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William Boyd (I) (1895–1972)

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The son of a day laborer, William Boyd moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was seven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him to quit school and take such jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor and oil field worker. He went to Hollywood in 1919, already gray-haired. His first role was as an extra in Cecil B. DeMille's Why Change Your Wife?... See full bio »

Born:

in Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Laguna Beach, California, USA
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1961 Silents Please (TV series)
Jack Moreland
– The Road to Yesterday (1961) … Jack Moreland
 
1952-1954 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Hopalong Cassidy / Marshal Hopalong Cassidy / Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy
– Tricky Fingers (1954) … Hopalong Cassidy
– The Emerald Saint (1954) … Marshal Hopalong Cassidy
– The Black Sombrero (1954) … Hopalong Cassidy
– Frameup for Murder (1954) … Marshal Hopalong Cassidy
– Masquerade for Matilda (1954) … Hopalong Cassidy
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1954 Tournament of Roses (short)
Parade Rider
 
1953 Little Smokey: The True Story of America's Forest Fire Preventin' Bear (short)
Hopalong Cassidy - Narrator
 
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
 
1948 Strange Gamble
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1948 False Paradise
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1948 Borrowed Trouble
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1948 Sinister Journey
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1948 The Dead Don't Dream
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1948 Silent Conflict
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1947 Hoppy's Holiday
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1947 The Marauders
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1947 Dangerous Venture
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1947 Unexpected Guest
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1947 Fool's Gold
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1946 The Devil's Playground
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1944 Forty Thieves
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1944 Mystery Man
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1944 Lumberjack
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1944 Texas Masquerade
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1943 Riders of the Deadline
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1943 False Colors
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1943 Bar 20
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1943 Colt Comrades
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1943 Leather Burners
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1943 Border Patrol
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1942 Lost Canyon
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1942 Undercover Man
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1941 Secrets of the Wasteland
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1941 Outlaws of the Desert
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1941 Twilight on the Trail
William 'Hopalong' / 'Hoppy' Cassidy
 
1941 Stick to Your Guns
Hopalong Cassidy posing as Tex Riley
 
1941 Riders of the Timberline
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1941 Wide Open Town
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1941 Pirates on Horseback
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1941 Border Vigilantes
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1941 In Old Colorado
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1941 Doomed Caravan
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1940 Three Men from Texas
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1940 Stagecoach War
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1940 Hidden Gold
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1940 The Showdown
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1940 Santa Fe Marshal
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1939 Law of the Pampas
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1939 Range War
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1939 Renegade Trail
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1939 Silver on the Sage
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1939 Sunset Trail
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 The Frontiersmen
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 In Old Mexico
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 Pride of the West
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 Bar 20 Justice
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 Heart of Arizona
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 Cassidy of Bar 20
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1938 Partners of the Plains
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1937 Texas Trail
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1937 Hopalong Rides Again
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1937 Rustlers' Valley
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1937 North of the Rio Grande
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1937 Hills of Old Wyoming
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1937 Borderland
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1936 Trail Dust
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1936 Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Steve Haines (as Bill Boyd)
 
1936 Burning Gold
Jim Thornton (as Bill Boyd)
 
1936 Three on the Trail
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1936 Federal Agent
Bob Woods (as Bill Boyd)
 
1936 Call of the Prairie
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1936 Heart of the West
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1935 Bar 20 Rides Again
Bill Hop-Along Cassidy
 
1935 Racing Luck
Dan Morgan
 
1935 The Eagle's Brood
Bill Hop-Along Cassidy
 
1935 Hop-a-long Cassidy
Bill Hop-Along Cassidy
 
1934 Port of Lost Dreams
Lars Christensen
 
1934 Cheaters
Steve Morris (as Bill Boyd)
 
1933 Flaming Gold
Dan Manton (as Bill Boyd)
 
1933 Emergency Call
Joe (as Bill Boyd)
 
1933 Lucky Devils
Skipper (as Bill Boyd)
 
1932 Men of America
Jim Parker
 
1932 Carnival Boat
Buck Gannon (as Bill Boyd)
 
1931 Suicide Fleet
Baltimore (as Bill Boyd)
 
1931 The Big Gamble
Alan Beckwith (as Bill Boyd)
 
1931 Beyond Victory
Sgt. Bill Thatcher (as Bill Boyd)
 
1931 The Painted Desert
Bill Holbrook (as Bill Boyd)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (short)
William Boyd
 
