Dennis Hopper filmography

Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, director, writer, film editor, photographer and artist. 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.

Hopper in June 2008

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 Writing (Original Screenplay) as co-writer. He had a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979). He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for best Supporting Actor. He directed Colors (1988). Hopper starred in the 1990 Motion Picture Flashback which was inspired by the 1960s Love Movement. He also played the villains King Koopa in Super Mario Bros (1993), and Howard Payne in Speed (1994). A total of six films starring Dennis Hopper have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Hopper died of prostate cancer on May 29, 2010, 12 days after his 74th birthday and two months after he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmography

Hopper's film career spanned 55 years and encompassed appearances in over 150 films. Of those films: Rebel Without a Cause,[1] Giant,[2] Cool Hand Luke,[2] Easy Rider,[3] Apocalypse Now,[4] and Hoosiers[5] have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

As actor
Year Title Role Notes
1955 Rebel Without a Cause[I] Goon
1955 I Died a Thousand Times Joe Uncredited
1956 Giant[I] Jordan Benedict III
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Billy Clanton
1957 The Story of Mankind Napoleon Bonaparte
1957 Sayonara MP in Kelly's house / MP at Tokyo airport Voice, Uncredited
1958 From Hell to Texas Tom Boyd
1959 The Young Land Hatfield Carnes
1960 Key Witness William "Cowboy" Tomkins
1961 Night Tide Johnny Drake
1964 The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys Short film
1964 Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
1964 The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder Dave Hastings
1966 Queen of Blood Paul Grant
1967 The Trip Max
1967 Cool Hand Luke[I] Babalugats
1967 Luke Himself Short film
1968 The Glory Stompers Chino
1968 Panic in the City Goff
1968 Hang 'Em High The Prophet
1968 Head Long haired guy in restaurant Extra, Uncredited
1969 Easy Rider[I] Billy
1969 True Grit Moon
1970 The Festival Game Himself Documentary
1971 The Last Movie Kansas
1971 The American Dreamer Himself Documentary
1972 Crush Proof Himself Cameo
1973 Kid Blue Bickford Waner
1976 Mad Dog Morgan Daniel Morgan
1977 Tracks 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
1977 The American Friend Tom Ripley
1977 The Sorcerer's Apprentice A Spy
1978 Flesh Color Mel
1978 Last In, First Out Medford
1979 Apocalypse Now[I] Photojournalist
1979 Bloodbath Chicken
1980 Out of the Blue Don
1981 King of the Mountain Cal
1982 Human Highway Cracker
1983 Rumble Fish Father
1983 The Osterman Weekend Richard Tremayne
1983 White Star Kenneth Barlow
1984 Jungle Warriors Deleted scenes
1984 The Inside Man Miller
1985 A Hero of Our Time Moguel Short film
1985 O.C. and Stiggs Sponson
1985 My Science Project Bob Roberts
1986 Riders of the Storm The Captain
1986 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
1986 River's Edge Feck
1986 Blue Velvet Frank Booth
1986 Hoosiers[I] Shooter
1987 Reborn Rev. Tom Hartley
1987 Black Widow Ben Dumers
1987 Straight to Hell I.G. Farben
1987 Running Out of Luck Video Director
