William Boyd

William Boyd

Acting

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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.…

Filmography

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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs ★ 10.0 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs 2000 Television: The First Fifty Years Television: The First Fifty Years 1999 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star ★ 7.5 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 1991 Going Hollywood: The '30s ★ 9.0 Going Hollywood: The '30s 1984 Western von gestern ★ 7.7 Western von gestern 1978 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch ★ 8.5 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976 It's Showtime ★ 7.5 It's Showtime 1976 The Movie Orgy ★ 6.6 The Movie Orgy 1968 Little Smokey ★ 7.0 Little Smokey 1953 Hopalong Cassidy ★ 5.4 Hopalong Cassidy 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth ★ 6.4 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Strange Gamble ★ 6.5 Strange Gamble 1948 False Paradise ★ 6.3 False Paradise 1948 Borrowed Trouble ★ 6.7 Borrowed Trouble 1948 Sinister Journey ★ 6.0 Sinister Journey 1948 The Dead Don't Dream ★ 6.0 The Dead Don't Dream 1948 Silent Conflict ★ 6.0 Silent Conflict 1948 Hoppy's Holiday ★ 6.0 Hoppy's Holiday 1947 The Marauders ★ 7.0 The Marauders 1947 Dangerous Venture ★ 6.5 Dangerous Venture 1947 Unexpected Guest ★ 6.0 Unexpected Guest 1947 The Devil's Playground ★ 6.3 The Devil's Playground 1946 Fool's Gold ★ 6.5 Fool's Gold 1946 Forty Thieves ★ 5.0 Forty Thieves 1944 Mystery Man ★ 5.3 Mystery Man 1944 Lumberjack ★ 5.8 Lumberjack 1944 Texas Masquerade ★ 6.5 Texas Masquerade 1944 Riders of the Deadline ★ 5.3 Riders of the Deadline 1943 False Colors ★ 4.7 False Colors 1943 Bar 20 ★ 4.9 Bar 20 1943 Colt Comrades ★ 5.9 Colt Comrades 1943 Leather Burners ★ 6.1 Leather Burners 1943 Border Patrol ★ 6.2 Border Patrol 1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ ★ 6.0 Hoppy Serves a Writ 1943 Lost Canyon ★ 6.3 Lost Canyon 1942 Undercover Man ★ 5.7 Undercover Man 1942 Secret of the Wastelands ★ 5.5 Secret of the Wastelands 1941 Outlaws of the Desert ★ 6.0 Outlaws of the Desert 1941 Twilight on the Trail ★ 5.0 Twilight on the Trail 1941 Riders of the Timberline ★ 4.5 Riders of the Timberline 1941 Stick to Your Guns ★ 5.7 Stick to Your Guns 1941 Wide Open Town ★ 6.5 Wide Open Town 1941 Pirates on Horseback ★ 6.0 Pirates on Horseback 1941 Border Vigilantes ★ 6.3 Border Vigilantes 1941 In Old Colorado ★ 6.4 In Old Colorado 1941 Doomed Caravan ★ 5.3 Doomed Caravan 1941 Three Men from Texas ★ 6.6 Three Men from Texas 1940 Stagecoach War ★ 6.0 Stagecoach War 1940 Hidden Gold ★ 5.8 Hidden Gold 1940 The Showdown ★ 6.0 The Showdown 1940 Santa Fe Marshal ★ 6.3 Santa Fe Marshal 1940 Law of the Pampas ★ 5.0 Law of the Pampas 1939 Range War ★ 6.5 Range War 1939 Renegade Trail ★ 5.0 Renegade Trail 1939 Land of Liberty ★ 9.0 Land of Liberty 1939 Silver on the Sage ★ 6.5 Silver on the Sage 1939 Sunset Trail ★ 6.3 Sunset Trail 1939 The Frontiersmen ★ 5.8 The Frontiersmen 1938 In Old Mexico ★ 6.7 In Old Mexico 1938 Pride of the West ★ 6.5 Pride of the West 1938 Bar 20 Justice ★ 5.4 Bar 20 Justice 1938 Heart of Arizona ★ 5.5 Heart of Arizona 1938 Cassidy of Bar 20 ★ 6.0 Cassidy of Bar 20 1938 Partners of the Plains ★ 5.0 Partners of the Plains 1938 Texas Trail ★ 6.3 Texas Trail 1937 Hopalong Rides Again ★ 6.3 Hopalong Rides Again 1937 Rustlers' Valley ★ 5.8 Rustlers' Valley 1937 North of the Rio Grande ★ 6.7 North of the Rio Grande 1937 Hills of Old Wyoming ★ 5.0 Hills of Old Wyoming 1937 Borderland ★ 7.5 Borderland 1937 Trail Dust ★ 5.3 Trail Dust 1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns ★ 6.8 Hopalong Cassidy Returns 1936 Go-Get-'Em, Haines ★ 4.9 Go-Get-'Em, Haines 1936 Burning Gold ★ 6.5 Burning Gold 1936 Three on the Trail ★ 6.0 Three on the Trail 1936 Federal Agent ★ 8.0 Federal Agent 1936 Call of the Prairie ★ 5.8 Call of the Prairie 1936 Heart of the West ★ 5.3 Heart of the West 1936 Bar 20 Rides Again ★ 6.7 Bar 20 Rides Again 1935 Racing Luck ★ 8.0 Racing Luck 1935