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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.”
13. Apr. 2013 · Casey At The Bat (De Wolf Hopper} - YouTube. allendale101. 5.53K subscribers. 52. 16K views 10 years ago. Vintage scene from "Casey At The Bat" performed by De Wolf Hopper. ...more.
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Recited by DeWolf Hopper, c. 1920. Problems playing this file? See media help. The text is filled with references to baseball as it was in 1888, which in many ways is not far removed from today's version. As a work, the poem encapsulates much of the appeal of baseball, including the involvement of the crowd.
William DeWolf Hopper. Nickname. Wolfie. Height. 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Mini Bio. Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5 years before The Jazz Singer (1927) , Casey at the Bat (1922), was included in Ken Burns' Baseball (1994).
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.
