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person_profile-William Boyd

William Boyd Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

William Boyd

Date of Birth:

Jun 04, 1895

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 12, 1972

Biography of

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 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.

Photos of

William Boyd

Photos ( 4 Photos

Filmography of

William Boyd

Found 132 Movies in total

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

The Movie Orgy

Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1968

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

The Greatest Show on Earth

Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Strange Gamble

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1948

False Paradise

William "Hopalong" Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1948

Borrowed Trouble

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1948

Sinister Journey

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1948

The Dead Don't Dream

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1948

Silent Conflict

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1948

Hoppy's Holiday

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1947

The Marauders

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1947

Dangerous Venture

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1947

Unexpected Guest

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1947

The Devil's Playground

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1946

Fool's Gold

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1946

Forty Thieves

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1944

Mystery Man

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1944

Lumberjack

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1944

Texas Masquerade

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1944

Riders of the Deadline

Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

False Colors

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

Bar 20

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

Colt Comrades

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

Leather Burners

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

Border Patrol

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1943

Lost Canyon

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1942

Undercover Man

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1942

Secret of the Wastelands

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Outlaws of the Desert

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Twilight on the Trail

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Stick to Your Guns

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Riders of the Timberline

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Wide Open Town

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Pirates on Horseback

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Border Vigilantes

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

In Old Colorado

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Doomed Caravan

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1941

Three Men from Texas

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1940

Stagecoach War

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1940

Hidden Gold

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1940

The Showdown

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1940

Santa Fe Marshal

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1940

Law of the Pampas

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1939

Range War

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1939

Renegade Trail

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1939

Land of Liberty

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1939

Silver on the Sage

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1939

Sunset Trail

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1939

The Frontiersmen

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

In Old Mexico

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Pride of the West

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Bar 20 Justice

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Heart of Arizona

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Cassidy of Bar 20

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Partners of the Plains

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1938

Texas Trail

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1937

Hopalong Rides Again

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1937

Rustlers' Valley

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1937

North of the Rio Grande

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1937

Hills of Old Wyoming

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1937

Borderland

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1937

Trail Dust

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1936

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1936

Go-Get-'Em, Haines

Steve Haines ( Actor )

... 1936

Burning Gold

Jim Thornton ( Actor )

... 1936

Three on the Trail

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1936

Federal Agent

Bob Woods ( Actor )

... 1936

Call of the Prairie

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1936

Heart of the West

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1936

Bar 20 Rides Again

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1935

The Eagle's Brood

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1935

Hop-a-long Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1935

Port of Lost Dreams

Lars Christensen ( Actor )

... 1934

Cheaters

Steve Morris ( Actor )

... 1934

Emergency Call

Joe Bradley ( Actor )

... 1933

Lucky Devils

Skipper Clark ( Actor )

... 1933

Men Of America

Jim Parker ( Actor )

Director

... 1932

Flaming Gold

Dan Manton ( Actor )

... 1932

Carnival Boat

Buck Gannon ( Actor )

... 1932

Suicide Fleet

Baltimore ( Actor )

... 1931

The Big Gamble

Alan Beckwith ( Actor )

... 1931

Beyond Victory

Bill Thatcher ( Actor )

... 1931

The Painted Desert

Bill Holbrook ( Actor )

... 1931

Officer O'Brien

Bill O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1930

His First Command

Terry Culver ( Actor )

... 1929

The Flying Fool

Bill Taylor ( Actor )

... 1929

High Voltage

Bill ( Actor )

... 1929

The Leatherneck

William Calhoun ( Actor )

... 1929

Lady of the Pavements

Karl Von Arnim ( Actor )

... 1929

Power

Husky ( Actor )

... 1928

The Cop

Pete Smith ( Actor )

... 1928

Skyscraper

Blondy ( Actor )

... 1928

The Night Flyer

Jimmy Bradley ( Actor )

... 1928

Dress Parade

Vic Donovan ( Actor )

... 1927

Two Arabian Knights

Daingerfield Phelps ( Actor )

... 1927

The Yankee Clipper

Hal Winslow ( Actor )

... 1927

The King of Kings

Simon Of Cyrene ( Actor )

... 1927

Her Man o' War

Jim Sanderson ( Actor )

... 1926

The Volga Boatman

Feodor ( Actor )

... 1926

Eve's Leaves

Bill Stanley ( Actor )

... 1926

The Road to Yesterday

Jack Moreland ( Actor )

... 1925

The Midshipman

Spud ( Actor )

... 1925

New Lives for Old

Soldier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

Forty Winks

Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth ( Actor )

... 1925

Feet of Clay

Young Society Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1924

Tarnish

Bill ( Actor )

... 1924

Changing Husbands

Conrad Bardshaw ( Actor )

... 1924

The Temple of Venus

Stanley Dale ( Actor )

... 1923

Hollywood

William Boyd ( Actor )

... 1923

Michael O'Halloran

Douglas Bruce ( Actor )

... 1923

The Young Rajah

Stephen Van Kovert ( Actor )

... 1922

Manslaughter

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1922

On the High Seas

Dick Deveraux ( Actor )

... 1922

Nice People

Oliver Comstock ( Actor )

... 1922

Moran of the Lady Letty

Ramon's Friend at Homecoming ( Actor )

... 1922

Saturday Night

Party Guest ( Actor )

... 1922

Bobbed Hair

Dick Barton ( Actor )

... 1922

After the Show

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1921

The Affairs of Anatol

Guest ( Actor )

... 1921

A Wise Fool

Gerard Fynes ( Actor )

... 1921

Brewster's Millions

Harrison ( Actor )

... 1921

Forbidden Fruit

Billiards Player ( Actor )

... 1921

A City Sparrow

Hughie Ray ( Actor )

... 1920

Something to Think About

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1920

The Six Best Cellars

Holsappel (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1920

Old Wives for New

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1918