William Hopper

William Hopper

Nascimento : 1915-01-26, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 1970-03-06

Perfil

William Hopper

Filmes

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Homem e Mulher Até Certo Ponto
Judge Frederic D. Cannon (uncredited)
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
Nos Degraus da Glória
Joe Brewster
Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a promotional buildup begins. Leo Gallaher, an orphan boy wins the contest to spend a month with Slim. Leo is a good influence on his cowboy hero. Clover sees the good and more in Slim. Montana Burriss is Slim's double.
Fúria de uma Região Perdida
Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson
Cientistas despertam no Ártico uma espécie de Louva-a-Deus gigante que provoca um rastro de pânico e destruição por onde passa. Clássico dos filmes de insetos gigantes dos anos 1950.
A 20 Milhões de Milhas da Terra
Colonel Robert Calder
Quando uma espaçonave americana cai na costa da Sicília, o time de resgate descobre que a tripulação trouxe consigo uma massa gelatinosa que logo se transforma em uma estranha criatura bípede que aumenta de tamanho. Ao atingir sete metros a criatura invade Roma e procura refúgio no Coliseu.
A Semente Maldita
Col. Kenneth Penmark
Garota de oito anos é a maldade em pessoa, além de egoísta e mentirosa. Somente a mãe sabe a verdade sobre essa terrível criança. Rhoda, de rosto angelical, é capaz de elaborar planos diabólicos para conseguir tudo que deseja, uma sociopata mirim em potencial. Primeiro filme, onde temos uma criança como vilã, que influenciou uma leva de filmes do gênero: A Profecia, Aldeia dos Amaldiçoados, Anjo Malvado, A Órfã, etc.
The First Texan
William Barrett Travis
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
Good-bye, My Lady
Walden Grover
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Juventude Transviada
Judy's Father
Em uma das performances que mais influenciaram a história do cinema, James Dean interpreta um jovem recém-chegado a uma cidade e cuja solidão, frustação e fúria e que espelharia os adolescentes do pós-guerra — e ainda reverberaria pelos 50 anos seguintes...
Seu Único Desejo
'Mac' MacBain
The "one desire" of ex-gambler Clint Saunders and bar woman Tacey Cromwell is to escape their shady former lives and settle down to respectability. With Clint's younger brother and an orphaned girl in tow, the couple moves to a Colorado mining town where their love is tested by Judith Watrous, daughter of the town banker, who has her sights on Clint.
Covil de Feras
Smokey
Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman, have been hired as ranch hands by "Bull" Herrick, a cripple who owns a large cattle ranch and wants to get his large herd to market. He theorizes that the two gangs will be kept busy watching each other and neither will rustle his cattle. Helen has little faith in her brother's contrived plan, and hates and distrusts both groups. She begins to soften toward Jim, but abruptly changes when she sees a reward poster which says he has killed two men.
A Conquista do Espaço
Dr. George Fenton
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
Dominados Pelo Terror
Arthur Bridges
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.
This Is My Love
District Attorney
A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.
Sitting Bull
Charles Wentworth
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf. Written by Jim Beaver
Um Fio de Esperança
Roy
Quando um avião comercial passa por problemas de motor durante um voo Transpacífico e o piloto perde o controle, é o copiloto veterano mas decadente Dan Roman (John Wayne) que consegue trazer o avião em segurança. Um problema atrás do outro acontece neste voo Transpacífico. Você tem o piloto que perde o controle! O copiloto decadente. O engenheiro de voo inseguro. O jovem segundo oficial atrevido. E uma lotada cabine de passageiros com toda a gama de problemas e personalidades possível. Aqui você tem o Duke em um papel que ele não queria, e um filme com o título da canção que se tornou tema de Duke. O que mais poderia qualquer fã de John Wayne querer? Está tudo aqui, e mais algumas coisas.
Murder on the Waterfront
Sentry
A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
Comboio Para o Leste
Canadian Soldier (uncredited)
O tenente Joe Rossi é primeiro oficial num Navio da Liberdade em um grande comboio de Halifax para Murmansk. Depois de submarinos alemães atacarem o comboio seu navio se separa e está indo sozinho para Murmansk. Apesar dos ataques de aviões e submarinos alemães ele luta para levar o navio em segurança para Murmansk.
Águias Americanas
Sergeant (uncredited)
