Walter Hampden

Ator

28 de junho de 1879 — 11 de junho de 1955 (75 anos)
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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Conhecido Por

  • Nossa Senhora de Paris
    Nossa Senhora de Paris1939
  • O Caso Cícero
    O Caso Cícero1952
  • O Intrépido General Custer
    O Intrépido General Custer1941
  • Tudo Isto e o Céu Também
    Tudo Isto e o Céu Também1940
  • O Vento Selvagem
    O Vento Selvagem1942
  • O Cálice de Prata
    O Cálice de Prata1954
  • Legião de Heróis
    Legião de Heróis1940
  • As Aventuras de Mark Twain
    As Aventuras de Mark Twain1944
  • O Filho Pródigo
    O Filho Pródigo1955
  • Uma Estranha na Cidade
    Uma Estranha na Cidade1955
  • México dos Meus Amores
    México dos Meus Amores1953

Filmografia

1956
The Vagabond King · as King Louis Xi
1955
Strange Lady in Town · as Father Gabriel Mendoza
1955
The Prodigal · as Eli
1954
The Silver Chalice · as Joseph Of Arimathea
1954
Sabrina · as Oliver Larrabee
1953
1953
Sombrero · as Don Carlos Castillo
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor · as Pierre Champlain
1952
5 Fingers · as Sir Frederic Taylor
1951
1951
The First Legion · as Father Edward Quarterman
1950
All About Eve · as Aged Actor
1950
The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse · as Andrew Jackson
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Barrett
1950
Danger · as Mr. Clemens
1950
1948
Studio One · as Uncle Silas
1948
Ford Theatre · as Professor Tobias Emanuel
1948
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Jervis Langdon
1942
Reap the Wild Wind · as Commodore Devereaux
1941
They Died with Their Boots On · as William Sharp
1940
1940
1939
1915

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