In the middle of 1969, Dennis Hopper’s “ Easy Rider ” opened in New York at one theater, ahead of a slow rollout (most of the country did not play the film until September).

Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood actor-director whose memorable career included the 1969 smash "Easy Rider," died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at his Venice, Calif. home, surrounded by family ...

The theme song for ‘Easy Rider’ has become a classic, but Dylan was unhappy with the film and refused to have his name ...

In 1967 Hopper had appeared in Roger Corman’s LSD movie The Trip, starring Peter Fonda and written by a sometime actor named Jack Nicholson. Easy Rider, which Hopper wrote from a story that he ...

Dennis Hopper, left, and Peter Fonda take in the French Quarter in a screen-grab from the 1969 movie 'Easy Rider,' screening at 1:30 Wednesday morning on TCM. The full schedule: ...

Dennis Hopper, 74, an actor and director whose low-budget biker movie "Easy Rider" made an unexpected fortune by exploring the late 1960s counterculture, and who changed Hollywood by opening doors ...

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Dennis Hopper starred in and directed the seminal movie Easy Rider 40 years ago. In honor of that anniversary, Taos, N.M., is hosting "Taos Summer of Love 2009." Hopper, a sometime resident of ...

Dennis Hopper, the menacing, laser-eyed actor and filmmaker who forced Hollywood to acknowledge the hippie generation with his 1969 film "Easy Rider," yet eventually became a clean-and-sober ...

Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood actor-director whose memorable career included the 1969 smash "Easy Rider," has died. He was 74.