A tripulação de um bombardeiro da Força Aérea chega em Pearl Harbor no rescaldo do ataque japonês e é enviado para Manila para ajudar com a defesa das Filipinas. Em 6 de dezembro de 1941, nove bombardeiros B-17 partiram em um voo de San Francisco para o Havaí. Um dos bombardeiros, o Mary Ann, é comandado pelo "Irlandês" Quincannon. O bombardeiro, Tommy McMartin, tem uma irmã vivendo no Havaí e o copiloto, Bill Williams, está apaixonado por ela. Os homens são todos altamente profissionais, com exceção do artilheiro Joe Winocki, um homem amargo que tem toda a intenção de deixar a Força Aérea do exército. Eles chegam ao Campo Hickam na manhã de 7 de dezembro, na mesma hora que os japoneses estão atacando Pearl Harbor e outras instalações militares. Todos os homens se preparam para enfrentar o inimigo, inclusive Winocki cuja atitude muda rapidamente. O bombardeiro e sua tripulação participarão de muitas missões, mas nem todos sobreviverão.
Truck Busters
Truck Driver
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
The Hard Way
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Beyond the Line of Duty
University of Texas Classmate (uncredited)
This short film in support of the war effort focuses on the training and missions of Army Air Corps Captain Hewitt T. Wheless just after the U.S. entry into World War II.
Mercado Negro
Soldier (uncredited)
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Garras Amarelas
Orderly (uncredited)
Em dezembro de 1941, o ex-capitão do exército Rick Leland embarca em um navio japonês que segue para a Ásia pelo Canal do Panamá, onde seus anfitriões japoneses demonstram interesse nos planos de defesa americanos para a zona do canal. Rick Leland não esconde o fato de que ele não tem lealdade ao seu país de origem depois que ele é submetido a uma corte marcial, expulso do Exército e embarca em um navio japonês para o Oriente no final de 1941. Mas Leland realmente foi expulso ou existe algum outro motivo para ele se aproximar do companheiro de viagem, doutor Lorenz? Qualquer motivo para se aproximar do atraente viajante Alberta Marlow pareceria bastante óbvio. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Escape from Crime
Hastings
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
Spy Ship
Reporter
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.
Murder in the Big House
Reporter
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
Mulher Gangster
John
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.
Assim é Que Elas Gostam
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Bullet Scars
Murdered Bank Teller
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
Balas Contra a Gestapo
Reporter (uncredited)
A vida tranquila de um pequeno grupo de mafiosos do Brooklin, chefiados por Gloves, toma um rumo inesperado quando um padeiro é assassinado. Eles se envolvem num grande complô gerido por nazistas dentro de Nova Iorque.
The Body Disappears
Terrence Abbott
Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor party revelry to find he's been turned invisible by eccentric college professor Reginald Shotesbury. An unbelievable series of events is revealed by several witnesses testifying in a "mystery trial" to determine the reason for DeHaven's "disappearance".
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's country home and goes to the Mocambo. There is also a sequence dedicated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin world premiere of the first short in this series attended by more that a few film stars.
O Intrépido General Custer
Lt. Frazier (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Blues in the Night
Billiards player
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.
Relíquia Macabra
Reporter (uncredited)
Um detetive particular (Humphrey Bogart) é procurado por uma mulher misteriosa (Mary Astor), que alega estar sendo ameaçada. Mas tanto o seu perseguidor quanto o homem encarregado de protegê-la aparecem mortos e tudo gira em torno de uma estátua de falcão de valor incalculável. Foi lançado no Brasil com o título "Relíquia Macabra".
Aquela Mulher!
Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
Highway West
Frank Carson-Murdered Cashier (uncredited)
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Bullets for O'Hara
Richard Palmer
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
A Noiva Caiu do Céu
Pilot
A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
Strange Alibi
Desk Clerk at National Apartments
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
A Shot in the Dark
Reporter (uncredited)
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Here Comes Happiness
Best Man
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
Footsteps in the Dark
Police Secretary (uncredited)
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of problems when his wife wants to know about his little disappearances and exceptionally late nights out.
Fugindo ao Destino
Travin
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.
The Case of the Black Parrot
Ship's Second Mate (uncredited)
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
Lady with Red Hair
Lyceum Theater Attendant (uncredited)
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Always a Bride
Man at Campaign Meeting Carrying Michael
A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.
The Flag of Humanity
Sentry (uncredited)
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Knute Rockne All American
New York Reporter When Knute is Ill (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
No Time for Comedy
