William Boyd

Personal Info

Birthday

June 4, 1895

Day of Death

1972-09-12

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Bill Boyd

Hopalong Cassidy

William Lawrence Boyd

William Boyd

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Hollywood

Hopalong Cassidy

Western von gestern

The Greatest Show on Earth

Suicide Fleet

Television: The First Fifty Years

Manslaughter

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Filmography

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