Hopper directed and starred in the film, "Easy Rider with Peter Fonda, where he won an award at the Cannes Film Festival and then nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It wasn't until a featured role in the film, "Apocalypse Now", that he gained much more attention. He went on to work in various films including "Blue Velvet" and "Hoosiers" which won him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Role.
He was a bit of rebel in the 60's as an actor and turned to photography. He became quite accomplished and his work has been in galleries and in various forms of the media over the past 40 years. Take a look at Douglas Kelley's interview at a gallery displaying his photography.
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As a child of the 80's, how could I forget one of my favorite shows, "Diff'rent Strokes". Who could resist that lovable kid, Arnold?
Gary Coleman, was always a fighter and on May 28th, he fought his last fight after struggling for years with a congenital kidney disease.
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