William Boyd (actor) - Wikipedia
William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor who is known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy.
William Boyd, ‘Hopalong Cassidy,’ Dies - The New York Times
Sep 14, 1972 · HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 13 (AP) —William Boyd, who rose to stardom as Hopalong Cassidy, died last night at a South Laguna Beach, Calif., hospital of complications from Parkinson's disease and...
William Boyd - IMDb
William Boyd. Actor: Two Arabian Knights. The son of a day laborer, William Boyd moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was seven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him to quit school and take such jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor and oil field worker.
William Boyd | Filmography, Westerns, Cowboy | Britannica
Sep 8, 2024 · William Boyd (born June 5, 1898, Hendrysburg, Ohio, U.S.—died Sept. 12, 1972, Hollywood) was an American motion-picture and television actor who was best known for his portrayal of Hopalong Cassidy in a series of western films.
Hopalong Cassidy rides off into his last sunset - HISTORY
Nov 16, 2009 · After nearly 40 years of riding across millions of American TV and movie screens, the cowboy actor William Boyd, best known for his role as Hopalong Cassidy, dies on September 12, 1972 at the age...
William Boyd: one of the greatest cowboy stars of all-time - The Desert Sun
Dec 23, 2016 · William Boyd, playing Hopalong Cassidy, was the cowboy hero of the silver screen, radio and television to many baby boomers. Along with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, Boyd defined the Western film...
William Boyd - The Movie Database (TMDB)
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.
William Boyd dies at 77; was Hopalong Cassidy for 25 years
On Sept. 14, 1972, The Time reported that actor William Boyd, who portrayed Hopalong Cassidy, the silver-haired paragon of Western virtue in 92 motion picture and television films had died....
Hopalong Cassidy - Wikipedia
From the 1930s to the 1950s, the character became indelibly associated with actor William Boyd, who portrayed Cassidy first in a series of sixty-six films from 1935 to 1948, then in children-oriented radio and TV series, both of which lasted until 1952.
Hopalong Cassidy (film series) - Wikipedia
From 1935 to 1948, 66 American Western films were produced featuring the character Hopalong Cassidy, played in all the films by actor William Boyd. [1] The films were at the time collectively known as "Hoppies".