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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (143)
The Cop
1928
as Pete Smith
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Federal Agent
1936
as Bob Woods
The Jucklins
1921
as Dan Stuart
The King of Kings
1927
as Simon Of Cyrene
Dress Parade
1927
as Vic Donovan
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Forbidden Fruit
1921
as Billiards Player
Power
1928
as Husky
The Midshipman
1925
as Spud
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Heart of the West
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
Cheaters
1934
as Steve Morris
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
The Flying Fool
1929
as Bill Taylor
Was He Guilty?
1919
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Guest
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
as Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Michael O'Halloran
1923
as Douglas Bruce
Bar 20
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Big Gamble
1931
as Alan Beckwith
Little Smokey
1953
as Hopalong Cassidy
Emergency Call
1933
as Joe Bradley
The Night Flyer
1928
as Jimmy Bradley
Jim the Conqueror
1926
as Jim Burgess
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Painted Desert
1931
as Bill Holbrook
Twilight on the Trail
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Men Of America
1932
as Jim Parker
False Colors
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Officer O'Brien
1930
as Bill O'Brien
Riders of the Deadline
1943
as Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Law of the Pampas
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
North of the Rio Grande
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lucky Devils
1933
as Skipper Clark
Manslaughter
1922
as (uncredited)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lady of the Pavements
1929
as Karl Von Arnim
Leather Burners
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Masquerade
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Robert V. Courtney
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Pirates on Horseback
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Partners of the Plains
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Frontiersmen
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Stick to Your Guns
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Pride of the West
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Outlaws of the Desert
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Sunset Trail
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Three Men from Texas
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Range War
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Forty Thieves
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
Exit the Vamp
1921
as Robert Pitts
Bar 20 Justice
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Marauders
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
Dangerous Venture
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Cassidy of Bar 20
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Two Arabian Knights
1927
as Daingerfield Phelps
High Voltage
1929
as Bill
Border Patrol
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Colt Comrades
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
Renegade Trail
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
Three on the Trail
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Lumberjack
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Secret of the Wastelands
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Yankee Clipper
1927
as Hal Winslow
Undercover Man
1942
as Hopalong Cassidy
In Old Colorado
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Wide Open Town
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Borderland
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Brewster's Millions
1921
as Harrison
Doomed Caravan
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Sinister Journey
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
In Old Mexico
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hidden Gold
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Timberline
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Changing Husbands
1924
as Conrad Bardshaw
On the High Seas
1922
as Dick Deveraux
Something to Think About
1920
as (uncredited)
Old Wives for New
1918
as (uncredited)
Trail Dust
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
Unexpected Guest
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
Rustlers' Valley
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Baltimore
Lost Canyon
1942
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Showdown
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Road to Yesterday
1925
as Jack Moreland
The Devil's Playground
1946
as Hopalong Cassidy
Mystery Man
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
The Dead Don't Dream
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Beyond Victory
1931
as Bill Thatcher
Borrowed Trouble
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Border Vigilantes
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
Stagecoach War
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Fool's Gold
1946
as Hopalong Cassidy
Santa Fe Marshal
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
Eve's Leaves
1926
as Bill Stanley
Strange Gamble
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Rides Again
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Trail
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
Saturday Night
1922
as Party Guest
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Forty Winks
1925
as Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
False Paradise
1948
as William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Hoppy's Holiday
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
New Lives for Old
1925
as Soldier (uncredited)
His First Command
1929
as Terry Culver
Flaming Gold
1932
as Dan Manton
Silent Conflict
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
Hollywood
1923
as William Boyd
The Last Frontier
1926
as Tom Kirby
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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Most Popular William Boyd Movies
- The Cop (1928) — as Pete Smith
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) — as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
- The Movie Orgy (1968) — as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
- Federal Agent (1936) — as Bob Woods
- The Jucklins (1921) — as Dan Stuart
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