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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 de set. de 2021 · DeWolf Hopper recites the poem, "Casey at the Bat" by E.L. Thayer.
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- Union Films
He first published his poem, “Casey at the Bat,” in the “San Francisco Examiner” on June 3rd of 1888. It ran without an author’s credit. It reappeared, again unaccredited, in an abbreviated form, a few weeks later in the “New York Sun.”. There, it caught the eye of writer Archibald Gunter who clipped it and stuck it in his wallet.
13 de abr. de 2013 · Vintage scene from "Casey At The Bat" performed by De Wolf Hopper.
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- allendale101
27 de fev. de 2016 · DeWolf Hopper was a thespian who read Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem \"Casey at the Bat\" in 1909, creating a baseball legend. Learn about his life, career and how he brought to life the tragic hero Casey, who struck out and broke Mudville's heart.
- Bill Littlefield
DeWolf Hopper Sr. was a reciter of the baseball poem \"Casey at the Bat\" and a frequent guest on radio shows. He had six marriages, one of which was to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, and a son who became an actor.
22 de set. de 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.
