He was a two-time Academy Award nominee, and in March 2010, was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Get the best of Fox News' entertainment coverage, right in your inbox. All was forgiven, at least for a moment, when he collaborated with another struggling actor, Peter Fonda, on a script about two pot-smoking, drug-dealing hippies on a motorcycle trip through the Southwest and South to take in the New Orleans Mardi Gras. [77][78] His funeral took place on June 3, 2010, at San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Hes the only actor in Hollywood whos had as many women as me, Hopper rationalized. Obviously, the Hollywood star didnt want to go back into that dark decade. He appeared in the first episode of the popular TV series, "The Rifleman" (19581963) as protagonist Vernon Tippet. I was terribly nave in those days, he told The New York Times in 2002. Well, the D.A. But Hopper also was a man who could charm while seeing the truth beneath the masks of Hollywood. Dennis Hopper Episode aired Apr 18, 2021 IMDb RATING 8.0 /10 9 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary Biography Dr. Michael Hunter is investigating the cause of death of actor Dennis Hopper. If a persons manner of dying is a distillation of his life, then Hoppers death seemed a revisit of the same stories about a man once called the patron saint of the deranged. Never an easy rider. Fonda produced "Easy Rider" and Hopper directed it for a meager $380,000. [74] According to papers filed in his divorce court case, Hopper was terminally ill and was unable to undergo chemotherapy to treat his prostate cancer.[75][76]. In 2005, Hopper played Paul Kaufman in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead. In 2008 he also played The Death in Wim Wenders' Palermo Shooting. 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 acting career has spanned almost six decades. 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 actor-director, who also had parts in such favorites as "Apocalypse Now" and "Hoosiers." Dennis Hopper died at age 74, respectable. Hopper took a large cast and crew to a village in Peru to film the tale of a Peruvian tribe corrupted by a movie company. Hopper forced Hathaway to shoot more than 80 takes of a scene over several days before he acquiesced to Hathaway's direction. [13] It was there that he developed an interest in acting, studying at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and the Actors Studio in New York City (he studied with Lee Strasberg for five years). His second marriage, to singer-actress Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, lasted only eight days. He spent much of the 1970s and early 1980s living as an "outcast" in Taos, New Mexico, after the success of Easy Rider. Hed been to hell and back and somehow translated that journey into his work. From there he went to Warner Bros., where he made "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" while in his late teens. [1][2], Hopper made his directorial film debut with Easy Rider (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. Actor Dennis Hopper left behind a legacy of movie achievements when he died on May 29, 2010, at age 74 from prostate cancer. Wood was a consummate researcher of . 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). [39] Dennis Hopper: Photographs 19611967 was published in February 2011, by Taschen. In January 2010, Hopper filed to end his 14-year marriage to Victoria Hopper, who stated in court filings that the actor was seeking to cut her out of her inheritance, a claim Hopper denied. At the same time, his drug and alcohol use was increasing to the point where he was said to be consuming as much as a gallon of rum a day. Also in 1986, Hopper portrayed Lt. Enright in the comedy horror The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. [6], Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Marjorie Mae (ne Davis; July 12, 1917 January 12, 2007)[7] and James Millard Hopper[8] (June 23, 1916 August 7, 1982). [27] In 1999, he starred in The Prophet's Game (a dark thriller), directed by David Worth and also starring Stephanie Zimbalist, Robert Yocum, Sandra Locke, Joe Penny and Tracey Birdsall. Dennis Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic "Easy Rider" whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his. He saw his first movie at 5 and became enthralled. The film was a hit at Cannes, netted a best-screenplay Oscar nomination for Hopper, Fonda and Terry Southern, and has since been listed on the American Film Institute's ranking of the top 100 American films. When it was released, "The Last Movie" was such a crashing failure that it made Hopper unwanted in Hollywood for a decade. Hopper plays an aging hippie prankster in the 1990 comedy Flashback, fleeing in a Furthur-like old bus to the tune of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild". Four years later, Fonda told The Independent that Hopper refused to speak to him prior to his death, and even barred him from the funeral. [14] 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). "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.". 