William Boyd
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1895-06-04
- Died
- 1972-09-12
- Place of birth
- Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Bill Boyd · Hopalong Cassidy · William Lawrence Boyd · Уильям Бойд · Вильям Бойд
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
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
as Hopalong Cassidy
Western von gestern
1978
as Bill Holbrook (archive footage)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
The King of Kings
1927
as Simon Of Cyrene
Officer O'Brien
1930
as Bill O'Brien
TV Shows (2)
Movies (143)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
The King of Kings
1927
as Simon Of Cyrene
Officer O'Brien
1930
as Bill O'Brien
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Hollywood
1923
as William Boyd
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Lost Canyon
1942
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Painted Desert
1931
as Bill Holbrook
Two Arabian Knights
1927
as Daingerfield Phelps
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Frontiersmen
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
False Colors
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Wide Open Town
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Leather Burners
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Masquerade
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Marauders
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Baltimore
In Old Colorado
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lumberjack
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
Forty Thieves
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Cop
1928
as Pete Smith
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Colt Comrades
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Doomed Caravan
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Road to Yesterday
1925
as Jack Moreland
Border Patrol
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Silent Conflict
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Renegade Trail
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
as Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
The Showdown
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Stick to Your Guns
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Border Vigilantes
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Borderland
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20 Justice
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Sunset Trail
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Carnival Boat
1932
as Buck Gannon
Rustlers' Valley
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Unexpected Guest
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lucky Devils
1933
as Skipper Clark
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
High Voltage
1929
as Bill
The Night Flyer
1928
as Jimmy Bradley
Emergency Call
1933
as Joe Bradley
The Yankee Clipper
1927
as Hal Winslow
Manslaughter
1922
as (uncredited)
Three Men from Texas
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Deadline
1943
as Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Hidden Gold
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Outlaws of the Desert
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Forbidden Fruit
1921
as Billiards Player
Bar 20
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Timberline
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Power
1928
as Husky
Pride of the West
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Feet of Clay
1924
as Young Society Man (uncredited)
Pirates on Horseback
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Range War
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Trail Dust
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Heart of the West
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Dead Don't Dream
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Burning Gold
1936
as Jim Thornton
Three on the Trail
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Dress Parade
1927
as Vic Donovan
The Leatherneck
1929
as William Calhoun
Stagecoach War
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
as Lars Christensen
Silver on the Sage
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Fool's Gold
1946
as Hopalong Cassidy
Nice People
1922
as Oliver Comstock
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
as William Boyd
North of the Rio Grande
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
His First Command
1929
as Terry Culver
Twilight on the Trail
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Secret of the Wastelands
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Brewster's Millions
1921
as Harrison
Men Of America
1932
as Jim Parker
In Old Mexico
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Trail
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Cheaters
1934
as Steve Morris
Undercover Man
1942
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Guest
Sinister Journey
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Mystery Man
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Robert V. Courtney
The Big Gamble
1931
as Alan Beckwith
Strange Gamble
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Something to Think About
1920
as (uncredited)
Tarnish
1924
as Bill
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
False Paradise
1948
as William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Saturday Night
1922
as Party Guest
The Midshipman
1925
as Spud
After the Show
1921
as (uncredited)
Hopalong Rides Again
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Santa Fe Marshal
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
Flaming Gold
1932
as Dan Manton
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Cassidy of Bar 20
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Enemies of Children
1923
as Sidney Godfrey
Law of the Pampas
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Beyond Victory
1931
as Bill Thatcher
Skyscraper
1928
as Blondy
Exit the Vamp
1921
as Robert Pitts
Dangerous Venture
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Six Best Cellars
1920
as Holsappel (uncredited)
Hoppy's Holiday
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
A Wise Fool
1921
as Gerard Fynes
Federal Agent
1936
as Bob Woods
The Young Rajah
1922
as Stephen Van Kovert
The City of Masks
1920
as Carpenter
Partners of the Plains
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Michael O'Halloran
1923
as Douglas Bruce
About William Boyd
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… With 145 credits spanning from 1918 to 2000, William Boyd has appeared in 143 films and 2 TV shows.
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- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) — as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
- The Movie Orgy (1968) — as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
- The King of Kings (1927) — as Simon Of Cyrene
- Officer O'Brien (1930) — as Bill O'Brien
- Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) — as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
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