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DeWolf Hopper : biography

March 30, 1858 – September 23, 1935

William DeWolf Hopper (March 30, 1858 – September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. Although a star of the musical stage, he was best known for performing the popular baseball poem Casey at the Bat.

Notes

Movies

  • Don Quixote (1915), Alonso Quijano / Don Quixote
  • Rough Knight (1916)
  • Mr. Goode, Samaritan (1916), Alphonse Irving Goode
  • Sunshine Dad (1916), Alonzo Evergreen (extant; Library of Congress)
  • Casey at the Bat (1916), Casey
  • Stranded (1916), H. Ulysses Watts
  • Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916), extra (extant)
  • Puppets (1916), Pantaloon
  • Casey at the Bat (1922), Himself, reading the poem in experimental film made in Phonofilm sound-on-film process; premiered April 15, 1923 at the Rivoli Theater in NYC
  • At the Round Table (1930) (extant; Library of Congress)
  • The March of Time (1930), Himself, Old Timer Sequence in unfinished MGM movie
  • Ladies Not Allowed (1932)

DeWolf Hopper Opera Company productions

The Charlatan [Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera]
Dec 5, 1889 – Jun 17, 1899
Mr. Pickwick [Original, Musical]
Jan 19, 1903 – May 1903

DeWolf Hopper stage roles

Lorraine [Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera]
Feb 28, 1887 – Mar 12, 1887, Gaspard de Chateauvieux
The Begum [Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera]
Sep 21, 1887 – Dec 10, 1887, Howja-Dhu
Casey at the Bat [Original, Special, Poem, Solo]
Aug 14, 1888 – Aug 14, 1888, Himself
The Charlatan [Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera]
Dec 5, 1889 – Jun 17, 1899, Demidoff
Wang [Original, Musical, Comedy, Operetta]
May 4, 1891 – Oct 3, 1891, Wang
Fiddle-dee-dee [Original, Musical, Burlesque, Extravaganza]
Sep 6, 1900 – Apr 20, 1901

Fiddle-dee-dee, Hoffman Barr
Quo Vass Iss?, Petrolius
Arizona, Henry Cannedbeef
Exhibit II, The Gay Lord Quex
Hoity Toity [Original, Musical, Burlesque]
Sep 5, 1901 – Apr 19, 1902

Hoity Toity , General Steele
Depleurisy, Countess Zicka
A Man From Mars, An A.D.T. Man from Mars
The Curl and the Judge, Judge Charges
DuHurry

Poster for De Wolf Hopper in A Matinee Idol (1910)

Mr. Pickwick [Original, Musical]
Jan 19, 1903 – May 1903, Pickwick
Wang [Revival, Musical, Comedy, Operetta]
Apr 18, 1904 – Jun 4, 1904, Wang
Happyland [Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera]
Oct 2, 1905 – Jun 2, 1906, Ecstaticus
The Pied Piper [Original, Musical, Comedy]
Dec 3, 1908 – Jan 16, 1909, The Pied Piper
A Matinee Idol [Original, Musical, Comedy]
Apr 28, 1910 – May 1911, Medford Griffin
H.M.S. Pinafore [Revival, Musical, Operetta]
May 29, 1911 – Jul 8, 1911, Performer
Patience [Revival, Musical, Operetta]
May 6, 1912 – Jun 1, 1912, Reginald Bunthorne
The Pirates of Penzance [Revival, Musical, Operetta]
Jun 3, 1912 – Jun 26, 1912, Edward
H.M.S. Pinafore [Revival, Musical, Operetta]
Jun 27, 1912 – Jun 28, 1912, Dick Deadeye
The Mikado [Revival, Musical, Operetta]
Jun 29, 1912 – Jun 29, 1912, Ko-Ko
The Beggar Student [Revival, Musical, Comedy, Opera]
Mar 22, 1913 , General Ollendorf
The Mikado [Revival, Musical, Operetta]
Apr 21, 1913 – May 3, 1913, Ko-Ko