William Boyd
Acting
Born June 4, 1895 · Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
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. During…
Known For · 40 titles
Western von gestern
Hopalong Cassidy
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Movie Orgy
Federal Agent
Hollywood
Hoppy's Holiday
The King of Kings
The Cop
The Jucklins
The Affairs of Anatol
Dress Parade
It's Showtime
Television: The First Fifty Years
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Power
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Forbidden Fruit
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Heart of the West
Exit the Vamp
The Midshipman
Land of Liberty
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Cheaters
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Heart of Arizona
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
The City of Masks
Bar 20 Rides Again
The Painted Desert
Emergency Call
Bar 20
Two Arabian Knights
Officer O'Brien
Stick to Your Guns
The Flying Fool
Jim the Conqueror
North of the Rio Grande
Lost Canyon