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William Boyd
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Birthday
1895-06-04,Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.2

The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

0

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000-01-01

0

Bobbed Hair
1922-01-01

The Temple of Venus

0

The Temple of Venus
1923-11-11

Enemies of Children

0

Enemies of Children
1923-12-13

7

Hollywood
1923-08-19

0

After the Show
1921-10-30

6

The Big Gamble
1931-09-04

The Volga Boatman

6.3

The Volga Boatman
1926-05-23

0

Forty Winks
1925-02-02

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

0

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930-12-01

6.3

Lucky Devils
1933-02-03

6

Border Patrol
1943-04-02

3

Doomed Caravan
1941-01-10

0

Fool's Gold
1946-10-09

The Devil's Playground

7

The Devil's Playground
1946-11-15

3

Forty Thieves
1944-06-23

Sinister Journey

6

Sinister Journey
1948-06-11

4

False Colors
1943-11-05

Riders of the Timberline

0

Riders of the Timberline
1941-09-17

Leather Burners

5.8

Leather Burners
1943-05-28

4

Stagecoach War
1940-07-12

Borrowed Trouble

7.2

Borrowed Trouble
1948-07-23

In Old Colorado

6.5

In Old Colorado
1941-03-14

6

Hidden Gold
1940-06-07

Pirates on Horseback

0

Pirates on Horseback
1941-05-23

Dangerous Venture

0

Dangerous Venture
1947-05-23

6

The Showdown
1940-03-08

6

False Paradise
1948-09-10

Riders of the Deadline

3.7

Riders of the Deadline
1943-12-03

Unexpected Guest

0

Unexpected Guest
1947-03-28

Three Men from Texas

6.3

Three Men from Texas
1940-11-15

Secret of the Wastelands

0

Secret of the Wastelands
1941-11-15

5.6

Colt Comrades
1943-06-18

6

Undercover Man
1942-10-23

Stick to Your Guns

5

Stick to Your Guns
1941-09-17

Silent Conflict

0

Silent Conflict
1948-03-19

Hoppy's Holiday

0

Hoppy's Holiday
1947-07-18

Texas Masquerade

0

Texas Masquerade
1944-02-08

Twilight on the Trail

5

Twilight on the Trail
1941-09-29

Hoppy Serves a Writ

6.5

Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943-03-12

4

Mystery Man
1944-05-31

0

Strange Gamble
1948-10-08

Border Vigilantes

6

Border Vigilantes
1941-04-18

0

Wide Open Town
1941-08-08

The Dead Don't Dream

0

The Dead Don't Dream
1948-04-30

0

The Marauders
1947-07-01

5

Lost Canyon
1942-12-18

Outlaws of the Desert

0

Outlaws of the Desert
1941-11-01

3.8

Bar 20
1943-10-01

0

Range War
1939-09-08

The Eagle's Brood

5

The Eagle's Brood
1935-10-25

5

Bar 20 Justice
1938-06-24

5

Renegade Trail
1939-07-25

Pride of the West

0

Pride of the West
1938-07-07

Law of the Pampas

5

Law of the Pampas
1939-11-03

Santa Fe Marshal

6

Santa Fe Marshal
1940-01-26

6

Lumberjack
1944-04-28

The Frontiersmen

5

The Frontiersmen
1938-12-16

0

In Old Mexico
1938-09-09

0

Sunset Trail
1939-02-24

Silver on the Sage

0

Silver on the Sage
1939-03-31

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

6.3

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936-10-16

Partners of the Plains

0

Partners of the Plains
1938-01-14

Hopalong Rides Again

7

Hopalong Rides Again
1937-08-20

North of the Rio Grande

6

North of the Rio Grande
1937-06-28

Three on the Trail

5

Three on the Trail
1936-04-14

Heart of the West

