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William Boyd
Actor, Producer, Director
Born June 4, 1895Died September 12, 1972 (77 years)
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William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor who is best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy. Boyd was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio, and reared in Cambridge, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of a day laborer, Charles William Boyd, and his wife, the former Lida Wilkens (aka Lyda). Following his father's death, he moved to California and worked as an orange picker, surveyor, tool dresser and auto salesman.
In Hollywood, he found work as an extra in Why Change Your Wife? and other films. During World War I, he enlisted in the army but was exempt from military service because of a "weak heart". More prominent film roles followed, including his breakout role as Jack Moreland in Cecil B. DeMille's The Road to Yesterday (1925) which starred also Joseph Schildkraut, Jetta Goudal, and Vera Reynolds. Boyd's performance in the film was praised by critics, while movie-goers were equally impressed by his easy charm, charisma, and intense good-looks. Due to Boyd's growing popularity, DeMille soon cast him as the leading man in the highly acclaimed silent drama film, The Volga Boatman. Boyd's role as Feodor blew critics away, and with Boyd now firmly established as a matinee idol and romantic leading man, he began earning an annual salary of $100,000. He acted in DeMille's extravaganza The King of Kings (in which he played Simon of Cyrene, helping Jesus carry the cross) and DeMille's Skyscraper (1928). He then appeared in D.W. Griffith's Lady of the Pavements (1929).
Radio Pictures ended Boyd's contract in 1931 when his picture was mistakenly run in a newspaper story about the arrest of another actor, William "Stage" Boyd, on gambling and liquor charges. Although the newspaper apologized, explaining the mistake in the following day's newspaper, Boyd said, "The damage was already done." William "Stage" Boyd died in 1935, the same year William L. Boyd became Hopalong Cassidy, the role that led to his enduring fame. But at the time in 1931, Boyd was virtually broke and without a job, and for a few years he was credited in films as "Bill Boyd" to prevent being mistaken for the other William Boyd.
William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor who is best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy. Boyd was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio, and reared in Cambridge, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of a day laborer, Charles William Boyd, and his wife, the former Lida Wilkens (aka Lyda). Following his father's death, he moved to California and worked as an orange picker, surveyor, tool dresser and auto salesman.
In Hollywood, he found work as an extra in Why Change Your Wife? and other films. During World War I, he enlisted in the army but was exempt from military service because of a "weak heart". More prominent film roles followed, including his breakout role as Jack Moreland in Cecil B. DeMille's The Road to Yesterday (1925) which starred also Joseph Schildkraut, Jetta Goudal, and Vera Reynolds. Boyd's performance in the film was praised by critics, while movie-goers were equally impressed by his easy charm, charisma, and intense good-looks. Due to Boyd's growing popularity, DeMille soon cast him as the leading man in the highly acclaimed silent drama film, The Volga Boatman. Boyd's role as Feodor blew critics away, and with Boyd now firmly established as a matinee idol and romantic leading man, he began earning an annual salary of $100,000. He acted in DeMille's extravaganza The King of Kings (in which he played Simon of Cyrene, helping Jesus carry the cross) and DeMille's Skyscraper (1928). He then appeared in D.W. Griffith's Lady of the Pavements (1929).
Radio Pictures ended Boyd's contract in 1931 when his picture was mistakenly run in a newspaper story about the arrest of another actor, William "Stage" Boyd, on gambling and liquor charges. Although the newspaper apologized, explaining the mistake in the following day's newspaper, Boyd said, "The damage was already done." William "Stage" Boyd died in 1935, the same year William L. Boyd became Hopalong Cassidy, the role that led to his enduring fame. But at the time in 1931, Boyd was virtually broke and without a job, and for a few years he was credited in films as "Bill Boyd" to prevent being mistaken for the other William Boyd.
