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Walter Hampden

Walter Hampden

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Born June 28, 1879 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died June 11, 1955

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walter Hampden is the artist name of Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn – June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles) was a U.S. actor and theatre manager. He was the younger brother of the American painter Paul Dougherty (1877-1947).

He went to England for apprenticeship for six years. Later, he played Hamlet, Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway. In 1925, he became manager of the Colonial Theatre on Broadway. He became noted for his Shakespearean roles as well as for Cyrano, which he played in several productions between 1923 and 1936. Hampden's last stage role was as Danforth in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

Hampden appeared in a few silent films, but did not really begin his film career in earnest until 1939, when he played the good Archbishop of Paris[1] (Frollo's brother) in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo. This was Hampden's first sound film ; he was sixty at the time he made it. Several other roles followed—Jarvis Langdon in the 1944 film The Adventures of Mark Twain among them, but all were supporting character roles, not the lead roles that Hampden played onstage. He had a small, but notable role as the long-winded dinner speaker in the first scene of All About Eve (1950), and played the father of Humphrey Bogart and William Holden in Billy Wilder's 1954 comedy Sabrina. These last two films are arguably the ones that Hampden is most well known to modern audiences for. He also played long-bearded patriarchs in biblical epics like The Silver Chalice (1954) and The Prodigal (1955). (In The Silver Chalice, he was Joseph of Arimathea.)

Hampden reprised his legendary portrayal of Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac in the first episode of the radio program Great Scenes from Great Plays, which Hampden hosted from 1948-1949. In addition to his radio roles (The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall), Hampden also appeared in several dramas during the early days of television. He made his TV debut in 1949, playing Macbeth for the last time at the age of 69.

His last role was the non-singing one of King Louis XI of France, considered by some to be one of his best performances, in the otherwise unremarkable 1956 Technicolor remake of Rudolf Friml's 1925 operetta The Vagabond King. It was released posthumously, more than a year after Hampden's death.

For 27 years, Walter Hampden was president of the Players' Club. The club's library is named for him.

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The Vagabond King Poster

The Vagabond King Feature Film1956King Louis XI

Strange Lady in Town Poster

Strange Lady in Town Feature Film1955Father Gabriel Mendoza

The Prodigal Poster

The Prodigal Feature Film1955Eli

Sabrina Feature Film1954Oliver Larrabee

The Silver Chalice Poster

The Silver Chalice Feature Film1954Joseph of Arimathea

Sombrero Poster

Sombrero Feature Film1953Don Carlos Castillo

The Motorola Television Hour Poster

The Motorola Television Hour TV Series1953Arthur Bell

The United States Steel Hour Poster

The United States Steel Hour TV Series1953Old Dean

Treasure of the Golden Condor Poster

Treasure of the Golden Condor Feature Film1953Pierre Champlain

5 Fingers Poster

5 Fingers Feature Film1952Sir Frederic Taylor

Schlitz Playhouse Poster

Schlitz Playhouse TV Series1951Captain Vere

The First Legion Poster

The First Legion Feature Film1951Father Edward Quarterman

All About Eve Poster

All About Eve Feature Film1950Aged Actor

Danger TV Series1950Mr. Clemens

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950Barrett

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Poster

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse TV Series1950Andrew Jackson

Robert Montgomery Presents Poster

Robert Montgomery Presents TV Series1950

Showtime, U.S.A. TV Series1950Self

The Billy Rose Show TV Series1950

The Prudential Family Playhouse TV Series1950James, Bishop of Broadminster

The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue Poster

The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue TV Series1949Self

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series1948Uncle Silas

The Ford Theatre Hour Poster

The Ford Theatre Hour TV Series1948Julian Northrup

The Philco Television Playhouse Poster

The Philco Television Playhouse TV Series1948Macbeth

The Adventures of Mark Twain Poster

The Adventures of Mark Twain Feature Film1944Jervis Langdon

Reap the Wild Wind Poster

Reap the Wild Wind Feature Film1942Commodre Devereaux

They Died with Their Boots On Poster

They Died with Their Boots On Feature Film1941William Sharp

All This, and Heaven Too Poster

All This, and Heaven Too Feature Film1940Pasquier

North West Mounted Police Poster

North West Mounted Police Feature Film1940Big Bear

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Feature Film1939Archdeacon

The Warfare of the Flesh Poster

The Warfare of the Flesh Feature Film1917Henry Goode

The Dragon's Claw Poster

The Dragon's Claw Short Film1915

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A Double Life Poster

A Double Life Feature Film1947

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