in the Big House	Reporter	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	Larceny, Inc.	Customer	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Reporter	Offscreen credit[4]
1942	Juke Girl	Atlanta Postal Clerk	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	Spy Ship	Reporter	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1942	Escape from Crime	Reporter	Offscreen credit[4]
1942	Secret Enemies	Ensign	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1942	Busses Roar	Sailor	Offscreen credit[4]
1942	Across the Pacific	Orderly	Offscreen credit[4]
1942	Desperate Journey	Aircraftsman	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1942	You Can't Escape Forever	Soldier	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1942	Beyond the Line of Duty	University of Texas classmate	Short film, uncredited[29]
1942	Gentleman Jim	Undetermined Role	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1943	The Hard Way	Hotel Desk Clerk	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1943	The Mysterious Doctor	Orderly	Credited as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1943	Air Force	Sergeant	Offscreen credit[4]
1943	Truck Busters	Trucker	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1943	Action in the North Atlantic	Canadian soldier	Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper[4]
1943	Murder on the Waterfront	First sentry	Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper[4]
1944	The Last Ride	Swank	Offscreen credit[4]
1954	The High and the Mighty	Roy	Offscreen credit as William DeWolf Hopper[4]
1954	Sitting Bull	Charles Wentworth	Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper[4]
1954	This Is My Love	District Attorney	Offscreen credit[4]
1954	Track of the Cat	Arthur Bridges	Offscreen credit[4]
1955	Conquest of Space	Dr. George Fenton	[4]
1955	Robbers' Roost	Robert Bell	Offscreen credit[4]
1955	One Desire	Mac McBain	[4]
1955	Rebel Without a Cause	Judy's father	[4]
1956	Good-bye, My Lady	Walden Grover	[4]
1956	The First Texan	William B. Travis	[4]
1956	The Bad Seed	Col. Kenneth Penmark	[4]
1957	The Deadly Mantis	Dr. Nedrick (Ned) Jackson	[4]
1957	20 Million Miles to Earth	Col. Bob Calder	[4]
1957	Slim Carter	Joe Brewster	[4]
1970	Myra Breckinridge	Judge Frederic D. Cannon	Uncredited, Released posthumously[4][28][30]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	Mayor of the Town	Girard	"Minnie's Job"[29][31]
1955	Lux Video Theatre	Brad Scott	"No Sad Songs for Me"[17]
1955	Ford Theatre	Joe Cramer	"The Mumbys"[32]
1955	Lux Video Theatre	Host	"Perilous Deception"[17]
1955	Warner Brothers Presents … Casablanca	Wilson Randall	"Labor Camp Escape"[33]
1956	Fury	Sam Wilson	"The Hobo" (credited as Bill Hopper)[34]
1956	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Phil Harland	"One Life"[35]
1956	Gunsmoke	John Henry Jordan	"Robin Hood"[36]
1956	Lux Video Theatre	Jim Johanson	"The Star"[37]
1956	Celebrity Playhouse		"Stagecoach to Paradise"[38]
1956	The Millionaire	Capt. Jonathan Carroll	"Captain Jonathan Carroll"[39]
1956	Gunsmoke	Tasker Sloane	"Unmarked Grave"[36]
1956	Lux Video Theatre	George	"The Top Rung"[40]
1956	Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre	Rick Gordon	"Ten Percent"[41]
1956	Matinee Theater		"Madame de Treymes"[42]
1956	Studio 57	Smith	"The Magic Glass"[43]
1957	Studio 57	Kip	"Mr. November"[44]
1957	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Dan Mailer	"The Restless Gun" (pilot for TV series)[45]
1957	The Joseph Cotten Show	Arnold Bait	"The Case of the Jealous Bomber"[46]
1957–1966	Perry Mason	Paul Drake	271 episodes[47]

Notes

1. Hopper's audition as Perry Mason, along with Burr's auditions for Burger and Mason, were included as special features on the 2008 "50th Anniversary Edition" Perry Mason DVD set.

References

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38. "Celebrity Playhouse". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
39. "The Millionaire, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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External links

• William Hopper at IMDb
• William Hopper at the Internet Broadway Database
• William Hopper at Find a Grave
• William Hopper at Aveleyman