
Known for
Acting
Born
June 28, 1879
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
June 11, 1955 (aged 75)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walter Hampden is the artist name of Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn – June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles) was a U.S. actor and theatre manager. He was the younger brother of the American painter Paul Dougherty (1877-1947).
He went to England for apprenticeship for six years. Later, he played Hamlet, Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway. In 1925, he became manager of the Colonial Theatre on Broadway. He became noted for his Shakespearean roles as well as for Cyrano, which he played in several productions between 1923 and 1936. Hampden's last stage role was as Danforth in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Crucib...
1956
as King Louis XI
1955
as Eli
1955
as Father Gabriel Mendoza
1954
as Joseph of Arimathea
1954
as Oliver Larrabee
1953
as Mr. Clemens
1953
as Don Carlos Castillo
1953
as Pierre Champlain
1952
as Sir Frederic Taylor
1951
as Father Edward Quarterman
1950
as Aged Actor
1950
1948
1948
1944
as Jervis Langdon
1942
as Commodore Devereaux
1941
as William Sharp
1940
as Big Bear
1940
as Pasquier
1939
as Archdeacon
1917
as Henry Goode
1915