Background
Hopkins was born in 1944 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Hopkins was born in 1944 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
He attended Toowoomba Grammar School as a dayboy in 1958 and 1959.
During the 1960s, he worked as an apprentice carpenter, and was exposed to asbestos fibres without protective masks or clothing. Harold Hopkins married twice. Hopkins appeared in 16 films over the course of his career, including classic Australian films such as Don"s Party, The Picture Show Manitoba and Gallipoli.
Hopkins also appeared in more than 160 episodes of Australian television series such as Barrier Reef, Homicide, The Godfathers, Twenty Good Years, Sarah Dane, A Nice Little Earner and Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.
Hopkin"s last audition was for a role in Baz Luhrmann"s The Great Gatsby, although he knew he would not live to play the role. In 2011, Hopkins was diagnosed with mesothelioma, believed to be due to his asbestos exposure in the 1960s.
He died in a Sydney hospice in Wahroonga on 11 December 2011.