OT: The actor Dennis Hopper died today. RIP

I sat next to him on a flight from Atlanta to LA. Expected him to be sort of a prick but he was actually pretty cool. We small talked and he asked a bunch of questions he didn't have to and seemed like he sincerely wanted to know the answer. I tried not to bug him at all and in fact kind of ignored him and strangely enough this seemed to make him feel comfortable and he opened up a bit. He was sort of a car guy but not a die hard. We talked about women and he had some interesting stuff to say about that. I kept smiling and finally he said "what the heck is so funny man, I'm not saying anything funny!" In a typical DH voice.

It was just that he has such a distinctive voice that I had grown up with. Even recently he has done commercials where he is just the voice in the background but it is unmistakably him. So when he kept talking to me it just seemed weird that Dennis Hoppers Voice was talking to me and it made me smile. Sad to see him go.

 

First Gary Colman now Dennis Hopper? I cant take it anymore!! Just kidding. Both where C list actors. I didnt even know who dennis hopper was till i googled him.

 

Blue Velvet "Baby wants to f*ck!" Classic.R.I.P.

 

You must live under a pretty big rock...RIP Dennis, we will miss you.

 

You still don't know who he was.

Edit: No offense meant, but the "cult of the amateur" cannot satisfactorily define a persons life's work.

 

Rip

 

Dennis Hopper and Gary Coleman in the same thread. Something about that is not right. R.I.P. to both.

 

The Death Trifecta - celebrities always go in threes

Art Linkletter - Funny man, former T/F car owner
Gary Coleman - Funny as a kid, sad as an adult
Dennis Hopper - Superb actor, funny and demented at the same time

R.I.P, all.

 

Rip

 

R.I.P. Dennis........

 

o - wow - r. i . p .

 

SHIIT!!!!!!!!! He was is some of my favorite flicks,and he never bowed down to the hollyweird crap,Ya cant beat him in King of the Mountian "Speed is time....Time is speed"..RIP Amigo

 

RIP Dennis!

Dennis also played Goon one of Buzz's Gang in Rebel without a cause.

 

It's funny I found an original easy rider movie poster about a week ago. R.I.P.

 

Hasselhoff is next!

 

Man, does that SUCK! Hopper was THE MAN! "I can hear the footsteps, can you hear the footsteps? When you hear the footsteps, things happen......VERY BAD THINGS....." one of the best NFL commercials ever imo................ R.I.P., Dennis!

 

Will never forget the impact of "Easy Rider" when I first saw it....Dennis Hopper was also an outstanding artist and photographer.....actually had the honor of being in a show with him once.......RIP DH....and Gary and Art.....

 

very sad indeed. He was much more than an actor.
chuck

 

A very much under appreciated american ICON.....he was there in the beginning with James Dean--- directed Easy Rider with pals Peter Fonda and Jack Nicolson.......... Without him and only a very few others---- the film industry might still be all Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bye Bye Birdie.

R.I.P. DH

 

R.I.P dennis , definatly NOT a c-list actor as some one here posted

get informed BEFOR you post

 

Wow, blowing that Vette up at the end was a mercy killing...

Ride easy, Dennis...

 

Get informed? Hummm....Ok i'll give him a B list maybe. Im not taking away from his accomplishments but he wasnt a house hold name that every one knew. I only know of him from some recent films from the past 10 years or so. Guys here know of him. Either way. It dosnt matter.

 

Just an aside. The character Hopper played in "King of the Mountain" was based on a real person named Charlie Woit, aka "Mulholland Charlie". Charlie was a genuine character and ran a Vette that resembled the early Gran Sports. The guy was way fast up there.

 

Just the opposite is true. Almost everybody knew who Dennis Hopper was...even if you and many others these days don't.

R.I.P...man.

"No, man, like hey, man. Wow. I was watching this object man, li-like the satellite that we saw the other night, right? And, like, it was going right across the sky, man, and then... I mean it just suddenly, uh, it just changed direction and went whizzin right off, man."

 

I think the hag he was divorcing will be screwed so there is something

 

rip Dennis...before Easy Rider he was in a bike flick with....Casey Kasem...saw it just the other night...a really good guy - and actor...

 

Not a "Household Name" ??? well,,,Google " Dennis Hopper Movies" ,,check out the over 150 movies and many,many T V shows he was in ,,you saw him ,you just didn't know it ,.,,"Household Name ??", well,,maybe your household was a little "Lame" ,,Not only was he IN a lot of movies ,,,he helped write the scripts for many of em ,,including "Easy Rider" ,,,"Apocolypse Now",, "Giant" ,,,"Rumble On The Docks" ,,,he wasn't just a "Charactor Actor" ,,He Was a STAR ,,,!!!!! I've watched his career for the 50 years i've been watching him ,,
He'll be missed by many ,,me included ,,,

 

Dennis will be missed, he had a unique outlook on life.

T weird
You almost got it right.....
except it was Gary Coleman who also died today.