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. He saw a career resurgence in 1986 when he was widely acclaimed for his performances in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. ", Its success prompted studio heads to schedule a new kind of movie: low cost, with inventive photography and themes about a young, restive baby boom generation. The actor made his last public appearance on March 26, when his star was dedicated on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. 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Hopper was unable to capitalize on his Easy Rider success for several years. [48], 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. He says people in this town never forget. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous movie actor. and police moved pretty fast, closing down the Love Ranch South that very day. I reported back on my progress. Dennis Hopper, in full Dennis Lee Hopper, (born May 17, 1936, Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.died May 29, 2010, Los Angeles, California), American film actor, director, and writer who rose to fame as a countercultural icon in the 1960s and later developed into a noted character actor. In the storyline, the Kid gave Cheyenne Bodie no choice but to kill him in a gunfight. The cause was complications from metastasized prostate cancer, according to a statement issued by Alex Hitz, a family friend. Hopper, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2009, was surrounded by his children when he died, Victoria Hopper told CNN. 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." "U taught me so much.". RIP Dennis Hopper.". With Francis Ford Coppola's blockbuster Apocalypse Now (1979), Hopper returned to prominence as a hyper-manic Vietnam-era photojournalist. Seemed like a potential story for my then-employer, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner daily newspaper. Hopper had had bit roles in "Rebel Without A Cause" and "Giant" with fellow actor James Dean. His intimate and unguarded images of celebrities like Ike and Tina Turner, Andy Warhol and Jane Fonda were the subject of gallery shows and were collected in a book, 1712 North Crescent Heights. The book, whose title was his address in the Hollywood Hills in the 1960s, was edited by Marin Hopper, his daughter by Ms. Hayward. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckinghams rocky relationship: A timeline of love and war, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan actor, dies after brain aneurysm, Daisy Jones & the Six becomes the first fictional band to hit No. He was 74. And there was a time when I had a lot of energy to display how crazy that was.. "No better scene in the movies than his showdown with Walken in 'True Romance'," actress Elizabeth Banks tweeted Saturday. The film caught on despite tension between Hopper and Fonda and between Hopper and the original choice for Nicholson's part, Rip Torn, who quit after a bitter argument with the director. They had a daughter, Marin, before Hopper's drug-induced violence led to divorce after eight years. "'Easy Rider' was never a motorcycle movie to me," Hopper said in 2009. He had . It began in 1986 when he played an alcoholic ex-basketball star in "Hoosiers," which brought him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Actor known for his dramatic performances in films such as Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, and Speed. In 2008, Hopper starred in An American Carol. [58], On January 14, 2010, Hopper filed for divorce from his fifth wife Victoria Duffy. Treatment at a detox clinic helped him stop drinking but he still used cocaine, and at one point he became so hallucinatory that he was committed to the psychiatric ward of a Los Angeles hospital. Trouble on the set developed almost immediately, as Peruvian authorities pestered the company, drug-induced orgies were reported and Hopper seemed out of control. They had a daughter, Marin, before Hopper's drug-induced violence led to divorce after eight years. Frazier. [70] In January 2010, it was reported that Hopper's cancer had metastasized to his bones. It began in 1986 when he played an alcoholic ex-basketball star in "Hoosiers," which brought him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Fonda produced "Easy Rider" and Hopper directed it for a meager $380,000. Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Dennis Hopper died at his home in Venice, California, Saturday morning, his wife said. [35] During this period he created the cover art for the Ike & Tina Turner album River Deep Mountain High (released in 1966). In January 2010, Hopper filed to end his 14-year marriage to Victoria Hopper, who stated in court filings that the actor was seeking to cut her out of her inheritance, a claim Hopper denied. Described as a pothead, womanizer, and drunk, the late actor Larry Hagman lived life like an eternal party. He was 74. Over the last decade, Ive realized that hed always felt a specific fear about going into the true roots of his personal myth. 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. He wrangled small parts in big studio films like The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) directed by his former nemesis Henry Hathaway as well as Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Hang Em High (1968). Shunned by the Hollywood studios, he found work in European films that were rarely seen in the United States. [68] On October 2, he was discharged after receiving treatment for dehydration. 