William Hopper - wikipedia William Hopper For other people named William Hopper, see William Hopper ( disambiguation ). William Hopper William Hopper in 1934 William DeWolf Hopper Jr. ( 1915 - 01 - 26 ) January 26, 1915 New York City, New York, U.S. March 6, 1970 ( 1970 - 03 - 06 ) ( aged 55 ) Palm Springs, California, U.S. Cause of death Pneumonia Resting place Rose Hills Memorial Park Occupation Actor Years active 1916 ; 1934 -- 1970 Spouse ( s ) Jane Kies Hopper ( married 1940 -- 1959 ) Jan Hopper ( married 1959 -- 1970 ) Children Parent ( s ) DeWolf Hopper Hedda Hopper William DeWolf Hopper Jr. ( January 26, 1915 -- March 6, 1970 ) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in predominantly minor roles in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and ' 40s. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he left acting, but in the mid-1950s, he was persuaded by director William Wellman to resume his film career. He became best known for his work in television, as private detective Paul Drake in the long - running CBS series, Perry Mason. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 1930s -- 1940s 2.2 Military service and postwar career 2.3 1950s -- 1970s 2.3. 1 Perry Mason 3 Accolades 4 Personal life 5 Death 6 Select theatre credits 7 Select film and television credits 7.1 Film 7.2 Television 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links Early life William DeWolf Hopper Jr., was born January 26, 1915 in New York City. He was the only child of actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer DeWolf Hopper ( March 30, 1858 -- September 23, 1935 ) and his fifth wife, actress Hedda Hopper ( born Elda Furry ; May 2, 1885 -- February 1, 1966 ). He had one older half - brother, John A. Hopper, from his father 's second marriage in the 1880s. Hopper made his film debut as a baby in his father 's 1916 silent movie Sunshine Dad. His mother divorced his father in 1922 and moved to Hollywood with their son. Hedda Hopper became one of America 's best - known gossip columnists, with nearly 30 million readers in newspapers in the U.S. Contract players Wolfe Hopper and Gail Patrick in a July 1936 Paramount Pictures fashion photograph ; 20 years later, William Hopper was Paul Drake and Gail Patrick Jackson was executive producer of the CBS - TV series Perry Mason William Hopper, Barbara Hale, and Frank Sully in the CBS - TV series Perry Mason ( 1958 ) Hopper and Raymond Burr in the Perry Mason episode, `` The Case of Paul Drake 's Dilemma '' ( 1959 ) Guest star Bette Davis with Hopper in Perry Mason ( 1963 ) Career 1930s -- 1940s Hopper began his acting career as a teenager. He made his first stage appearance at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, in She Loves Me Not. He worked in summer stock in Ogunquit, Maine. He appeared on Broadway in the short - lived comedy Order Please ( 1934 ) and as a member of the ensemble in Katharine Cornell 's production of Romeo and Juliet ( 1934 -- 35 ). In March 1936, Hopper -- then working under the name Wolfe Hopper -- won a contract at Paramount Pictures. Early in his film career, Hopper appeared in numerous movies, uncredited and also under the name DeWolf Hopper. In 1936, he played a small role as a soldier in the Columbia Pictures film The King Steps Out starring Grace Moore and Franchot Tone. In 1937, he portrayed the leading man in two films, Public Wedding with Jane Wyman and Over the Goal with June Travis. He also enjoyed significant roles alongside Ann Sheridan in The Footloose Heiress ( 1937 ) and Mystery House ( 1938 ). After that, he had roles that included playing a sergeant in the John Ford Western, Stagecoach ( 1939 ) ; an intern in The Return of Dr. X ( 1939 ) ; a college football player in Over the Goal ( 1939 ) ; and reporters in Knute Rockne, All American ( 1940 ), The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ) and Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ). Hopper became an actor because his mother expected it of him. `` When I worked at Warner Bros., '' Hopper said, `` I was so scared I stuttered all the time. '' Military service and postwar career Hopper served with the United States Navy during World War II, as a volunteer with the Office of Strategic Services and as a member of the newly created Underwater Demolition Team. He received a Bronze Star and several other medals during operations in the Pacific. For eight years after the war, Hopper became involved in business and sold cars in Hollywood. He combined car sales and acting when opportunities came up during the advent of television. `` I did n't even think about acting much until a friend, director Bill Wellman, asked me to do a part in The High and the Mighty, '' Hopper recalled. 