Cast & creator

William Boyd

1895-06-04 (died at 77) Hendrysburg, Ohio, USAIMDb

Best known for Hopalong Cassidy, Hopalong Cassidy, Western von gestern

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 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.

Also known as: Bill Boyd, Hopalong Cassidy, William Lawrence Boyd, Уильям Бойд, Вильям Бойд

Movies

144

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

145

1918–2000 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 5.3

Hopalong Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy · 1952

★ 5.3

Hopalong Cassidy

Producer · 1952

★ 7.7

Western von gestern

Bill Holbrook (archive footage) · 1978

★ 6.3

The Greatest Show on Earth

Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited) · 1952

★ 6.4

The King of Kings

Simon Of Cyrene · 1927

Across film & television

Filmography (147)

Showing 147 of 147 credits

Series

★ 5.3

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

Series

★ 5.3

Hopalong Cassidy

Producer

1952

Series

★ 7.7

Western von gestern

Bill Holbrook (archive footage)

William Boyd

Known for

Hopalong Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy

Western von gestern

The Greatest Show on Earth

The King of Kings

Filmography (147)

Hopalong Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy

Western von gestern

The Greatest Show on Earth

The King of Kings

The Movie Orgy

Television: The First Fifty Years

Hoppy Serves a Writ

The Midshipman

Going Hollywood: The '30s

It's Showtime

Power

Old Wives for New

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

The Jucklins

Three Men from Texas

The Dead Don't Dream

The Affairs of Anatol

Heart of the West

Outlaws of the Desert

The Volga Boatman

Dress Parade

Land of Liberty

Hills of Old Wyoming

Twilight on the Trail

Federal Agent

Law of the Pampas

North of the Rio Grande

The Cop

Stick to Your Guns

Hop-a-long Cassidy

Colt Comrades

The Devil's Playground

Bar 20 Rides Again

Her Man o' War

Leather Burners

Lady of the Pavements

Riders of the Timberline

The Eagle's Brood

Riders of the Deadline

Three on the Trail

Pride of the West

Moran of the Lady Letty

Sinister Journey

The Big Gamble

Partners of the Plains

The Painted Desert

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Cassidy of Bar 20

Forbidden Fruit

Secret of the Wastelands

The Six Best Cellars

Lost Canyon

Something to Think About

Hidden Gold

Hollywood

The City of Masks

Port of Lost Dreams

On the High Seas

Bar 20 Justice

Call of the Prairie

Little Smokey

The Frontiersmen

The Road to Yesterday

Dangerous Venture

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

The Temple of Venus

Border Vigilantes

Texas Masquerade

New Lives for Old

Suicide Fleet