Editing Dennis Hopper (section)

== Early life and education ==
Dennis Lee Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in [[Dodge City, Kansas]], to Marjorie Mae (née Davis; July 12, 1917 – January 12, 2007)<ref>Staff (March 11, 2008). [http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/republican-hopper-considers-a-vote-for-obama_1062239 Dennis Hopper – Republican Hopper considers a vote for Obama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329151118/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/republican-hopper-considers-a-vote-for-obama_1062239 |date=March 29, 2010 }}. ContactMusic.com. Retrieved May 29, 2010.</ref> and Jay Millard Hopper<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7783681/Dennis-Hopper-Born-to-be-wild.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7783681/Dennis-Hopper-Born-to-be-wild.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Dennis Hopper: Born to be wild|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|author1=Philip Sherwell |author2=Robert Mendick | date=May 29, 2010| access-date=September 6, 2010| location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (June 23, 1916 – August 7, 1982). He had Scottish ancestors.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/21/1 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Rosanna | last=Greenstreet | title=Q&A | date=February 21, 2009 | access-date=December 14, 2016 | archive-date=September 20, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920185900/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/21/1 | url-status=live }}</ref> Hopper had two younger brothers, Marvin and David.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7799095/Jack-Nicholson-pays-tribute-to-soul-mate-Dennis-Hopper.html|title=Jack Nicholson pays tribute to 'soul mate' Dennis Hopper | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph|date=June 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605054557/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7799095/Jack-Nicholson-pays-tribute-to-soul-mate-Dennis-Hopper.html |archive-date=June 5, 2010 }} Archived June 5, 2010.</ref>

After World War II, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where the young Hopper attended Saturday art classes at the [[Kansas City Art Institute]]. When he was 13, Hopper and his family moved to San Diego, where his mother worked as a lifeguard instructor and his father was a post office manager, having previously served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]], the precursor to the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], in World War II in the [[China Burma India Theater]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constantinereport.com/in-memorium-dennis-hopper-son-of-an-oss-spy-evolves-from-rebel-to-republicancia-dod-tv-torture-revisited/|title=In Memoriam: Dennis Hopper - Son of an OSS Spy - 'Evolves' from Rebel to Republican ... CIA-DoD TV Torture Revisited|date=May 29, 2010|access-date=June 15, 2021|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615021653/https://constantinereport.com/in-memorium-dennis-hopper-son-of-an-oss-spy-evolves-from-rebel-to-republicancia-dod-tv-torture-revisited/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C98259%7C1%7C,00.html |author=O'Hare, Cate |title=Hopper Evolves From Rebel to Republican |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828103035/http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1%2C1002%2C271%7C98259%7C1%7C%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2007 |work=Zap2It |date=October 26, 2005 |access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref> Hopper was voted most likely to succeed at [[Helix High School]], where he was active in the drama club, speech and choir.<ref>{{cite news|title=Helix High's Hopper rebels without pause|date=February 4, 1990|newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune|page=E-1|first=Divina|last=Infusino}}</ref> It was there that he developed an interest in acting, studying at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in San Diego,<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcatcher.com/interview_detail/141/620/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207033043/http://www.filmcatcher.com/interview_detail/141/620/ |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref> rm horrible blog cite --> and the [[Actors Studio]] in New York City (he studied with [[Lee Strasberg]] for five years). Hopper struck up a friendship with actor [[Vincent Price]], whose passion for art influenced Hopper's interest in art. He was especially fond of the plays of [[William Shakespeare]].