1950s -- 1970s In 1953, director William Wellman persuaded Hopper to resume his movie career with his 1954 film, The High and the Mighty, opposite Jan Sterling. Before filming began, Hopper challenged Wellman because he suspected his mother had arranged the offer. `` When it appeared Wellman was serious, I asked him if he knew whose son I was. He ignored me, '' Hopper recalled. `` I was so lousy, so nervous, I did n't even know where the camera was. But somehow Billy got me through. Afterward, I thanked him. He said, ' Thank me, my foot. After this, you 're going to be in every picture I make. ' I did n't believe him. '' Hopper subsequently appeared in two of Wellman 's films, Track of the Cat ( 1954 ) and Good - bye, My Lady ( 1956 ). Hopper was cast to star opposite Claire Trevor in the live television drama, `` No Sad Songs for Me '', broadcast April 14, 1955, on NBC 's Lux Video Theatre. He had such stage fright, he initially cancelled : `` I swore I 'd never act again as long as I lived, '' Hopper recalled. `` Then I thought, what the heck, they ca n't shoot me, and walked on the set. Something happened then. It was as if someone had surgically removed the nerves. '' At last comfortable on screen, Hopper played the stern and emotionally distant father of Natalie Wood in the James Dean classic, Rebel Without a Cause ( 1955 ), and the often absent father in The Bad Seed ( 1956 ). He starred in the science - fiction films 20 Million Miles to Earth and The Deadly Mantis, released in 1957. In 1956 Hopper guest - starred again on television during the first season of the Western series Gunsmoke, portraying an outlaw initially supported by townsfolk in an episode titled `` Robin Hood ''. The following year he played a supporting role in the pilot episode of the television series The Restless Gun, which was broadcast as an episode of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. Some of Hopper 's other television guest appearances include The Joseph Cotten Show, Fury, Studio 57, and The Millionaire. Perry Mason Hopper is best known for his principal role as the private investigator Paul Drake on CBS 's courtroom television series Perry Mason ( 1957 -- 66 ). He initially tested for the title role, while Raymond Burr read for the role of Mason 's courtroom adversary, district attorney Hamilton Burger. Burr was encouraged to lose weight and return to audition for the role of Perry Mason -- which he later did, successfully. Hopper, too, was called back. Executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson recalled, `` When Bill Hopper came in to read for Paul Drake he blurted out, ' You hate my mother. ' And that was Hedda Hopper. Well, I disliked what she stood for, but ' hate ' is something else -- and anyway he was perfect as Drake, and we got him. '' `` As Paul Drake, William Hopper was called on to be the most versatile of the principals in the Perry Mason cast, '' wrote Brian Kelleher and Diana Merrill in their chronicle of the television series : He was not only the careful investigator, the duke - it - out tough guy, the ladies ' man, and the hipster, but also the fall guy, the strikeout artist, the `` eating machine '' and `` the big kid. '' Hopper 's Drake alone provided the comic relief for the show. And, despite being a rather late bloomer to the acting field, he played all the parts surprisingly well and believably. His appearances made fair shows good, and good shows better. The 1959 episode, `` The Case of Paul Drake 's Dilemma '', had Hopper 's character on trial for murder. It was the only time in the series ' nine - year run that Paul Drake was the defendant. Hopper continued to work in summer stock and to make movie appearances during his years on Perry Mason ; however, after the series was cancelled in 1966, he declined other television offers. He did, though, make one final film appearance in Myra Breckinridge ( 1970 ), which premiered in New York three months after his death. Accolades In 1959, Hopper was nominated as Best Supporting Actor ( Continuing Character ) in a Dramatic Series at the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards for his performance as Paul Drake. Personal life In 1940, Hopper married actress Jane Kies, sister of Margaret Lindsay, whose professional name was Jane Gilbert. They had worked together on the 1939 film, Invisible Stripes. They had one daughter, Joan, born in 1947. On February 1, 1966, Hopper announced the death of his mother, actress and celebrated Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, from pleural pneumonia. Death Hopper entered Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, California, on February 14, 1970, after suffering a stroke. He died of pneumonia three weeks later, on March 6, at age 55. Survived by his second wife, Jan, he was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. Select theatre credits 1934 : Order Please, Playhouse Theatre, New York City ( as Victor Neilson ) 1934 -- 35 : Romeo and Juliet, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City ( Ensemble ) Select film and television credits Film Year Title Role Notes 1916 Sunshine Dad Baby Credited as William DeWolf Hopper Jr. 1936 King Steps Out, The The King Steps Out Soldier Offscreen credit 1936 Murder with Pictures Photographer Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1936 Big Broadcast of 1937, The The Big Broadcast of 1937 Ship 's Officer Uncredited 1936 Easy to Take Monitor room man Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1936 Accusing Finger, The The Accusing Finger Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1936 Beware of Ladies Reporter Uncredited 1937 Larceny on the Air