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Abbie Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman

Actor · Born 1936-11-30 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. As a member of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged with and tried―for activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention―for conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot under the anti-riot provisions of Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Five of the Chicago Seven defendants, including Hoffman, were convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot;  all of the convictions were vacated after an appeal and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue another trial. Hoffman, along with all of the defendants and their attorneys were also convicted and sentenced for contempt of court by the judge; these convictions were also vacated after an appeal. Hoffman continued his activism into the 1970s and remains an icon of the anti-Vietnam war movement and the counterculture era. He died by suicide with a phenobarbital o…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  2. American Swing (2009) — Self (archive footage/uncredited)
  3. Yippie (1968) — Self
  4. Heavy Petting (1989) — Self
  5. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) — Self (archive footage)
  6. Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011) — Self (archive footage)
  7. Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon (2020) — Self (archive footage)
  8. Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971) — Self
  9. Brand X (1970) — Policeman (Lawren Order)
  10. Prologue (1970) — Himself (Archival Footage)
  11. The Lord of the Universe (1974) — Himself
  12. Growing Up in America (1989) — Self
  13. TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018) — Self
  14. WBCN and the American Revolution (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  15. My Dinner with Abbie (1990) — Himself
  16. Mayday (1970) — Self
  17. Emergency: The Living Theatre (1968) — Self
  18. The Last Debate (1986) — Himself
  19. Last Summer Won't Happen (1968) — Himself
  20. My Name is Abbie (1981) — Self
  21. Bright College Years (1971) — Self

Directed

  1. Yippie (1968) — Director