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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 4, 1895
Died
September 12, 1972
Place of Birth
Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Bill Boyd
- Hopalong Cassidy
- William Lawrence Boyd
- Уильям Бойд
- Вильям Бойд
William Boyd
1.0 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
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(archive footage)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
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Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
10.0
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
7.7
Bill Holbrook (archive footage)
Western von gestern
1978
9.0
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
7.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
6.3
Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
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Hopalong Cassidy
Little Smokey
1953
5.1
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Credits
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
2000
0.0
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1991
7.5
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Western von gestern
as Bill Holbrook (archive footage)
1978
7.7
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
9.0
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
The Movie Orgy
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
1968
6.3
🎬
Little Smokey
as Hopalong Cassidy
1953
0.0
Hopalong Cassidy
as Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Strange Gamble
as Hopalong Cassidy
1948
4.0
False Paradise
as William "Hopalong" Cassidy
1948
4.5
Borrowed Trouble
as Hopalong Cassidy
1948
5.9
Sinister Journey
as Hopalong Cassidy
1948
4.5
The Dead Don't Dream
as Hopalong Cassidy
1948
4.0
Silent Conflict
as Hopalong Cassidy
1948
4.0
Hoppy's Holiday
as Hopalong Cassidy
1947
3.0
The Marauders
as Hopalong Cassidy
1947
4.0
Dangerous Venture
as Hopalong Cassidy
1947
4.0
Unexpected Guest
as Hopalong Cassidy
1947
4.0
The Devil's Playground
as Hopalong Cassidy
1946
5.0
Fool's Gold
as Hopalong Cassidy
1946
3.0
Forty Thieves
as Hopalong Cassidy
1944
3.5
Mystery Man
as Hopalong Cassidy
1944
3.5
Lumberjack
as Hopalong Cassidy
1944
5.4
Texas Masquerade
as Hopalong Cassidy
1944
3.0
Riders of the Deadline
as Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
1943
4.1
False Colors
as Hopalong Cassidy
1943
3.8
Bar 20
as Hopalong Cassidy
1943
3.9
Colt Comrades
as Hopalong Cassidy
1943
5.3
Leather Burners
as Hopalong Cassidy
1943
4.8
Border Patrol
as Hopalong Cassidy
1943
5.3
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Hopalong Cassidy
1943
5.3
Lost Canyon
as Hopalong Cassidy
1942
4.5
Undercover Man
as Hopalong Cassidy
1942
5.0
Secret of the Wastelands
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
4.0
Outlaws of the Desert
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
3.0
Twilight on the Trail
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
4.0
Riders of the Timberline
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
2.0
Stick to Your Guns
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
4.0
Wide Open Town
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
3.0
Pirates on Horseback
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
3.0
Border Vigilantes
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
5.0
In Old Colorado
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
5.8
Doomed Caravan
as Hopalong Cassidy
1941
3.5
Three Men from Texas
as Hopalong Cassidy
1940
5.6
Stagecoach War
as Hopalong Cassidy
1940
4.0
Hidden Gold
as Hopalong Cassidy
1940
5.3
The Showdown
as Hopalong Cassidy
1940
5.0
Santa Fe Marshal
as Hopalong Cassidy
1940
5.3
Law of the Pampas
as Hopalong Cassidy
1939
4.0
Range War
as Hopalong Cassidy
1939
4.0
Renegade Trail
as Hopalong Cassidy
1939
4.0
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
0.0
Silver on the Sage
as Hopalong Cassidy
1939
3.0
Sunset Trail
as Hopalong Cassidy
1939
5.0
The Frontiersmen
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
4.0
In Old Mexico
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
