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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/03/1991
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/1976
It's Showtime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/1976
The Movie Orgy
Character:Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
Little Smokey
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:01/01/1953
The Greatest Show on Earth
Character:Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Release Date:16/02/1952
Strange Gamble
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:08/10/1948
False Paradise
Character:William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Release Date:10/09/1948
Borrowed Trouble
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/07/1948
Sinister Journey
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:11/06/1948
The Dead Don't Dream
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:30/04/1948
Silent Conflict
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:19/03/1948
Hoppy's Holiday
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:18/07/1947
The Marauders
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:01/07/1947
Dangerous Venture
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/05/1947
Unexpected Guest
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:28/03/1947
The Devil's Playground
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:15/11/1946
Fool's Gold
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:09/10/1946
Forty Thieves
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/06/1944
Mystery Man
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:31/05/1944
Lumberjack
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:28/04/1944
Texas Masquerade
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:08/02/1944
Riders of the Deadline
Character:Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Release Date:03/12/1943
False Colors
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:05/11/1943
Bar 20
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:01/10/1943
Colt Comrades
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:18/06/1943
Leather Burners
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:28/05/1943
Border Patrol
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:02/04/1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:12/03/1943
Lost Canyon
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:18/12/1942
Undercover Man
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/10/1942
Secret of the Wastelands
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:15/11/1941
Outlaws of the Desert
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:01/11/1941
Twilight on the Trail
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:29/09/1941
Riders of the Timberline
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:17/09/1941
Stick to Your Guns
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:17/09/1941
Wide Open Town
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:08/08/1941
Pirates on Horseback
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/05/1941
Border Vigilantes
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:18/04/1941
In Old Colorado
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:14/03/1941
Doomed Caravan
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:10/01/1941
Three Men from Texas
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:15/11/1940
Stagecoach War
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:12/07/1940
Hidden Gold
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:07/06/1940
The Showdown
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:08/03/1940
Santa Fe Marshal
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:26/01/1940
Law of the Pampas
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:03/11/1939
Range War
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:08/09/1939
Renegade Trail
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:25/07/1939
Land of Liberty
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/1939
Silver on the Sage
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:31/03/1939
Sunset Trail
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:24/02/1939
The Frontiersmen
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:16/12/1938
In Old Mexico
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:09/09/1938
Pride of the West
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:07/07/1938
Bar 20 Justice
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:24/06/1938
Heart of Arizona
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:22/04/1938
Cassidy of Bar 20
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:25/02/1938
Partners of the Plains
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:14/01/1938
Texas Trail
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:26/11/1937
Hopalong Rides Again
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:20/08/1937
Rustlers' Valley
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/07/1937
North of the Rio Grande
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:28/06/1937
Hills of Old Wyoming
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:16/04/1937
Borderland
