Hal Hopper
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| name = Hal Hopper
| image = Hal_Hopper_in_Mudhoney_1965.jpg
| caption = Hal Hopper in Mudhoney 1965
| birth_name = Harold Stevens Hopper
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|11|11}}
| birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|11|2|1912|11|11}}
| death_place = Sylmar, California, U.S.
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| relatives = Jay North (nephew)
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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
Harold Stevens Hopper (November 11, 1912 – November 2, 1970) was an American singer/songwriter, film score composer and screenwriter.
Biography
Hopper was a member of The Pied Pipers singing group.{{cite news |title=Radio: The Pied Pipers to Swing With Tommy Dorsey Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73181761/the-times-dispatch/ |access-date=July 4, 2021 |work=The Times Dispatch |date=December 28, 1938 |location=Virginia, Richmond |page=19|via = Newspapers.com}} He composed the themes tune to several television series such as Judge Roy Bean,{{cite book|last=Erickson|first=Hal|title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXQNIs12SzQC&pg=PA145|accessdate=28 October 2012|date=7 October 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3828-0|page=145}} Colt .45, 26 Men, Circus Boy and Bearcats!
He guest starred on the CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North in the title role. Hopper's wife Marie was North's maternal aunt. North later claimed that Marie Hopper physically abused him on the set to ensure the standards of his performance.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KV4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=6959,4118541&dq=jay-north+dennis+the+menace&hl=en|title=Jay North lays the demons of 'Dennis' to rest|date=June 24, 1993|author=Ray Richmond|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}
Hopper co-authored the script for the 1968 film Shalako, starring Sean Connery.
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Category:Musicians from Oklahoma City
Category:American male singer-songwriters
Category:American film score composers
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:20th-century American singer-songwriters
Category:Singer-songwriters from Oklahoma
Category:Writers from Oklahoma City
Category:Screenwriters from Oklahoma
Category:20th-century American male writers