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 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 ...

American actors Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda ride through the Desert on motorcycles in a scene from the film 'Easy Rider', directed by Hopper, 1969. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton ...

Easy Rider (1969) presented by Strange Brew In Easy Rider, two bikers named Wyatt “Captain America” (Peter Fonda) & Billy (Dennis Hopper) head from California to New Orleansfor the Mardi Gras festival ...

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, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in "Rebel Without a Cause," an improbable smash with "Easy Rider" and a classic ...

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: ...

Just how impossible was Dennis Hopper? Why didn’t he want to cast Jack Nicholson in the film? Who did the most drugs? Keep reading: Bill Hayward, producer of ‘Easy Rider’: If you see anybody ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in "Rebel Without a Cause," an improbable smash with "Easy Rider ...

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 ...

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 ...