William Boyd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1895
- Died
- September 12, 1972 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
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.
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Filmography
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Movie · as (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
Western von gestern
TV · as Bill Holbrook (archive footage) · 1 ep
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie · as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Little Smokey
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · as Hopalong Cassidy · 40 eps
Sinister Journey
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Borrowed Trouble
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
False Paradise
Movie · as William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Silent Conflict
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Strange Gamble
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
The Dead Don't Dream
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Dangerous Venture
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Unexpected Guest
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hoppy's Holiday
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
The Marauders
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Fool's Gold
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
The Devil's Playground
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Forty Thieves
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Masquerade
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Mystery Man
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Lumberjack
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Border Patrol
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
False Colors
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Leather Burners
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Deadline
Movie · as Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
Colt Comrades
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Undercover Man
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Lost Canyon
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Doomed Caravan
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Timberline
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
In Old Colorado
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Pirates on Horseback
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Secret of the Wastelands
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Stick to Your Guns
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Twilight on the Trail
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Border Vigilantes
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Wide Open Town
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Outlaws of the Desert
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Stagecoach War
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hidden Gold
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
The Showdown
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Three Men from Texas
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Santa Fe Marshal
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Range War
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Renegade Trail
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Law of the Pampas
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Sunset Trail
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Silver on the Sage
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Land of Liberty
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bar 20 Justice
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Pride of the West
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
The Frontiersmen
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
In Old Mexico
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Partners of the Plains
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Cassidy of Bar 20
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Heart of Arizona
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Rides Again
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
North of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Texas Trail
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Rustlers' Valley
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Borderland
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hills of Old Wyoming
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Three on the Trail
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Heart of the West
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Call of the Prairie
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Trail Dust
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Movie · as Steve Haines
Burning Gold
Movie · as Jim Thornton
Federal Agent
Movie · as Bob Woods
The Eagle's Brood
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Bar 20 Rides Again
Movie · as Hopalong Cassidy
Racing Luck
Movie · as Dan Morgan
Port of Lost Dreams
Movie · as Lars Christensen
Cheaters
Movie · as Steve Morris
Lucky Devils
Movie · as Skipper Clark
Emergency Call
Movie · as Joe Bradley
Carnival Boat
Movie · as Buck Gannon
Men Of America
Movie · as Jim Parker
Flaming Gold
Movie · as Dan Manton
The Big Gamble
Movie · as Alan Beckwith
Suicide Fleet
Movie · as Baltimore
Beyond Victory
Movie · as Bill Thatcher
The Painted Desert
Movie · as Bill Holbrook
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie · as William Boyd
Officer O'Brien
Movie · as Bill O'Brien
High Voltage
Movie · as Bill
The Flying Fool
Movie · as Bill Taylor
Lady of the Pavements
Movie · as Karl Von Arnim
His First Command
Movie · as Terry Culver
The Leatherneck
Movie · as William Calhoun
The Cop
Movie · as Pete Smith
The Night Flyer
Movie · as Jimmy Bradley
Skyscraper
Movie · as Blondy
Power
Movie · as Husky
The Yankee Clipper
Movie · as Hal Winslow
Dress Parade
Movie · as Vic Donovan
Two Arabian Knights
Movie · as Daingerfield Phelps
The King of Kings
Movie · as Simon Of Cyrene
The Volga Boatman
Movie · as Feodor
Her Man o' War
Movie · as Jim Sanderson
Eve's Leaves
Movie · as Bill Stanley
The Last Frontier
Movie · as Tom Kirby
Jim the Conqueror
Movie · as Jim Burgess
Forty Winks
Movie · as Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
New Lives for Old
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)
The Midshipman
Movie · as Spud
The Road to Yesterday
Movie · as Jack Moreland
Feet of Clay
Movie · as Young Society Man (uncredited)
Changing Husbands
Movie · as Conrad Bardshaw
Tarnish
Movie · as Bill
The Temple of Venus
Movie · as Stanley Dale
Enemies of Children
Movie · as Sidney Godfrey
Hollywood
Movie · as William Boyd
Michael O'Halloran
Movie · as Douglas Bruce
Bobbed Hair
Movie · as Dick Barton
Manslaughter
Movie · as (uncredited)
Nice People
Movie · as Oliver Comstock
Moran of the Lady Letty
Movie · as Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
The Young Rajah
Movie · as Stephen Van Kovert
Saturday Night
Movie · as Party Guest
On the High Seas
Movie · as Dick Deveraux
After the Show
Movie · as (uncredited)
A Wise Fool
Movie · as Gerard Fynes
Brewster's Millions
Movie · as Harrison
The Affairs of Anatol
Movie · as Guest
Forbidden Fruit
Movie · as Billiards Player
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Movie · as Robert V. Courtney
Exit the Vamp
Movie · as Robert Pitts
The Jucklins
Movie · as Dan Stuart
The Six Best Cellars
Movie · as Holsappel (uncredited)
Something to Think About
Movie · as (uncredited)
A City Sparrow
Movie · as Hughie Ray
The City of Masks
Movie · as Carpenter
Was He Guilty?
Movie
Old Wives for New
Movie · as (uncredited)