3.0
Pride of the West
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
4.0
Bar 20 Justice
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
4.7
Heart of Arizona
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
5.0
Cassidy of Bar 20
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
5.7
Partners of the Plains
as Hopalong Cassidy
1938
3.0
Texas Trail
as Hopalong Cassidy
1937
5.0
Hopalong Rides Again
as Hopalong Cassidy
1937
5.5
Rustlers' Valley
as Hopalong Cassidy
1937
5.3
North of the Rio Grande
as Hopalong Cassidy
1937
5.5
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Hopalong Cassidy
1937
3.0
Borderland
as Hopalong Cassidy
1937
5.0
Trail Dust
as Hopalong Cassidy
1936
4.0
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Hopalong Cassidy
1936
6.0
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
as Steve Haines
1936
4.3
Burning Gold
as Jim Thornton
1936
6.0
Three on the Trail
as Hopalong Cassidy
1936
4.5
Federal Agent
as Bob Woods
1936
0.0
Call of the Prairie
as Hopalong Cassidy
1936
4.7
Heart of the West
as Hopalong Cassidy
1936
4.0
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Hopalong Cassidy
1935
5.0
Racing Luck
as Dan Morgan
1935
6.0
The Eagle's Brood
as Hopalong Cassidy
1935
4.7
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Hopalong Cassidy
1935
5.3
Port of Lost Dreams
as Lars Christensen
1934
6.5
Cheaters
as Steve Morris
1934
0.0
Emergency Call
as Joe Bradley
1933
5.8
Lucky Devils
as Skipper Clark
1933
6.2
Men Of America
as Jim Parker
1932
4.0
Flaming Gold
as Dan Manton
1932
5.5
Carnival Boat
as Buck Gannon
1932
5.0
Suicide Fleet
as Baltimore
1931
4.3
The Big Gamble
as Alan Beckwith
1931
6.0
Beyond Victory
as Bill Thatcher
1931
0.0
The Painted Desert
as Bill Holbrook
1931
4.7
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as William Boyd
1930
0.0
Officer O'Brien
as Bill O'Brien
1930
3.7
His First Command
as Terry Culver
1929
7.0
The Flying Fool
as Bill Taylor
1929
5.5
High Voltage
as Bill
1929
4.6
The Leatherneck
as William Calhoun
1929
5.3
Lady of the Pavements
as Karl Von Arnim
1929
4.6
Power
as Husky
1928
6.0
The Cop
as Pete Smith
1928
6.0
Skyscraper
as Blondy
1928
5.6
The Night Flyer
as Jimmy Bradley
1928
5.0
Dress Parade
as Vic Donovan
1927
6.5
Two Arabian Knights
as Daingerfield Phelps
1927
5.8
The Yankee Clipper
as Hal Winslow
1927
6.4
The King of Kings
as Simon Of Cyrene
1927
6.4
Jim the Conqueror
as Jim Burgess
1926
0.0
Her Man o' War
as Jim Sanderson
1926
0.0
The Last Frontier
as Tom Kirby
1926
0.0
The Volga Boatman
as Feodor
1926
6.3
Eve's Leaves
as Bill Stanley
1926
7.0
The Road to Yesterday
as Jack Moreland
1925
6.3
The Midshipman
as Spud
1925
6.0
New Lives for Old
as Soldier (uncredited)
1925
0.0
Forty Winks
as Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
1925
0.0
Feet of Clay
as Young Society Man (uncredited)
1924
0.0
Tarnish
as Bill
1924
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Changing Husbands
as Conrad Bardshaw
1924
0.0
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Enemies of Children
as Sidney Godfrey
1923
0.0
The Temple of Venus
as Stanley Dale
1923
0.0
Hollywood
as William Boyd
1923
8.5
Michael O'Halloran
as Douglas Bruce
1923
0.0
The Young Rajah
as Stephen Van Kovert
1922
6.5
Manslaughter
as (uncredited)
1922
5.2
On the High Seas
as Dick Deveraux
1922
6.0
Nice People
as Oliver Comstock
1922
0.0
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
1922
6.5
Saturday Night
as Party Guest
1922
5.4
Bobbed Hair
as Dick Barton
1922
0.0
Exit the Vamp
as Robert Pitts
1921
0.0
After the Show
as (uncredited)
1921
0.0
The Affairs of Anatol
as Guest
1921
5.6
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
as Robert V. Courtney
1921
0.0
A Wise Fool
as Gerard Fynes
1921
0.0
Brewster's Millions
as Harrison
1921
6.0
The Jucklins
as Dan Stuart
1921
0.0
Forbidden Fruit
as Billiards Player
1921
6.3
A City Sparrow
as Hughie Ray
1920
0.0
Something to Think About
as (uncredited)
1920
6.4
The Six Best Cellars
as Holsappel (uncredited)
1920
0.0
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Was He Guilty?
1919
0.0
Old Wives for New
as (uncredited)
1918
6.5