Early Life
Hopper's debut motion picture appearance was 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.
He is best remembered for playing private detective Paul Drake in more than 250 episodes of television's Perry Mason and for his role as the father of the Natalie Wood character in Rebel Without a Cause.
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