Dennis Hopper, ‘Easy Rider’ actor, director, movie legend, dies 74

Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). Over the next ten years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films. He directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer of the film’s script.

Death of Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice at 8:15 a.m. surrounded by family and friends, from complications of prostate cancer

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Dennis Hopper Filmography

Features:

    * Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
    * I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
    * Giant (1956)
    * Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
    * The Story of Mankind (1957)
    * Sayonara (1957) (voice only)
    * From Hell to Texas (1958)
    * The Young Land (1959)
    * Key Witness (1960)
    * Night Tide (1961)
    * Tarzan and Jane Regained… Sort of (1964)
    * The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
    * Queen of Blood (1966)
    * The Trip (1967)
    * Cool Hand Luke (1967)
    * The Glory Stompers (1968)
    * Hang ‘Em High (1968)
    * Panic in the City (1968)
    * Easy Rider (1969) (Director)
    * True Grit (1969)
    * The Festival Game (1970) (documentary)
    * The American Dreamer (1971) (documentary)
    * The Last Movie (1971) (Director)
    * The Other Side of the Wind (1972) (unfinished)
    * Crush Proof (1972)
    * Kid Blue (1973)
    * Tracks (1976)
    * Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
    * The American Friend (1977)
    * The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1977)
    * Flesh Color (1978)
    * Last In, First Out (1978)
    * Apocalypse Now (1979)
    * Bloodbath (1979)
    * Out of the Blue (1980) (Director)
    * Reborn (1981)
    * King of the Mountain (1981)
    * Neil Young: Human Highway (1982)
    * Rumble Fish (1983)
    * The Osterman Weekend (1983)
    * White Star (1983)
    * The Dynamite Coffin Stunt (1983)
    * Jungle Warriors (1984)
    * The Inside Man (1984)
    * My Science Project (1985)
    * Riders of the Storm (1986)
    * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
    * River’s Edge (1986)
    * Blue Velvet (1986)
    * Hoosiers (1986)
    * Running Out of Luck (1987)
    * Black Widow (1987)
    * Straight to Hell (1987)
    * O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
    * The Pick-up Artist (1987)
    * Blood Red (1989)
    * Chattahoochee (1989)
    * Flashback (1990)
    * Hollywood Mavericks (1990) (documentary)
    * Catchfire (1990) (Director)
    * Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (documentary)
    * Motion & Emotion (1990) (documentary)
    * Sunset Heat (1991)
    * Paris Trout (1991)
    * Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) (documentary)
    * Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) (documentary)
    * The Indian Runner (1991)
    * Eye of the Storm (1991)
    * SnowwhiteRosered (1991) (documentary)
    * Red Rock West (1992)
    * The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
    * Boiling Point (1993)
    * Super Mario Bros. (1993)
    * True Romance (1993)
    * Chasers (1994)
    * Speed (1994)
    * Search and Destroy (1995)
    * Waterworld (1995)
    * Cannes Man (1996)
    * Carried Away (1996)
    * Space Truckers (1996)
    * Basquiat (1996)
    * The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
    * Top of the World (1997)
    * The Good Life (1997)
    * The Blackout (1997)
    * Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) (documentary)
    * Road Ends (1997)
    * Black Dahlia (1998) (video game)
    * Michael Angel (1998)
    * Meet the Deedles (1998)
    * Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius (1999) (documentary) (narrator)
    * The Prophet’s Game (1999)
    * Lured Innocence (1999)
    * The Source (1999) (documentary)
    * EDtv (1999)
    * Straight Shooter (1999)
    * Jesus’ Son (1999)
    * The Venice Project (1999)
    * Bad City Blues (1999)
    * The Spreading Ground (2000)
    * Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
    * Luck of the Draw (2000)
    * Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
    * Held for Ransom (2000)
    * Ticker (2001)
    * Choke (2001)
    * Knockaround Guys (2001)
    * Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton (2001) (documentary)
    * L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
    * 1 Giant Leap (2002) (documentary)
    * I Don’t Know Jack (2002) (documentary)
    * Unspeakable (2002)
    * Leo (2002)
    * Venice: Lost and Found (2002) (documentary)
    * The Piano Player (2002)
    * Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) (documentary)
    * A Decade Under the Influence (2003) (documentary)
    * Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003) (documentary)
    * The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
    * Legacy (2004)
    * The Keeper (2004)
    * Out of Season (2004)
    * Tell Them Who You Are (2004) (documentary)
    * Inside Deep Throat (2005) (documentary) (narrator)
    * House of 9 (2005)
    * Hoboken Hollow (2005)
    * Americano (2005)
    * Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern (2005) (documentary)
    * Champion (2005) (documentary)
    * The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
    * Land of the Dead (2005)
    * Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) (documentary)
    * Tainted Love (2006)
    * The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006) (documentary)
    * Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006) (documentary) (narrator)
    * 10th & Wolf (2006)
    * Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) (documentary)
    * 3055 Jean Leon (2006) (documentary)
    * Memory (2006)
    * By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston (2007) (documentary)
    * Hell Ride (2008)
    * Sleepwalking (2008)
    * Bananaz (2008) (documentary)
    * Elegy (2008)
    * Générations 68 (2008) (documentary)
    * Swing Vote (2008)
    * Chelsea on the Rocks (2008) (documentary)
    * Palermo Shooting (2008)
    * Ferlinghetti: A City Light (2008) (documentary)
    * An American Carol (2008)
    * Shooting Palermo (2008) (documentary)
    * The Brothers Warner (2008) (documentary)
    * No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) (documentary)
    * Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (2008) (documentary)
    * The Last Film Festival (2009)
    * Forever (2009)
    * Deadly Creatures (2009) (video game)
    * Alpha and Omega (2010)

Short Subjects:

    * The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (1964)
    * Screen Test#1 (1965)
    * Screen Test#2 (1965)
    * Screen Test#3 (1966)
    * Screen Test#4 (1966)
    * Luke (1967)
    * A Hero of Our Time (1985)
    * New Scenes from America (2003)

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