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William DeWolf Hopper (March 30, 1858 – September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of vaudeville and musical theater , he became best known for performing the popular baseball poem " Casey at the Bat ".
4. Sept. 2021 · Casey at the Bat (1922) - YouTube. Union Films. 331 subscribers. Subscribed. 101. 5.6K views 2 years ago. DeWolf Hopper recites the poem, "Casey at the Bat" by E.L. Thayer. ...more.
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Serendipitously, Gunter happened to be friends with famed stage actor De Wolf Hopper, who, in August of 1888, was appearing at the McCaull Opera Company in New York City in the comic opera “Prince Methusalem.”
DeWolf Hopper Sr. (1858-1935) was an American actor who performed the popular baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" for almost 40 years. He also appeared in films such as Don Quixote (1915) and Sunshine Dad (1916), and had six marriages and a son, William Hopper.
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(1858–1935). U.S. actor and comedian De Wolf Hopper was born William De Wolf Hopper in New York City. He is best remembered for his recitations of Ernest Thayer’s poem “Casey at the Bat” and for starring in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas, including The Mikado, Patience, and H.M.S. Pinafore. He was married to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.
DeWolf Hopper, a vaudeville star, plays the title role in this silent film adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes' novel. He is accompanied by Max Davidson as Sancho Panza and Fay Tincher as Dulcinea in his adventures of chivalry.
22. Sept. 2008 · DeWolf Hopper was a popular musical theater actor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He also became famous for reciting the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer over 10,000 times.
