HOPPER

(WILLIAM) DE WOLF (1853), an American comedian, 6. in | New York City. He was educated in J. H. Morse’s School, and in 1879 made his first appearance in Our Boys. Later ke joined Daniel Frohman’s Madison Square Company, where he appeared as Pittacus Green in Hazel Kirke. After a course in voice culture and music he joined the McCaull Opera Co., then starred at the head of his own company. He is most popularly known for his appearances in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, especially in the roles of Bunththorne, in Patience and Dick Deadeye in Pinafore. In 1921, he appeared in Ermine with Francis Wilson.