Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000 · Movie
as (archive footage)
William Boyd
1895-06-04
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Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Western von gestern
1978 · TV Show
as Bill Holbrook (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
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Little Smokey
1953 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy
1952 · TV Show
as Hopalong Cassidy
Borrowed Trouble
1948 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Sinister Journey
1948 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
False Paradise
1948 · Movie
as William "Hopalong" Cassidy
The Dead Don't Dream
1948 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Strange Gamble
1948 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Silent Conflict
1948 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Dangerous Venture
1947 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Unexpected Guest
1947 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Marauders
1947 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hoppy's Holiday
1947 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Fool's Gold
1946 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Devil's Playground
1946 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Forty Thieves
1944 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Mystery Man
1944 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Masquerade
1944 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lumberjack
1944 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Border Patrol
1943 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Leather Burners
1943 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
False Colors
1943 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Deadline
1943 · Movie
as Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Colt Comrades
1943 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20
1943 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Undercover Man
1942 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lost Canyon
1942 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Doomed Caravan
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Timberline
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Pirates on Horseback
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
In Old Colorado
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Stick to Your Guns
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Wide Open Town
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Border Vigilantes
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Twilight on the Trail
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Secret of the Wastelands
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Outlaws of the Desert
1941 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hidden Gold
1940 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Showdown
1940 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Stagecoach War
1940 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Three Men from Texas
1940 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Santa Fe Marshal
1940 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Silver on the Sage
1939 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Law of the Pampas
1939 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Renegade Trail
1939 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Range War
1939 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Sunset Trail
1939 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Land of Liberty
1939 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Pride of the West
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20 Justice
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Frontiersmen
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
In Old Mexico
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Partners of the Plains
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Cassidy of Bar 20
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Heart of Arizona
1938 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
North of the Rio Grande
1937 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Borderland
1937 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Rustlers' Valley
1937 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Trail
1937 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Three on the Trail
1936 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Call of the Prairie
1936 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Heart of the West
1936 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Trail Dust
1936 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
1936 · Movie
as Steve Haines
Federal Agent
1936 · Movie
as Bob Woods
Burning Gold
1936 · Movie
as Jim Thornton
The Eagle's Brood
1935 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 · Movie
as Hopalong Cassidy
Racing Luck
1935 · Movie
as Dan Morgan
Port of Lost Dreams
1934 · Movie
as Lars Christensen
Cheaters
1934 · Movie
as Steve Morris
Lucky Devils
1933 · Movie
as Skipper Clark
Emergency Call
1933 · Movie
as Joe Bradley
Carnival Boat
1932 · Movie
as Buck Gannon
Men Of America
1932 · Movie
as Jim Parker
Flaming Gold
1932 · Movie
as Dan Manton
The Big Gamble
1931 · Movie
as Alan Beckwith
Suicide Fleet
1931 · Movie
as Baltimore
The Painted Desert
1931 · Movie
as Bill Holbrook
Beyond Victory
1931 · Movie
as Bill Thatcher
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930 · Movie
as William Boyd
Officer O'Brien
1930 · Movie
as Bill O'Brien
High Voltage
1929 · Movie
as Bill
The Flying Fool
1929 · Movie
as Bill Taylor
Lady of the Pavements
1929 · Movie
as Karl Von Arnim
His First Command
1929 · Movie
as Terry Culver
The Leatherneck
1929 · Movie
as William Calhoun
The Cop
1928 · Movie
as Pete Smith
The Night Flyer
1928 · Movie
as Jimmy Bradley
Skyscraper
1928 · Movie
as Blondy
Power
1928 · Movie
as Husky
The Yankee Clipper
1927 · Movie
as Hal Winslow
Dress Parade
1927 · Movie
as Vic Donovan
Two Arabian Knights
1927 · Movie
as Daingerfield Phelps
The King of Kings
1927 · Movie
as Simon Of Cyrene
The Volga Boatman
1926 · Movie
as Feodor
Her Man o' War
1926 · Movie
as Jim Sanderson
Eve's Leaves
1926 · Movie
as Bill Stanley
The Last Frontier
1926 · Movie
as Tom Kirby
Jim the Conqueror
1926 · Movie
as Jim Burgess
Forty Winks
1925 · Movie
as Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
New Lives for Old
1925 · Movie
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Midshipman
1925 · Movie
as Spud
The Road to Yesterday
1925 · Movie
as Jack Moreland
Feet of Clay
1924 · Movie
as Young Society Man (uncredited)
Changing Husbands
1924 · Movie
as Conrad Bardshaw
Tarnish
1924 · Movie
as Bill
The Temple of Venus
1923 · Movie
as Stanley Dale
Enemies of Children
1923 · Movie
as Sidney Godfrey
Hollywood
1923 · Movie
as William Boyd
Michael O'Halloran
1923 · Movie
as Douglas Bruce
Bobbed Hair
1922 · Movie
as Dick Barton
Manslaughter
1922 · Movie
as (uncredited)
Nice People
1922 · Movie
as Oliver Comstock
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922 · Movie
as Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
The Young Rajah
1922 · Movie
as Stephen Van Kovert
Saturday Night
1922 · Movie
as Party Guest
On the High Seas
1922 · Movie
as Dick Deveraux
After the Show
1921 · Movie
as (uncredited)
A Wise Fool
1921 · Movie
as Gerard Fynes
Brewster's Millions
1921 · Movie
as Harrison
The Affairs of Anatol
1921 · Movie
as Guest
Forbidden Fruit
1921 · Movie
as Billiards Player
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921 · Movie
as Robert V. Courtney
Exit the Vamp
1921 · Movie
as Robert Pitts
The Jucklins
1921 · Movie
as Dan Stuart
The Six Best Cellars
1920 · Movie
as Holsappel (uncredited)
Something to Think About
1920 · Movie
as (uncredited)
A City Sparrow
1920 · Movie
as Hughie Ray
The City of Masks
1920 · Movie
as Carpenter
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Was He Guilty?
1919 · Movie
Old Wives for New
1918 · Movie
as (uncredited)