Announcer Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1937 Join the Marines Marine Uncredited 1937 Dick Tracy Dirigible Pilot Uncredited 1937 Public Wedding Tony Burke Male lead, opposite Jane Wyman 1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air Second production manager Uncredited 1937 Footloose Heiress, The The Footloose Heiress Jack Pierson 1937 Back in Circulation Pete Edington Offscreen credit 1937 Love Is on the Air Eddie Gould 1937 Over the Goal Ken Thomas Male lead, opposite June Travis 1937 Adventurous Blonde, The The Adventurous Blonde Matt 1938 Daredevil Drivers Neeley bus driver Offscreen credit 1938 Love, Honor and Behave Yale tennis player Offscreen credit 1938 Mystery House Lal Killian 1938 Patient in Room 18, The The Patient in Room 18 Grabshot Offscreen credit 1938 Women Are Like That Larraby Offscreen credit 1939 Stagecoach Cavalry Sergeant Offscreen credit 1939 Midnight Flammarions ' Party Guest Uncredited 1939 Daughters Courageous Striped - shirted man at beach Offscreen credit 1939 Cowboy Quarterback, The The Cowboy Quarterback Handsome Sam Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1939 Old Maid, The The Old Maid John Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1939 Angels Wash Their Faces, The The Angels Wash Their Faces Photographer Uncredited 1939 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1939 Dust Be My Destiny Reporter Uncredited 1939 Espionage Agent Student Offscreen credit 1939 On Your Toes Ronald - Peggy 's Escort Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1939 Pride of the Blue Grass Joe Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1939 On Dress Parade Soldier Getting Radio Report from H4 Uncredited 1939 Return of Doctor X, The The Return of Doctor X Intern Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1939 Child Is Born, AA Child Is Born Intern Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1939 Invisible Stripes Young Man Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Fighting 69th, The The Fighting 69th Private Turner Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1940 Calling Philo Vance Hotel clerk Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Castle on the Hudson Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Virginia City Lieutenant Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Til We Meet Again'Til We Meet Again Man Uncredited 1940 Tear Gas Squad George Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1940 Flight Angels Lefty Credited as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Brother Orchid Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Gambling on the High Seas Station operator Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Man Who Talked Too Much, The The Man Who Talked Too Much Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Ladies Must Live Joe Barton Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1940 Money and the Woman J.L. Burns, Bank Depositor Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 No Time for Comedy First - Nighter Uncredited 1940 Knute Rockne, All American Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Always a Bride Man at campaign meeting carrying Michael Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1940 Lady with Red Hair Lyceum Theater Attendant Uncredited 1940 Santa Fe Trail Officer Scenes deleted ; offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Case of the Black Parrot, The The Case of the Black Parrot Second mate Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Flight from Destiny Travin Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1941 Footsteps in the Dark Police secretary Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Here Comes Happiness Best Man Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Knockout Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Shot in the Dark, AA Shot in the Dark Jones Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Strange Alibi Desk clerk Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1941 Affectionately Yours Airline attendant Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Bride Came C.O.D., The The Bride Came C.O.D. Keenan 's pilot Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1941 Bullets for O'Hara Richard Palmer Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1941 Highway West Frank Carson - Murdered Cashier Uncredited 1941 Manpower Power company telephone operator Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Dive Bomber Pilot Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1941 International Squadron Radio operator Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Passage from Hong Kong Watson Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Navy Blues Ensign Walters Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Maltese Falcon, The The Maltese Falcon Reporter Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1941 Blues in the Night Billiard Player Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1941 They Died with Their Boots On Lt. Frazier Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 All Through the Night Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1941 Body Disappears, The The Body Disappears