Acting · Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA · Born June 4, 1895
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.
MovieGolden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
MovieRobert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
TVWestern von gestern
1978
as Bill Holbrook (archive footage)
MovieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieIt's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Movie Orgy
1968
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Little Smokey
1953
as Hopalong Cassidy
TVHopalong Cassidy
1952
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThe Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
MovieStrange Gamble
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieFalse Paradise
1948
as William "Hopalong" Cassidy
MovieBorrowed Trouble
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieSinister Journey
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThe Dead Don't Dream
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieSilent Conflict
1948
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHoppy's Holiday
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThe Marauders
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieDangerous Venture
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieUnexpected Guest
1947
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThe Devil's Playground
1946
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieFool's Gold
1946
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieForty Thieves
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieMystery Man
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieLumberjack
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieTexas Masquerade
1944
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieRiders of the Deadline
1943
as Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy
MovieFalse Colors
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieBar 20
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieColt Comrades
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieLeather Burners
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieBorder Patrol
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieLost Canyon
1942
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieUndercover Man
1942
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieSecret of the Wastelands
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieOutlaws of the Desert
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieTwilight on the Trail
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieRiders of the Timberline
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieStick to Your Guns
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieWide Open Town
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MoviePirates on Horseback
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieBorder Vigilantes
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieIn Old Colorado
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieDoomed Caravan
1941
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThree Men from Texas
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieStagecoach War
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHidden Gold
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThe Showdown
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieSanta Fe Marshal
1940
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieLaw of the Pampas
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieRange War
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieRenegade Trail
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieLand of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
MovieSilver on the Sage
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieSunset Trail
1939
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieThe Frontiersmen
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieIn Old Mexico
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MoviePride of the West
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieBar 20 Justice
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHeart of Arizona
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieCassidy of Bar 20
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MoviePartners of the Plains
1938
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieTexas Trail
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHopalong Rides Again
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieRustlers' Valley
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieNorth of the Rio Grande
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieBorderland
1937
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieTrail Dust
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieGo-Get-'Em, Haines
1936
as Steve Haines
MovieBurning Gold
1936
as Jim Thornton
MovieThree on the Trail
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieFederal Agent
1936
as Bob Woods
MovieCall of the Prairie
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHeart of the West
1936
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieBar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieRacing Luck
1935
as Dan Morgan
MovieThe Eagle's Brood
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
MovieHop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Hopalong Cassidy
MoviePort of Lost Dreams
1934
as Lars Christensen
MovieCheaters
1934
as Steve Morris
MovieEmergency Call
1933
as Joe Bradley
MovieLucky Devils
1933
as Skipper Clark
MovieMen Of America
1932
as Jim Parker
MovieFlaming Gold
1932
as Dan Manton
MovieCarnival Boat
1932
as Buck Gannon
MovieSuicide Fleet
1931
as Baltimore
MovieThe Big Gamble
1931
as Alan Beckwith
MovieBeyond Victory
1931
as Bill Thatcher
MovieThe Painted Desert
1931
as Bill Holbrook
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
as William Boyd
MovieOfficer O'Brien
1930
as Bill O'Brien
MovieHis First Command
1929
as Terry Culver
MovieThe Flying Fool
1929
as Bill Taylor
MovieHigh Voltage
1929
as Bill
MovieThe Leatherneck
1929
as William Calhoun
MovieLady of the Pavements
1929
as Karl Von Arnim
MoviePower
1928
as Husky
MovieThe Cop
1928
as Pete Smith
MovieSkyscraper
1928
as Blondy
MovieThe Night Flyer
1928
as Jimmy Bradley
MovieDress Parade
1927
as Vic Donovan
MovieTwo Arabian Knights
1927
as Daingerfield Phelps
MovieThe Yankee Clipper
1927
as Hal Winslow
MovieThe King of Kings
1927
as Simon Of Cyrene
MovieJim the Conqueror
1926
as Jim Burgess
MovieHer Man o' War
1926
as Jim Sanderson
MovieThe Last Frontier
1926
as Tom Kirby
MovieThe Volga Boatman
1926
as Feodor
MovieEve's Leaves
1926
as Bill Stanley
MovieThe Road to Yesterday
1925
as Jack Moreland
MovieThe Midshipman
1925
as Spud
MovieNew Lives for Old
1925
as Soldier (uncredited)
MovieForty Winks
1925
as Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
MovieFeet of Clay
1924
as Young Society Man (uncredited)
MovieTarnish
1924
as Bill
MovieChanging Husbands
1924
as Conrad Bardshaw
MovieEnemies of Children
1923
as Sidney Godfrey
MovieThe Temple of Venus
1923
as Stanley Dale
MovieHollywood
1923
as William Boyd
MovieMichael O'Halloran
1923
as Douglas Bruce
MovieThe Young Rajah
1922
as Stephen Van Kovert
MovieManslaughter
1922
as (uncredited)
MovieOn the High Seas
1922
as Dick Deveraux
MovieNice People
1922
as Oliver Comstock
MovieMoran of the Lady Letty
1922
as Ramon's Friend at Homecoming
MovieSaturday Night
1922
as Party Guest
MovieBobbed Hair
1922
as Dick Barton
MovieExit the Vamp
1921
as Robert Pitts
MovieAfter the Show
1921
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Guest
MovieMoonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Robert V. Courtney
MovieA Wise Fool
1921
as Gerard Fynes
MovieBrewster's Millions
1921
as Harrison
MovieThe Jucklins
1921
as Dan Stuart
MovieForbidden Fruit
1921
as Billiards Player
MovieA City Sparrow
1920
as Hughie Ray
MovieSomething to Think About
1920
as (uncredited)
MovieThe City of Masks
1920
as Carpenter
MovieThe Six Best Cellars
1920
as Holsappel (uncredited)
Was He Guilty?
1919
MovieOld Wives for New
1918
as (uncredited)