1987 The Pick-up Artist Flash Jensen
1989 Blood Red William Bradford Berrigan
1989 Chattahoochee Walker Benson
1990 Flashback Huey Walker
1990 Catchfire Milo
1991 The Indian Runner Caesar
1991 Eye of the Storm Marvin Gladstone
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Himself Documentary
1992 Sunset Heat Carl Madson
1993 Boiling Point Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
1993 Red Rock West Lyle from Dallas
1993 Super Mario Bros. King Koopa
1993 True Romance Clifford Worley
1994 Chasers Doggie
1994 Speed Howard Payne
1995 Search and Destroy Dr. Luther Waxling
1995 Waterworld Deacon
1996 Carried Away Joseph Svenden
1996 Basquiat Bruno Bischofberger
1996 Space Truckers John Canyon
1996 The Last Days of Frankie the Fly Frankie
1997 The Blackout Mickey Wayne
1997 Top of the World Charles Atlas
1997 Road Ends Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
1997 The Good Life Mr. B Unreleased[6]
1997 Cannes Man Himself Cameo
1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? Himself Documentary
1998 Meet the Deedles Frank Slater
1998 Welcome to Hollywood Himself Cameo
1999 Tycus Peter Crawford Direct-to-DVD
1999 EDtv Henry 'Hank' Pekumy
1999 Straight Shooter Frank Hector
1999 Jesus' Son Bill
1999 The Venice Project Roland / Salvatore
1999 Bad City Blues Cleveland Carter
1999 Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius Narrator Voice
Documentary
1999 The Source William S. Burroughs Documentary
2000 The Apostate Lewis Garou
2000 The Spreading Ground Det. Ed DeLongpre
2000 Lured Innocence Rick Chambers
2000 The Prophet's Game Vincent Swan Direct-to-DVD
2000 Michael Angel Lewis Garou Direct-to-DVD
2000 Luck of the Draw Giani Ponti Direct-to-DVD
2000 Held for Ransom JD
2001 Ticker Alex Swan
2001 Choke Henry Clark Direct-to-DVD
2001 Knockaround Guys Benny Chains
2001 L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve Captain Elsworth Direct-to-DVD
2002 Unspeakable Warden Earl Blakely
2002 Leo Horace
2002 The Piano Player Robert Nile Direct-to-DVD
2003 The Night We Called It a Day Frank Sinatra
2003 New Scenes from America Himself – Actor Short film
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Himself Documentary
2004 Legacy CHP Officer Short film
2004 Out of Season Harry Barlow
2004 The Keeper Krebs
2005 Americano Riccardo Direct-to-DVD
2005 House of 9 Father Duffy
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer El Niño Direct-to-DVD
2005 Land of the Dead Kaufman
2005 Inside Deep Throat Narrator Voice
Documentary
2005 Sketches of Frank Gehry Himself Documentary
2006 Hoboken Hollow Sheriff Greer
2006 10th & Wolf Matty Matello
2006 Memory Max Lichtenstein
2006 Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi Narrator Voice
Documentary
2006 Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film Himself Documentary
2007 Sleepwalking Mr. Reedy
2008 Hell Ride Eddie Zero
2008 Elegy George O'Hearn
2008 Swing Vote Donald Greenleaf
2008 Palermo Shooting Frank
2008 An American Carol The Judge
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Himself Documentary
2008 Bananaz Himself Documentary
2010 Alpha and Omega Tony Voice
Released posthumously
2016 The Last Film Festival Nick Twain Released posthumously
2018 The Other Side of the Wind Himself Cameo
Released posthumously