Terrence Abbott Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1941 You 're in the Army Now Clerk Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1942 Bullet Scars Reporter Offscreen credit 1942 Male Animal, The The Male Animal Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1942 Lady Gangster John Credited as DeWolf Hopper 1942 Murder in the Big House Reporter Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1942 Larceny, Inc. Customer Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Reporter Offscreen credit 1942 Juke Girl Atlanta Postal Clerk Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1942 Spy Ship Reporter Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1942 Escape from Crime Reporter Offscreen credit 1942 Secret Enemies Ensign Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1942 Busses Roar Sailor Offscreen credit 1942 Across the Pacific Orderly Offscreen credit 1942 Desperate Journey Aircraftsman Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1942 You Ca n't Escape Forever Soldier Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1942 Beyond the Line of Duty University of Texas classmate Short film, uncredited 1942 Gentleman Jim Undetermined Role Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1943 Hard Way, The The Hard Way Hotel Desk Clerk Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1943 Mysterious Doctor, The The Mysterious Doctor Orderly Credited as DeWolfe Hopper 1943 Air Force Sergeant Offscreen credit 1943 Truck Busters Trucker Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1943 Action in the North Atlantic Canadian soldier Offscreen credit as DeWolfe Hopper 1943 Murder on the Waterfront First sentry Offscreen credit as DeWolf Hopper 1944 Last Ride, The The Last Ride Swank Offscreen credit 1954 High and the Mighty, The The High and the Mighty Roy Offscreen credit as William DeWolf Hopper 1954 Sitting Bull Charles Wentworth Offscreen credit as Bill Hopper 1954 This Is My Love District Attorney Offscreen credit 1954 Track of the Cat Arthur Bridges Offscreen credit 1955 Conquest of Space Dr. George Fenton 1955 Robbers ' Roost Robert Bell Offscreen credit 1955 One Desire Mac McBain 1955 Rebel Without a Cause Judy 's father 1956 Good - bye, My Lady Walden Grover 1956 First Texan, The The First Texan William B. Travis 1956 Bad Seed, The The Bad Seed Col. Kenneth Penmark 1957 Deadly Mantis, The The Deadly Mantis Dr. Nedrick ( Ned ) Jackson 1957 20 Million Miles to Earth Col. Bob Calder 1957 Slim Carter Joe Brewster 1970 Myra Breckinridge Parole officer Released posthumously Television Year Title Role Notes 1954 Mayor of the Town Girard `` Minnie 's Job '' 1955 Lux Video Theatre Brad Scott `` No Sad Songs for Me '' 1955 Ford Theatre Joe Cramer `` The Mumbys '' 1955 Lux Video Theatre Host `` Perilous Deception '' 1955 Warner Brothers Presents... Casablanca Wilson Randall `` Labor Camp Escape '' 1956 Fury Sam Wilson `` The Hobo '' ( credited as Bill Hopper ) 1956 20th Century Fox Hour, The The 20th Century Fox Hour Phil Harland `` One Life '' 1956 Gunsmoke John Henry Jordan `` Robin Hood '' 1956 Lux Video Theatre Jim Johanson `` The Star '' 1956 Celebrity Playhouse `` Stagecoach to Paradise '' 1956 Millionaire, The The Millionaire Capt. Jonathan Carroll `` Captain Jonathan Carroll '' 1956 Gunsmoke Tasker Sloane `` Unmarked Grave '' 1956 Lux Video Theatre George `` The Top Rung '' 1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre Rick Gordon `` Ten Percent '' 1956 Matinee Theater `` Madame de Treymes '' 1956 Studio 57 Smith `` The Magic Glass '' 1957 Studio 57 Kip `` Mr. November '' 1957 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Dan Mailer `` The Restless Gun '' ( pilot for TV series ) 1957 Joseph Cotten Show, The The Joseph Cotten Show Arnold Bait `` The Case of the Jealous Bomber '' 1957 -- 66 Perry Mason Paul Drake 271 episodes Notes Jump up ^ Hopper 's audition as Perry Mason, along with Burr 's auditions for Burger and Mason, were included as special features on the 2008 `` 50th Anniversary Edition '' Perry Mason DVD set. References ^ Jump up to : Reuters ( March 7, 1970 ). `` William Hopper, Actor, Dies ; Detective in ' Perry Mason, ' 54 ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ Ancestry.com. California, Death Index 1940 -- 1997 ( database on - line ). Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 06. Jump up ^ Douglass, Harvey ( July 12, 1933 ). `` DeWolf Hopper Calls 6th Wife the Only Perfect One ''. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 06. ^ Jump up to : `` William Hopper ''. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. ^ Jump up to : Associated Press ( February 2, 1966 ). `` Hedda Hopper, Columnist, Dies ; Chronicled Gossip of Hollywood ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 05. ^ Jump up to : `` De Wolfe Hopper 's Son Wins Contract ''. The Milwaukee Sentinel. April 8, 1936. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. ^ Jump up to : Wolters, Larry ( January 10, 1960 ). `` Meet Hedda 's Son Bill ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 12. ^ Jump up to : Kelleher, Brian ; Merrill, Diana ( 1987 ). `` William Hopper as Paul Drake ''. The Perry Mason TV Show Book. New York : St. Martin 's Press. pp. 57 -- 66. ISBN 9780312006693. