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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".
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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- New York City, New York, USA
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DeWolf Hopper stars as the mad knight Alonso Quijano, who sets out to right the wrongs of the world with his faithful Sancho Panza. The film is based on Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel and directed by Edward Dillon.
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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.”
27. Feb. 2016 · Learn how DeWolf Hopper, a famous actor, brought Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem 'Casey At The Bat' to life on stage and screen. Find out why the poem is a classic of baseball and poetry, and how it depicts the tragic fate of the heroic Casey.
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22. Sept. 2008 · DeWolf Hopper was a comic musical actor who performed in dozens of Broadway shows and became known for his recitation of the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat". He appeared in the Sesquicentennial pageant "Freedom" in 1926, where he played William Penn and sang ancient Rome scenes. He died in 1935 at age 77.
Learn about this topic in these articles: …stage performances of comic actor DeWolf Hopper, who recited the poem more than 10,000 times in hundreds of American cities and towns. “Casey at the Bat” became baseball’s most popular piece of literature, celebrated in opera, paintings, sculpture, and film and imitated, extended, and even ...