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Director William Keighley's 1940 film adaptation of S. N. Behrman's stage hit, about an aspiring playwright who finds himself an overnight Broadway success, stars James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Charles Ruggles and Allyn Joslyn.
Money and the Woman
J.L. Burns, Depositor (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Ladies Must Live
Joe Barton
A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.
Irmão Orquídea
2nd Reporter on Return Ship (uncredited)
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
'Til We Meet Again
Man (uncredited)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Caravana do Ouro
Lieutenant Reporting Murrell's Attack (uncredited)
Bradford, um capitão nortista, encontra-se preso. Seu carcereiro é um capitão sulista, de nome Irby. Depois que Bradford escapa, ambos vão travar nas ruas de Virginia City, no condado de Storey, no estado de Nevada, uma luta por recursos para ambas as partes.
Dias Sem Fim
Reporter (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Três Horas Trágicas
Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.
The Fighting 69th
Private Turner
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
Homens Marcados
Society Gent in Top Hat (uncredited)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
A Child Is Born
Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
A Volta do Doutor X
Interne
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
On Dress Parade
Soldier Getting Radio Report from H4 (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
Smashing the Money Ring
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
On Your Toes
Ronald - Peggy's Escort
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Pride of the Blue Grass
Joe
A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
Espionage Agent
Student
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Dust Be My Destiny
Reporter (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Nancy Drew e a Escada Secreta
Reporter (as DeWolf Hopper)
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
Anjos de Cara Limpa
Reporter (uncredited)
Um jovem recém-libertado de um reformatório se muda para um novo bairro com sua irmã, com a intenção de começar uma nova vida. No entanto, ele se envolve com o chefe da máfia local e políticos corruptos e logo se vê sendo enquadrado por um incêndio criminoso e assassinato que ele não cometeu.
The Bill of Rights
Courier
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Eu Soube Amar
John
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
The Cowboy Quarterback
Handsome Sam Saxon
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up with gamblers and Rusty's girl Evelyn Corey makes a play for him.
Filhas Corajosas
Striped-Shirted Man at Beach (uncredited)
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her 1st husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Meia-Noite
Flammarions' Party Guest (uncredited)
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
No Tempo das Diligências
Sergeant (uncredited)
Uma diligência atravessa o Monument Valley, entre Tonto e Lordsburg, com cinco passageiros, aos quais se junta Ringo Kid, que viaja para acertar as contas com os irmãos Plummer mas, a meio caminho, ocorre um violento ataque de apaches. Um clássico de John Ford, sempre citado entre os melhores filmes de todos os tempos e que serviu de modelo a muitos outros faroestes. O filme é impecável em todos os níveis: direção, elenco, fotografia (de Bert Glennon) e história (baseada no conto Stage to Lordsburg de Ernest Haycox e roteirizada por Dudley Nichols).
Mystery House
Lal Killian
When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to get to the bottom of the case.
The Daredevil Drivers
Neeley Bus Driver
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.
Loura do Outro Mundo
Matt, a Reporter
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Over the Goal
Ken Thomas
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
Love Is on the Air
Eddie Gould
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
Back in Circulation
Pete Eddington - a Reporter (uncredited)
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
The Footloose Heiress
Jack Pierson
A rich businessman brings home a homeless man who promises to tame his willful 18-year-old daughter.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Second Production Manager (uncredited)
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
Public Wedding
Tony Burke
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.
Join the Marines
Marine
New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the team. Joining the Marines to win the Colonel's approval many adventures follow.
Breakdowns of 1937
Himself
Warner Brothers bloopers of 1937.
Larceny on the Air
Announcer
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.
Beware Of Ladies
Reporter
An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to write about.
The Accusing Finger
Reporter
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Sunshine Dad
Infant in carriage (as DeWolf Hopper Jr.)
The theft of a sacred diamond band from a Hindoo shrine starts the action.