1930 Officer O'Brien
Bill O'Brien
 
1929 His First Command
Terry Culver
 
1929 High Voltage
Bill (The Boy) (as Bill Boyd)
 
1929 The Flying Fool
Bill Taylor
 
1929 The Leatherneck
William Calhoun
 
1929 Lady of the Pavements
Count Karl Von Arnim
 
1928 Power
Husky
 
1928 The Cop
Pete Smith
 
1928 Skyscraper
Blondy
 
1928 The Night Flyer
Jimmy Bradley
 
1927 Dress Parade
Vic Donovan
 
1927 Two Arabian Knights
W. Daingerfield Phelps III
 
1927 The King of Kings
Simon Of Cyrene
 
1927 The Yankee Clipper
Captain Hal Winslow
 
1927 Wolves of the Air
Jerry Tanner
 
1926 Jim, the Conqueror
Jim Burgess
 
1926 Her Man o' War
Jim Sanderson
 
1926 The Last Frontier
Tom Kirby
 
1926 Eve's Leaves
Bill Stanley
 
1926 The Volga Boatman
Feodor, A Volga Boatman
 
1925 Steel Preferred
Wally Gay
 
1925 The Road to Yesterday
Jack Moreland
 
1925 The Midshipman
Spud
 
1925 Forty Winks
Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
 
1924 Feet of Clay
Young Society Man (uncredited)
 
1924 Tarnish
Bill
 
1924 Changing Husbands
Conrad Bardshaw
 
1924 Triumph (uncredited)
 
1923 Enemies of Children
 
1923 The Temple of Venus
Stanley Dale
 
1923 Adam's Rib
Undetermined Subordinate Role (uncredited)
 
1923 Michael O'Halloran
Douglas Bruce
 
1922 The Young Rajah
Stephen Van Kovert
 
1922 Manslaughter (uncredited)
 
1922 On the High Seas
Dick Deveraux
 
1922 Nice People
Oliver Comstock
 
1922 Bobbed Hair
Dick Barton
 
1922 Moran of the Lady Letty
Ramon's Friend at Homecoming (uncredited)
 
1922 Saturday Night (uncredited)
 
1921 Fool's Paradise (uncredited)
 
1921 Exit the Vamp
Robert Pitts
 
1921 After the Show (uncredited)
 
1921 The Affairs of Anatol
Guest (uncredited)
 
1921 Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Robert V. Courtney
 
1921 A Wise Fool
Gerard Fynes
 
1921 Brewster's Millions
Harrison
 
1921 Forbidden Fruit
Billiards Player (uncredited)
 
1921 Paying the Piper (uncredited)
 
1921 The Jucklins
Dan Stuart
 
1920 Something to Think About (uncredited)
 
1920 A City Sparrow
Hughie Ray
 
1920 The City of Masks
Carpenter
 
1920 Why Change Your Wife?
Naval Officer at Hotel (uncredited)
 
1920 The Six Best Cellars
Holsappel (uncredited)
 
1919 Was He Guilty? (uncredited)
 
1918 Old Wives for New
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (13 titles)
1952-1954 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series) (executive producer - 52 episodes)
– Tricky Fingers (1954) (executive producer)
– The Emerald Saint (1954) (executive producer)
– The Black Sombrero (1954) (executive producer)
– Frameup for Murder (1954) (executive producer)
– Masquerade for Matilda (1954) (executive producer)
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1948 Strange Gamble (executive producer)
 
1948 False Paradise (executive producer)
 
1948 Borrowed Trouble (producer)
 
1948 Sinister Journey (executive producer)
 
1948 The Dead Don't Dream (executive producer)
 
1948 Silent Conflict (executive producer)
 
1947 Hoppy's Holiday (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1947 The Marauders (executive producer)
 
1947 Dangerous Venture (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1947 Unexpected Guest (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1947 Fool's Gold (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1946 The Devil's Playground (executive producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1932 Men of America (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (documentary short)
Himself
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #1.40 (1949) … Himself - Actor
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself - On Paramount Western Set
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself, Horse Show Attendee
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (short)
Himself
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (28 titles)
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV documentary)
Narrator of Smokey Bear (voice) (uncredited)
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (TV documentary)
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1997 L.A. Confidential
Himself (uncredited)
 
1989 The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself (as Hopalong Cassidy)
 
1989 The Best of Gleason 3 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself - Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Bronc Busters (short)
Himself
 
1954 Stage Coach War (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1953 Wide Open Town (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1952 Law of the Trigger (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1952 Battle of the Buttes (short)
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1952 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
 
1951 Prairie Vengeance (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1951 Danger Trail (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1951 Border Justice (short)
'Hopalong' Cassidy
 
1950 Three on a Trail (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1950 Heart of the West (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1950 Bar 20 Rides Again (short)
Hopalong Cassidy
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1950-52) Radio: Starred in the series "Hopalong Cassidy" on the Mutual and later CBS Radio networks.

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Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Bill Boyd | Hopalong Cassidy

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Personal Quote:

I've tried to make Hoppy a plain and simple man in manners and dress. Hoppy isn't a flashy character. He isn't illiterate. Nor is he smart-alecky. He doesn't use big words or bad words. After all, I felt that Hoppy might be looked up to and that children might try to pattern their lives after the man... See more »

Trivia:

There is a Hopalong Cassidy Museum located in Cambridge, Ohio. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini