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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".
DeWolf Hopper Sr. (1858-1935) was an American actor who performed the popular baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" for almost 40 years. He also appeared in films such as Don Quixote (1915) and Intolerance (1916), and had six marriages and a son, William Hopper.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
DeWolf Hopper recites the poem, "Casey at the Bat" by E.L. Thayer.
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13 de abr. de 2013 · Casey At The Bat (De Wolf Hopper} Vintage scene from "Casey At The Bat" performed by De Wolf Hopper. Skip the cable setup & start watching YouTube TV today–– for free. Then save $8/month...
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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.
In 1888, Hopper, a life-long baseball fanatic, one day suggested to the opera houses’ owners that they host, for one performance only, the home team New York Giants and the visiting Chicago White Stockings.
— Profiling that larger-than-life American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer, DeWolf Hopper (1858 - 1935). His insatiable appetite for young actresses may have been the reason for his nickname "Wolfie," while his many marriages earned him the title "Husband of His Country."
