Clopin — The Hunchback of Notre Dame Character Profile

About Clopin

King of the Beggars who interrupts street performances. He leads the beggar army in a siege on Notre Dame Cathedral to prevent the nobles from revoking Esmeralda's sanctuary rights, clashing with Quasimodo and the city guards.

Character Facts

Played by

Thomas Mitchell

Appears in

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Clopin — Alliance Co-conspirator — Gringoire (Edmond O'Brien)

  Gringoire and Clopin form a strategic alliance to rescue Esmeralda through different means.

• Clopin — Alliance Protector — Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara)

  Clopin leads the marginalized community to defend Esmeralda and the cathedral's sanctuary rights.

• Clopin — Conflict Political Enemy — Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke)

  Clopin's rebellion directly challenges Frollo's judicial control and triggers the King's intervention.

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• The Hunchback Quasimodo (Charles Laughton)
• Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke)
• Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara)
• Old Nobleman (Fritz Leiber)
• Gringoire (Edmond O'Brien)
• Student (Curt Bois)
• Queen of Beggars (Minna Gombell)
• Archdeacon (Walter Hampden)
• Fleur's Companion #1 (Kathryn Adams)
• Olivier (Arthur Hohl)
• Phoebus (Alan Marshal)
• Beggar (George Tobias)