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William Boyd

William Boyd
  • Name: William Boyd
  • Birthday: 1895-06-04
  • Also known as: Bill Boyd,Hopalong Cassidy,William Lawrence Boyd
  • Place of birth: Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
  • Popularity: 1.649
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 World War I, he enlisted in the army but was exempt from military service because of a "weak... Read More

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