William Hopper
ABOUT WILLIAM HOPPER
'50s television icon who was immortalized for his role as Paul Drake on over 250 episodes of the series, Perry Mason. He played Natalie Wood's character's father in Rebel Without a Cause.
He appeared on-screen before his second birthday in the 1916 silent film, Sunshine Dad.
He became known for '50s film roles in Rebel Without a Cause and 20 Million Miles to Earth.
He married his second wife, Jeanette Hopper, in 1959. He had one child during his 19-year marriage to his first wife, Jane Gilbert, and his mother Hedda Hopper was a well-known Hollywood gossiper and journalist.
He acted alongside Nancy Kelly in the Oscar-nominated horror film, The Bad Seed.