4.5

Heart of the West
1936-02-24

5.5

Texas Trail
1937-11-26

Call of the Prairie

5

Call of the Prairie
1936-03-06

Rustlers' Valley

6

Rustlers' Valley
1937-07-23

Hop-a-long Cassidy

6

Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935-08-23

Cassidy of Bar 20

6.2

Cassidy of Bar 20
1938-02-25

0

Borderland
1937-02-26

Bar 20 Rides Again

6

Bar 20 Rides Again
1935-12-06

Heart of Arizona

5

Heart of Arizona
1938-04-22

4

Trail Dust
1936-12-11

Hills of Old Wyoming

0

Hills of Old Wyoming
1937-04-16

New Lives for Old

0

New Lives for Old
1925-02-22

0

A Wise Fool
1921-06-26

5.4

Manslaughter
1922-09-24

5.8

Emergency Call
1933-06-24

6

The Midshipman
1925-10-04

The Yankee Clipper

6.2

The Yankee Clipper
1927-05-07

4.3

High Voltage
1929-06-29

0

The Cop
1928-08-28

The Road to Yesterday

6

The Road to Yesterday
1925-11-13

Brewster's Millions

6

Brewster's Millions
1921-01-28

5

Carnival Boat
1932-03-19

Port of Lost Dreams

6

Port of Lost Dreams
1934-10-14

The Flying Fool

5.5

The Flying Fool
1929-07-10

4.286

Suicide Fleet
1931-11-20

Go-Get-'Em, Haines

5

Go-Get-'Em, Haines
1936-06-16

The Six Best Cellars

0

The Six Best Cellars
1920-02-08

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

9

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01

0

Cheaters
1934-05-11

4

Men Of America
1932-11-25

Going Hollywood: The '30s

10

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01

The Affairs of Anatol

5.6

The Affairs of Anatol
1921-09-25

Officer O'Brien

3.7

Officer O'Brien
1930-02-15

0

Beyond Victory
1931-04-03

The Painted Desert

5

The Painted Desert
1931-01-18

0

Nice People
1922-07-12

Land of Liberty

0

Land of Liberty
1939-06-15

6.5

Dress Parade
1927-10-26

The Night Flyer

5

The Night Flyer
1928-02-05

5.333

Skyscraper
1928-04-08

Two Arabian Knights

6.048

Two Arabian Knights
1927-09-23

The King of Kings

6.4

The King of Kings
1927-04-19

Moran of the Lady Letty

6.5

Moran of the Lady Letty
1922-02-05

6

Racing Luck
1935-11-19

0

Feet of Clay
1924-09-27

The Young Rajah

6.5

The Young Rajah
1922-11-11

5.8

Saturday Night
1922-01-29

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

7

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991-03-10

Lady of the Pavements

4.6

Lady of the Pavements
1929-01-22

Forbidden Fruit

6.1

Forbidden Fruit
1921-01-03

Television: The First Fifty Years

0

Television: The First Fifty Years
1999-01-01

His First Command

7

His First Command
1929-12-28

6

Burning Gold
1936-05-22

0

Federal Agent
1936-04-13

On the High Seas

6

On the High Seas
1922-09-17

0

Her Man o' War
1926-08-25

Old Wives for New

6.6

Old Wives for New
1918-05-18

The Greatest Show on Earth

6.3

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16

Michael O'Halloran

0

Michael O'Halloran
1923-06-10

Something to Think About

6.5

Something to Think About
1920-10-16

5.5

Flaming Gold
1932-09-28

6

Power
1928-09-23

Changing Husbands

0

Changing Husbands
1924-06-22

The Leatherneck

5

The Leatherneck
1929-02-24

7

It's Showtime
1976-03-31

0

Tarnish
1924-08-01

7

Eve's Leaves
1926-01-10

0

Little Smokey
1953-01-01

0

A City Sparrow
1920-10-17

Hopalong Cassidy

6

Hopalong Cassidy
1952-09-19

Western von gestern

7.5

Western von gestern
1978-05-05