^ I denotes film preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

As director or writer
YearTitle Credited asNotes
Director ScreenwriterFilm Editor
1967The TripSecond unit directorUncredited
1969Easy RiderYesYes—
1971The American DreamerYesDocumentary
The Last MovieYesYesYes
1980Out of the BlueYesYesUncredited as writer
1988ColorsYes—
1990CatchfireYesCredited as Alan Smithee
The Hot SpotYes—
1994ChasersYes—
2000HomelessYesShort film

Television

Early in his career, Hopper made multiple appearances on television series, beginning with a single appearance on the anthology series Cavalcade of America. Hopper continued guest starring on television throughout the 1950s and '60s. Late in his career, Hopper returned to television with a recurring role on 24, a one-time appearance on Las Vegas, and starring roles on E-Ring and Crash.

Year Title Role Notes
1954 Cavalcade of America Episode: "A Medal for Miss Walker"
1955 Medic Robert Episode: "Boy in the Storm"
1955 The Public Defender Frankie Episode: "Mama's Boy"
1955 Letter to Loretta Ross Morton Episode: "Inga II"
1956 Kings Row Tod Monaghan Episode: "Carnival"
1956 Screen Director's Playhouse Steve Redman Episode: "High Air"
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Pauly Episode: "Carnival"
1956–1957 Cheyenne Abe Larson / Utah kid / Roden's Ranch Hand 3 episodes
1957 Conflict Ed Novak 2 episodes
1957 Sugarfoot Billy the Kid Episode: "Brannigan's Boots"
1958 Studio One David Williams 2 episodes
1958–1959 Zane Grey Theater Vernon 'Vern' Tippert / Denny Sunrise 2 episodes
1958–1959 The Rifleman Vernon Tippert / Johnny Clover 2 episodes
1958 Swiss Family Robinson Fritz Television film
1959 The Lineup Leighton Episode: "Wake Up to Terror"
1960 The Betty Hutton Show Mike Episode: "Goldie Meets Mike"
1960 The Millionaire Adam Spencer Episode: "Millionaire Julie Sherman"
1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show Gerald Collins Episode: "No One"
1961 Naked City Vinnie Winford Episode: "Shoes for Vinnie Winford"
1961 87th Precinct Andrew Mason Episode: "My Friend, My Enemy"
1961 The Investigators Adrian Brewster Episode: "The Mind's Own Fire"
1962 General Electric Theater Fred Judson Episode: "The Hold-Out"
1962 Surfside 6 Trask Episode: "Vendetta Arms"
1963 The Twilight Zone Peter Vollmer Episode: "He's Alive"
1963 The Dakotas Ross Kendrick Episode: "Requiem at Dancer's Hill"
1963 Wagon Train Emmett Lawton Episode: "The Emmett Lawton Story"
1963 Espionage Ferno Episode: "The Weakling"
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth Rhymer Episode: "The Wrecker"
1962–1963 The Defenders Alfred Carter Jr / Jason Thomas 2 episodes
1964 Petticoat Junction Alan Landman Episode: "Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik"
1964 Arrest and Trial Coley Mitchum Episode: "People in Glass Houses"
1964 The Lieutenant Peter Devlin Episode: "To Set It Right"
1964 Bonanza Dev Farnum Episode: "The Dark Past"
1965 Gunsmoke Billy Kimbo Episode: "One Killer on Ice"
1965 Convoy Roger Small Episode: The Many Colors of Courage"
1966 The Legend of Jesse James Jud Salt Episode: "South Wind"
1966 The Time Tunnel Passenger Episode: "Rendezvous with Yesterday"
1967 Combat! Zack Fielder Episode: "A Little Jazz"
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett Vern Reed Episode: "Find a Sonnett, Kill a Sonnett"
1967 The Big Valley Leon Grell / Jimmy Sweetwater 2 episodes
1980 Wild Times Doc Holliday 2 episodes
1985 Stark Lieutenant Ron Bliss Television film
1986 Stark: Mirror Image Lieutenant Ron Bliss Television film
1987, 1990 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 2 episodes
1988 Black Leather Jacket Narrator Voice
Television film
1991 Doublecrossed Barry Seal Television film
1991 Paris Trout Paris Trout Television film
1992 Nails Harry 'Nails' Niles Television film
1992 The Heart of Justice Austin Blair Television film
1994 Witch Hunt H. Philip Lovecraft Television film
1995 Dennis Hopper: L.A. Blues Himself (host) Television special
1996 Samson and Delilah Generale Tariq Television film
1997 King of the Hill Himself (Guest voice) Episode: "Hank's Got The Willies"
2000 Jason and the Argonauts Pelias 2 episodes
2002 Flatland Smith Pilot
2002 The Groovenians Dad/King Norman Voice
Television short
2002 Firestarter: Rekindled James Richardson Television film
2003 Suspense Narrator Voice
Television film
2002 24 Victor Drazen 5 episodes
2004 Las Vegas Jon Castille Episode: "New Orleans"
2004 The Last Ride Ronnie Purnell Television film
2005–2006 E-Ring Col. Eli McNulty 23 episodes
2007 Entourage Dennis Hopper Episode: "Malibooty"
2008–2009 Crash Ben Cendars 26 episodes

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller Mr. Beautiful
1998 Black Dahlia Walter Pensky
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Steve Scott
2009 Deadly Creatures George Struggs

References
General
  • "Dennis Hopper filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  • "Dennis Hopper filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  • "Dennis Hopper – Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  • "Dennis Hopper filmography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
Specific
  1. Gamarekian, Barbara (October 19, 1990). "Library of Congress Adds 25 Titles to National Film Registry". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  2. "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 20, 2005. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  3. "Hooray for Hollywood – Librarian Names 25 More Films to National Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. November 16, 1998. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  4. "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 27, 2000. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  5. "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 18, 2001. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  6. "The wild, untold story of The Good Life". Little White Lies. February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
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