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 07. ^ Jump up to : `` Order Please ''. Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. ^ Jump up to : `` Romeo and Juliet ''. Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Wolfe Hopper Gets a Movie Contract ''. The Milwaukee Sentinel. March 11, 1936. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. ^ Jump up to : Du Brow, Rick ( July 11, 1961 ). `` Mason 's Sidekick Used to Sell Cars ''. The Daily Review ( UPI ). Jump up ^ `` William Hopper ( ' Paul Drake ' ) is dead ''. Delta Democrat - Times. March 8, 1970. ^ Jump up to : United Press International ( March 7, 1970 ). `` Perry Mason Star Hopper Dead at 55 ''. Oakland Tribune. Jump up ^ Thomas, Bob ( June 16, 1962 ). `` Perry Mason 's Aide Faces a Dilemma ''. Oakland Tribune ( Associated Press ). Jump up ^ `` The High and the Mighty ''. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 06. ^ Jump up to : `` Lux Video Theatre, Season 5 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Robin Hood '', season 1 episode 17 ( S01E17 ) of Gunsmoke, originally broadcast February 4, 1956. Full video of `` Robin Hood '' available for viewing on YouTube. Retrieved June 15, 2017. Jump up ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart ( April 10, 2008 ). `` Perry Mason -- 50th Anniversary Edition ''. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 06. Jump up ^ Bawden, James ( April 29, 2014 ). `` Dream Factory Time : Gail Patrick ''. Classic Images. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 06. Jump up ^ Myra Breckinridge, cast and crew credits, production details, and release dates ; catalog of the American Film Institute ( AFI ). Retrieved June 15, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Awards Search ''. Emmys. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. ^ Jump up to : Associated Press ( March 6, 1970 ). `` TV Actor, William Hopper, 55 ''. The Miami News. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Jane Gilbert ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Invisible Stripes ''. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905 -- 1995 ( database on - line ). Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2005. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Modern Screen Goes to a Christening ''. Modern Screen. 35 ( 3 ) : 32. August 1947. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. ^ Jump up to : United Press International ( March 7, 1970 ). `` William Hopper Dies in Palm Springs at 55 ''. Redlands Daily Facts. Jump up ^ `` William Hopper ''. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. ^ Jump up to : `` William Hopper ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` William Hopper ''. BFI Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Mayor of the Town ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Ford Theatre ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Warner Brothers Presents ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Fury, Season 1 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` The 20th Century - Fox Hour, Season 1 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. ^ Jump up to : `` Gunsmoke, Season 1 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Lux Video Theatre, Season 6 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Celebrity Playhouse ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` The Millionaire, Season 2 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Lux Video Theatre, Season 7 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Jane Wyman Theater ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Matinee Theater ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Studio 57, Season 2 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Studio 57, Season 4 ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` On Trial : The Joseph Cotten Show ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Perry Mason ''. Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 05. External links William Hopper on IMDb William Hopper at the Internet Broadway Database William Hopper at Find a Grave William Hopper at Aveleyman VIAF : 66091327 LCCN : no98088322 ISNI : 0000 0001 1767 7139 BNF : cb15971509k ( data ) IATH : w64c0j7m Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Hopper&oldid=808834405 '' Categories : 1915 births 1970 deaths 20th - century American male actors Male actors from New York City American male child actors American male film actors American male silent film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American military personnel of World War II Burials at Rose Hills Memorial Park Deaths from pneumonia Infectious disease deaths in California United States Navy personnel Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from May 2014 Articles with hCards Articles with IBDb links Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本 語 Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 5 November 2017, at 13 : 41. 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Question: who played paul drake on the perry mason tv show
Answer: William DeWolf Hopper Jr.