# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hopper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:23:16.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hopper"
name: "William Hopper"
slug: "william-hopper"
description: "William DeWolf Hopper Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and 1940s. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he left acting, but was persuaded by director William Wellman in the 1950s to resume his film career. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of private detective Paul Drake in the CBS television series Perry Mason."
tagline: "American actor (1915–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hopper_by_Van_Vechten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1915-01-26"
deathDate: "1970-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.05716533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394438/"
    handle:    "nm0394438"
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    title: "Вільям Гоппер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "William Hopper"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump