Posted on 05/29/2010 11:56:27 AM PDT by jessduntno
Hopper made his acting debut in 'Rebel Without a Cause' in 1955. He later descended into years of drug and alcohol abuse, but made a comeback in 1986 with his Oscar-nominated role in 'Hoosiers.'
Dennis Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic "Easy Rider" whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his return to sobriety and a career resurgence in the films " Hoosiers" and "Blue Velvet," died Saturday. He was 74.
A longtime resident of Venice who also was known as a photographer, artist and collector of modern art, Hopper died at his home of complications from prostate cancer, said Alex Hitz, a friend of the family.
A frail-looking Hopper, whose battle with prostate cancer was revealed in October, was able to attend a ceremony for the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in late March.
In a more than five-decade acting career that was influenced early on by working with James Dean and studying at the Actors Studio, he made his film debut as one of the high school gang members who menace Dean in the 1955 classic "Rebel Without a Cause."
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Prostate cancer is too curable to have allowed this to happen.
He was a CONSERVATIVE —one of US.
Didn’t know that.
I also remember him in Giant. He played Rock Hudson’s son. Of course James Dean starred in this one too.
I thought the LA Times Obit was the best source for his death notice.
Leave it to liberal journalists to keep harping on “Easy Rider” as his signature film accomplishment when he was SOOOOOO much more.
Personally I think that role was one of his lesser performances when compared to some of his work.
don’t know if the mods would like this pic, so just a link http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/01/22/dennis-hopper-easy-rider-bird.jpg
heh hehe...yeah...
My mom took me to see Easy Rider when I was about 14, then she let me have that bird poster on my wall, mom was pretty cool.
I agree. Hopper did a lot of work that was far superior to Easy Rider.
Blue Velvet has always been a personal favorite of mine.
I had that poster too.
I have a copy of the poster (34”X24”) on my living room wall facing the front door. First thing you see when you walk in the house. Been there for years.
Wow! Same here, my mom dropped me and a few friends off at the theatre, but they wouldn't let us in w/o an adult, so she watched it with us. She liked it too!
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