officer, in which he was originally cast. He also built an extensive collection of works by artists he knew, including Warhol, Ed Ruscha and Julian Schnabel. In 1990, Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot, which was not a box-office hit. Hopper was 74 at the time of his death and the cause was "complications from metastasized. May 30, 2010 -- Hollywood and fans were saddened by the news that legendary actor and director Dennis Hopper, 74, died Saturday from complications of prostate cancer. In 2008 he also played The Death in Wim Wenders' Palermo Shooting. It won the prize for best first film at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival (though it faced only one competitor, as the critic Vincent Canby pointed out in a tepid 1969 review in The New York Times). On the set of "True Grit," Hopper so angered John Wayne that the star reportedly chased Hopper with a loaded gun. He died before the movie was released. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Over the last decade, Ive realized that hed always felt a specific fear about going into the true roots of his personal myth. While we worked on the biography, Hollywood rediscovered a born-again actor. His politics, like much of his life, were unpredictable. I soon discovered that the gallery crasher was Hopper, that hed fled his Taos, N.M., home of more than a decade, attended a minimum of three Alcoholics Anonymous or Cocaine Anonymous meetings a day, and narrowly escaped being institutionalized while straitjacketed in a psychiatric ward. He married his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy, who was 32 years his junior, in 1996, and they had a daughter, Galen Grier. Hopper became a stereotype for some male youths who rejected traditional jobs and traditional American culture, partly exemplified by Fonda's long sideburns and Hopper wearing shoulder-length hair and a long mustache. He was divorcing his fifth wife after 18 years together, obtaining an emergency restraining order to keep her at a 10-foot distance. Market data provided by Factset. Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Dennis Hopper died at his home in Venice, California, Saturday morning, his wife said. 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O'Brien and M. Netter, in, "Citizen Hopper", interview with C. Hodenfield, in. [62], On April 5, 2010, a court ruled that Duffy could continue living on Hopper's property, and that he must pay US$12,000 per month spousal and child support for their daughter Galen. Such as the time a 16-year-old Natalie Wood, who was playing a juvenile delinquent along with Hopper in "Rebel Without a Cause," wanted to experience an orgy. The remaining US$750,000 was to go to his estate. From that point on, Hopper maintained a frantic work pace, appearing in many forgettable movies and a few memorable ones, including 1993's "True Romance," where he played a well-meaning ex-cop trying to protect his son from a gangster played by Christopher Walken. He was involved in L.A.'s Ferus and Virginia Dwan galleries in the 1960s, and he was a longtime friend and supporter to New York dealer Tony Shafrazi. She said Taos was "his heart home.". According to Torn's suit, it was actually Hopper who pulled the knife on him. Here is all you want to know, and more! Awards for Dennis Hopper (see list above). [17] Hopper acted in another John Wayne film, True Grit (1969), and during its production, he became well acquainted with Wayne. At the same time, his drug and alcohol use was increasing to the point where he was said to be consuming as much as a gallon of rum a day. "U taught me so much.". [14] In 1993, he played Clifford Worley in True Romance. Mr. Hopper had several artistic pursuits beyond film. "A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country.". The title of the exhibition, "Double Standard," is taken from a 1961 Hopper photograph of two Standard Oil signs seen through an automobile windshield on historic Route 66 in Los Angeles. Actor, Motion Picture Director. Though Hopper gave critically acclaimed performances in Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1983), it was not until he portrayed the gas-huffing, obscenity-screaming villain Frank Booth in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) that his career truly revived. But the private Dennis I spent a decade alongside, working on his biography, had a different persona. 13 Wild Facts About Easy Rider | Mental Floss He was committed to a variety of social causes, including African American and Native American rights. Dennis Hopper reached the respectable age of 74 years. A union with actress Daria Halprin also ended in divorce after they had a daughter, Ruthana. Obviously, the Hollywood star didnt want to go back into that dark decade. which lists his cause of death as hepatic (liver) failure and prostate. After World War II, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where the young Hopper attended Saturday art classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. With the release of True Grit a month earlier, Hopper had starring roles in two major box-office films that summer. [59] After citing her "outrageous conduct" and stating she was "insane", "inhuman" and "volatile", Hopper was granted a restraining order against her on February 11, 2010, and as a result, she was forbidden to come within 10 feet (3m) of him or contact him. Prince Harry addresses 'Spare' backlash in interview: 'I have never looked for sympathy in this', Shania Twain was 'uncontrollably fragile' from ex Mutt Lange's affair with friend: 'How could I be so stupid', Olivia Newton-John's daughter Chloe reveals 'promise' she made to mother before her death, Emma Stones 'And' co-star Willem Dafoe had her slap him 20 times to get scene right, Prince Harry's 'attacks' on 'villain' Camilla led to Frogmore Cottage eviction: expert, Film industry reacts to death of 'Saving Private Ryan' star Tom Sizemore: 'You're a legend'. They battled over his valuable artworks. With Francis Ford Coppola's blockbuster Apocalypse Now (1979), Hopper returned to prominence as a hyper-manic Vietnam-era photojournalist. Given nearly $1 million by Universal for a follow-up project, he retreated with a cadre of hippies to Peru to shoot The Last Movie, a hallucinogenic film about the making of a movie. 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. On viewing the first release print, fresh from the lab, in his screening room at Universal, MCA founder Jules C. Stein rose from his chair and said, "I just don't understand this younger generation." Dennis Hopper, Hollywood Rebel, Dies At 74 : NPR Frazier. 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