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O'Brien and M. Netter, in, "Citizen Hopper", interview with C. Hodenfield, in. Hopper had 3 daughters and a son. He confirmed his status as a rising star the next year, as the son of a wealthy rancher played by Rock Hudson in Giant, the epic western also starring Elizabeth Taylor and Dean. "I just want to thank you," Hopper said, as he smiled broadly. I thought the crazier you behaved, the better artist you would be. Or, perhaps, while dying he looked up at a teddy bear on a shelf the one handmade by his mother. 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. The Dennis Hopper Trust Collection represents Hopper's directorial efforts.[79]. 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. The cancer spread to his bones and he died on May 29, 2010. After Easy Rider, it was everywhere". Or a final chance to play the lead in a Shakespeare tragedy? Hopper was drugged-out off camera, too, and his rambling chatter was worked into the final cut. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. He also built an extensive collection of works by artists he knew, including Warhol, Ed Ruscha and Julian Schnabel. Lovecraft in the TV movie Witch Hunt. May 30, 2010 -- Hollywood and fans were saddened by the news that legendary actor and director Dennis Hopper, 74, died Saturday from complications of prostate cancer. Such as the time a 16-year-old Natalie Wood, who was playing a juvenile delinquent along with Hopper in "Rebel Without a Cause," wanted to experience an orgy. 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[67], On September 28, 2009, Hopper, then 73, was reportedly taken by ambulance to an unidentified Manhattan hospital wearing an oxygen mask and "with numerous tubes visible". May 17, 1936 Died May 29, 2010 (74) Add to list Nominated for 2 Oscars 23 wins & 17 nominations total Photos 424 Known for Easy Rider 7.3 Billy 1969 Blue Velvet 7.7 Frank Booth 1986 Speed 7.3 Howard Payne 1994 Waterworld 6.3 Deacon 1995 Credits Edit He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in Giant (1956). In Taos, I met many people who loathed Hopper, and many who remembered him as their hero and champion and friend. 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 a 1993 interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, Mr. Hopper credited Marlon Brando, a star of the film, with the idea of having him portray a freewheeling photojournalist, rather than the smaller role of a C.I.A. From there he went to Warner Bros., where he made "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" while in his late teens. He was signed as a small-part contract player at Paramount, 1935-37. In 1990, Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot, which was not a box-office hit. He soon left for New York, where he studied with Lee Strasberg for several years, performed on stage and acted in more than 100 episodes of television shows. ", "Work is fun to me," he told a reporter in 1991. He also left behind valuable life lessons about prostate cancer.. He was divorcing his fifth wife after 18 years together, obtaining an "emergency. 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. ", Its success prompted studio heads to schedule a new kind of movie: low cost, with inventive photography and themes about a young, restive baby boom generation. The old rebel contributed money to the Republican Party in recent years, but also voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2008. which lists his cause of death as hepatic (liver) failure and prostate. He was a two-time Academy Award nominee, and in March 2010, was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Soon he was traveling in social circles with Dean and was linked romantically with Natalie Wood and Joanne Woodward. 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. ", "So long Dennis," tweeted actress Virginia Madsen, who starred in "The Hot Spot." He was committed to a variety of social causes, including African American and Native American rights. He was 74. His politics, like much of his life, were unpredictable. Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. The series starred Chuck Connors and the premiere episode "The Sharpshooter" was written by Sam Peckinpah.[28]. Dennis Hopper, left, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider, Columbia Pictures/TRIO, via Associated Press. It was difficult to recognize the manic performer Id admired in Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now and Wim Wenders The American Friend. That outrageous hipster of Easy Rider? He married his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy, who was 32 years his junior, in 1996, and they had a daughter, Galen Grier. When he finally completed filming, he retired to his home in Taos, N.M., to piece together the film, a process that took almost a year, in part because he was using psychedelic drugs for editing inspiration. He rarely laughed, and cautiously measured every move. On 30 September 1970, Hopper appeared on the second episode of season 2 of "The Johnny Cash Show" where he sang a duet with Cash entitled "Goin' Up Goin' Down". Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 - May 29, 2010) was an American actor, director, writer, film editor, photographer and artist. He married five times and led a dramatic life right to the end. In his book Last Train to Memphis, American popular music historian Peter Guralnick says that in 1956, when Elvis Presley was making his first film in Hollywood, Hopper was roommates with fellow actor Nick Adams and the three became friends and socialized together. I wonder if Hopper saw his exit as a last movie? Fine art from an iPhone? In the next ten years he made a name for himself in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films, notably Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Hang 'Em High (1968). The money theyre offering me is unbelievable, he said about another biography offer. In 1957 Hopper played thief Abe Larson in another Cheyenne episode titled "The Iron Trail." After becoming sober in the 1980s, Mr. Hopper began taking on roles in several films a year, becoming one of the most recognizable character actors of the day. Produced for the Starz cable channel, the show had Mr. Hopper portraying a music producer unhinged by years of drug use. Larry Hagman's Daughter Fled Her Parents' House at 15 after Encounter with Dennis Hopper. Illness and death May 29, 2010 -- Dennis Hopper, the director, star and co-writer of "Easy Rider" and an edgy actor in numerous other films, has died at age 74 after a lengthy illness, his production company Easy . Could you make time to work around my film schedule and do the book? UPDATE: Here's the Associated Press obituary. On the set of "True Grit," Hopper so angered John Wayne that the star reportedly chased Hopper with a loaded gun. He returned to directing, with "Colors," "The Hot Spot" and "Chasers. It was my mind.. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. He was 74. Born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kan., and raised on a nearby farm, Dennis Lee Hopper moved with his family to San Diego in the late 1940s. With Hopper hailed as a brilliant filmmaker, Universal Pictures lavished $850,000 on his next project, "The Last Movie.". In between contesting Fonda's rights to the majority of the residual profits from Easy Rider, he married singer Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas on Halloween of 1970. "Much of Hollywood," wrote critic-historian David Thomson, "found Hopper a pain in the neck.". 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. He said his reason for not voting Republican was the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate. UPDATE: Here's the Associated Press obituary. Actor known for his dramatic performances in films such as Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, and Speed. Was he holding on to his sobriety? Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion". His other notable films include Apocalypse Now and Rumble Fish. He had died in the night of a heart attack. Here is all you want to know, and more! Production was reportedly often delayed by his unreliable behavior. A washer and dryer stood at the foot of the stairs to his Venice studio. [34] Early in his career, he painted and wrote poetry, though many of his works were destroyed in the 1961 Bel Air Fire, which burned hundreds of homes, including his and his wife's, on Stone Canyon Road[35] in Bel Air. Date Of Birth: May 17, 1936 Date Of Death: May 29, 2010 Cause Of Death: N/A Ethnicity: White Nationality: American Dennis Hopper was born on the 17th of May, 1936. In the 1950s, he had roles in several TV shows and films, including "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) and "Giant" (1956). Id rather remember the secretive, serious, focused artist who never fully revealed himself to me and maybe never to anyone. [50], According to Rolling Stone magazine, Hopper was "one of Hollywood's most notorious drug addicts" for 20 years. Anyone can read what you share. Mr. Hopper was seen mostly in small film parts until he returned to prominence with his performance in Apocalypse Now (1979). Hopper was able to sustain his lifestyle and a measure of celebrity by acting in numerous low budget and European films throughout the 1970s as the archetypal "tormented maniac", including Mad Dog Morgan (1976), Tracks (1976), and The American Friend (1977). Hopper sadly passed away in 2010, aged 74. [36] In 196067, 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. Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper has died after a long bout with prostate cancer, according to reports. Hopper's later work included a leading role in the short-lived television series Crash (20082009), inspired by the film of the same name. [33], Hopper's fascination with art began with painting lessons at the Nelson-Atkins Museum while still a child in Kansas City, Missouri. He went on to appear in several films in the early 1980s, including the well regarded "Rumblefish" and "The Osterman Weekend," as well as the campy "My Science Project" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.".