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:26/02/1937
Trail Dust
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:11/12/1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:16/10/1936
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Character:Steve Haines
Release Date:16/06/1936
Burning Gold
Character:Jim Thornton
Release Date:22/05/1936
Three on the Trail
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:14/04/1936
Federal Agent
Character:Bob Woods
Release Date:13/04/1936
Call of the Prairie
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:06/03/1936
Heart of the West
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:24/02/1936
Bar 20 Rides Again
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:06/12/1935
Racing Luck
Character:Dan Morgan
Release Date:19/11/1935
The Eagle's Brood
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:25/10/1935
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Character:Hopalong Cassidy
Release Date:23/08/1935
Port of Lost Dreams
Character:Lars Christensen
Release Date:14/10/1934
Cheaters
Character:Steve Morris
Release Date:11/05/1934
Emergency Call
Character:Joe Bradley
Release Date:24/06/1933
Lucky Devils
Character:Skipper Clark
Release Date:03/02/1933
Men Of America
Character:Jim Parker
Release Date:25/11/1932
Flaming Gold
Character:Dan Manton
Release Date:28/09/1932
Carnival Boat
Character:Buck Gannon
Release Date:19/03/1932
Suicide Fleet
Character:Baltimore
Release Date:20/11/1931
The Big Gamble
Character:Alan Beckwith
Release Date:04/09/1931
Beyond Victory
Character:Bill Thatcher
Release Date:03/04/1931
The Painted Desert
Character:Bill Holbrook
Release Date:18/01/1931
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Character:William Boyd
Release Date:01/12/1930
Officer O'Brien
Character:Bill O'Brien
Release Date:15/02/1930
His First Command
Character:Terry Culver
Release Date:28/12/1929
The Flying Fool
Character:Bill Taylor
Release Date:10/07/1929
High Voltage
Character:Bill
Release Date:29/06/1929
The Leatherneck
Character:William Calhoun
Release Date:24/02/1929
Lady of the Pavements
Character:Karl Von Arnim
Release Date:22/01/1929
Power
Character:Husky
Release Date:23/09/1928
The Cop
Character:Pete Smith
Release Date:28/08/1928
Skyscraper
Character:Blondy
Release Date:08/04/1928
The Night Flyer
Character:Jimmy Bradley
Release Date:05/02/1928
Dress Parade
Character:Vic Donovan
Release Date:26/10/1927
Two Arabian Knights
Character:Daingerfield Phelps
Release Date:23/09/1927
The Yankee Clipper
Character:Hal Winslow
Release Date:07/05/1927
The King of Kings
Character:Simon Of Cyrene
Release Date:19/04/1927
Jim the Conqueror
Character:Jim Burgess
Release Date:27/12/1926
Her Man o' War
Character:Jim Sanderson
Release Date:25/08/1926
The Last Frontier
Character:Tom Kirby
Release Date:16/08/1926
The Volga Boatman
Character:Feodor
Release Date:23/05/1926
Eve's Leaves
Character:Bill Stanley
Release Date:10/01/1926
The Road to Yesterday
Character:Jack Moreland
Release Date:13/11/1925
The Midshipman
Character:Spud
Release Date:04/10/1925
New Lives for Old
Character:Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:22/02/1925
Forty Winks
Character:Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
Release Date:02/02/1925
Feet of Clay
Character:Young Society Man (uncredited)
Release Date:27/09/1924
Tarnish
Character:Bill
Release Date:01/08/1924
Changing Husbands
Character:Conrad Bardshaw
Release Date:22/06/1924
Enemies of Children
Character:Sidney Godfrey
Release Date:13/12/1923
The Temple of Venus
Character:Stanley Dale
Release Date:11/11/1923
Hollywood
Character:William Boyd
Release Date:19/08/1923
Michael O'Halloran
Character:Douglas Bruce
Release Date:10/06/1923
The Young Rajah
Character:Stephen Van Kovert
Release Date:11/11/1922
Manslaughter
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:24/09/1922
On the High Seas
Character:Dick Deveraux
Release Date:17/09/1922
Nice People
Character:Oliver Comstock
Release Date:12/07/1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
Character:Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
Release Date:05/02/1922
Saturday Night
Character:Party Guest
Release Date:29/01/1922
Bobbed Hair
Character:Dick Barton
Release Date:01/01/1922
Exit the Vamp
Character:Robert Pitts
Release Date:06/11/1921
After the Show
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:30/10/1921
The Affairs of Anatol
Character:Guest
Release Date:25/09/1921
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Character:Robert V. Courtney
Release Date:01/07/1921
A Wise Fool
Character:Gerard Fynes
Release Date:26/06/1921
Brewster's Millions
Character:Harrison
Release Date:28/01/1921
The Jucklins
Character:Dan Stuart
Release Date:09/01/1921
Forbidden Fruit
Character:Billiards Player
Release Date:03/01/1921
A City Sparrow
Character:Hughie Ray
Release Date:17/10/1920
Something to Think About
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:16/10/1920
The Six Best Cellars
Character:Holsappel (uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1920
Was He Guilty?
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1919
Old Wives for New
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:18/05/1918
Television Appearances
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