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| 2009 | The Movie Orgy · as Hopalong Cassidy (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | 50 Greatest TV Animals · as Narrator Of Smokey Bear |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Hopalong Cassidy (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Cast |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as (archive Footage) |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Bill Holbrook |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1953 | Little Smokey: The True Story of America's Forest Fire Preventin' Bear · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth · as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Strange Gamble · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1948 | False Paradise · as William "hopalong" Cassidy |
| 1948 | Borrowed Trouble · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Audience Bow |
| 1948 | Sinister Journey · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1948 | The Dead Don't Dream · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1948 | Silent Conflict · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1947 | Hoppy's Holiday · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1947 | The Marauders · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1947 | Dangerous Venture · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1947 | Unexpected Guest · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1946 | The Devil's Playground · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1946 | Fool's Gold · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1944 | Forty Thieves · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1944 | Mystery Man · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1944 | Lumberjack · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1944 | Texas Masquerade · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1943 | Riders of the Deadline · as Ranger William "hopalong" Cassidy |
| 1943 | False Colors · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1943 | Bar 20 · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1943 | Leather Burners · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1943 | Border Patrol · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1942 | Lost Canyon · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1942 | Undercover Man · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Secret of the Wastelands · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Outlaws of the Desert · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Twilight on the Trail · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Stick to Your Guns · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Riders of the Timberline · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Pirates on Horseback · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Border Vigilantes · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | In Old Colorado · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1941 | Doomed Caravan · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1940 | Three Men from Texas · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1940 | Stagecoach War · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1940 | Hidden Gold · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1940 | The Showdown · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Marshal · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1939 | Law of the Pampas · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1939 | Range War · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1939 | Renegade Trail · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as (archive Footage) |
| 1939 | Silver on the Sage · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | Sunset Trail · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | The Frontiersmen · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | In Old Mexico · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | Pride of the West · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | Bar 20 Justice · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | Heart of Arizona · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | Cassidy of Bar 20 · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1938 | Partners of the Plains · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1937 | Texas Trail · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1937 | Hopalong Rides Again · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1937 | Rustlers' Valley · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1937 | North of the Rio Grande · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1937 | Hills of Old Wyoming · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1937 | Borderland · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1936 | Trail Dust · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1936 | Hopalong Cassidy Returns · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1936 | Go-Get-'Em, Haines · as Steve Haines |
| 1936 | Three on the Trail · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1936 | Call of the Prairie · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1936 | Heart of the West · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1935 | Bar 20 Rides Again · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1935 | The Eagle's Brood · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1935 | Hop-a-Long Cassidy · as Hopalong Cassidy |
| 1934 | Port of Lost Dreams · as Lars Christensen |
| 1933 | Emergency Call · as Joe Bradley |
| 1933 | Lucky Devils · as Skipper Clark |
| 1932 | Men of America · as Jim Parker |
| 1932 | Flaming Gold · as Dan Manton |
| 1932 | Carnival Boat · as Buck Gannon |
| 1931 | Suicide Fleet · as Baltimore |
| 1931 | The Big Gamble · as Alan Beckwith |
| 1931 | Beyond Victory · as Bill Thatcher |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert · as Bill Holbrook |
| 1930 | Officer O'Brien · as Bill O'brien |
| 1929 | His First Command · as Terry Culver |
| 1929 | The Flying Fool · as Bill Taylor |
| 1929 | High Voltage · as Bill |
| 1929 | The Leatherneck · as William Calhoun |
| 1929 | Lady of the Pavements · as Karl Von Arnim |
| 1928 | The Cop · as Pete Smith |
| 1928 | Skyscraper · as Blondy |
| 1928 | The Night Flyer · as Jimmy Bradley |
| 1927 | The King of Kings · as Simon Of Cyrene |
| 1927 | Dress Parade · as Vic Donovan |
| 1927 | Two Arabian Knights · as Daingerfield Phelps |
| 1927 | The Yankee Clipper · as Hal Winslow |
| 1926 | Eve's Leaves · as Bill Stanley |
| 1926 | The Volga Boatman · as Feodor |
| 1925 | The Road to Yesterday · as Jack Moreland |
| 1925 | The Midshipman · as Spud |
| 1925 | New Lives for Old · as Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Adam's Rib · as Party Guest |
| 1922 | The Young Rajah · as Stephen Van Kovert |
| 1922 | Manslaughter · as (uncredited) |
| 1922 | Moran of the Lady Letty · as Ramon's Friend At Homecoming |
| 1922 | Saturday Night · as Party Guest |
| 1921 | Fool's Paradise · as Cast |
| 1921 | The Affairs of Anatol · as Guest |
| 1921 | Brewster's Millions · as Harrison |
| 1921 | Forbidden Fruit · as Billiards Player |
| 1920 | The Life of the Party · as One Of Leary's Office Staff |
| 1920 | Something to Think About · as (uncredited) |
| 1920 | Why Change Your Wife? · as Naval Officer At Hotel |
| 1918 | Old Wives for New · as (uncredited) |