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name: "Walter Hampden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-hampden"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 June 1879"
died: "11 June 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:16:49.458711+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Walter Hampden

Actor. Born 28 June 1879 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 11 June 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 June 1879, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 11 June 1955
- **Also known as:** Walter Hampden Dougherty

## Biography

Walter Hampden, born Walter Hampden Dougherty, was an American actor and theatre manager. He trained in England with Sir Frank Benson’s company before returning to the United States in 1907. On Broadway he was noted for classical roles, including multiple productions of Hamlet and Cyrano de Bergerac, and he managed Hampden’s Theatre from 1925.

Hampden appeared in silent films and began a sustained screen career in 1939 with the role of the Archdeacon in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His later film parts included supporting roles in They Died with Their Boots On (1941), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), 5 Fingers (1952) and Sabrina (1954). He played the Aged Actor in All About Eve (1950). His final stage appearance was as Danforth in the original Broadway production of The Crucible (1953). He died in Los Angeles in 1955.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All About Eve* (1950), Fi1m 90, as Aged Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)

## Also known for

- *Sabrina* (1954), Oliver Larrabee
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), Archdeacon
- *They Died with Their Boots On* (1941), William Sharp
- *5 Fingers* (1952), Sir Frederic Taylor
- *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), Commodore Devereaux
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Pasquier
- *North West Mounted Police* (1940), Big Bear
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), Joseph of Arimathea

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