William Boyd

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1895-06-04
Place of Birth: Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
Also Known As: Bill Boyd, Hopalong Cassidy, William Lawrence Boyd

Movies List of William Boyd

HD

The Movie Orgy

1968 Movie
HD

Bobbed Hair

1922 Movie
HD

The Temple of Venus

1923 Movie
HD

Enemies of Children

1923 Movie
HD

Hollywood

1923 Movie
HD

After the Show

1921 Movie
HD

The Big Gamble

1931 Movie
HD

The Volga Boatman

1926 Movie
HD

Forty Winks

1925 Movie
HD

Lucky Devils

1933 Movie
HD

Border Patrol

1943 Movie
HD

Doomed Caravan

1941 Movie
HD

Fool's Gold

1946 Movie
HD

Forty Thieves

1944 Movie
HD

Sinister Journey

1948 Movie
HD

False Colors

1943 Movie
HD

Leather Burners

1943 Movie
HD

Stagecoach War

1940 Movie
HD

Borrowed Trouble

1948 Movie
HD

In Old Colorado

1941 Movie
HD

Hidden Gold

1940 Movie
HD

Pirates on Horseback

1941 Movie
HD

Dangerous Venture

1947 Movie
HD

The Showdown

1940 Movie
HD

False Paradise

1948 Movie
HD

Unexpected Guest

1947 Movie
HD

Three Men from Texas

1940 Movie
HD

Colt Comrades

1943 Movie
HD

Undercover Man

1942 Movie
HD

Stick to Your Guns

1941 Movie
HD

Silent Conflict

1948 Movie
HD

Hoppy's Holiday

1947 Movie
HD

Texas Masquerade

1944 Movie
HD

Twilight on the Trail

1941 Movie
HD

Hoppy Serves a Writ

1943 Movie
HD

Mystery Man

1944 Movie
HD

Strange Gamble

1948 Movie
HD

Border Vigilantes

1941 Movie
HD

Wide Open Town

1941 Movie
HD

The Dead Don't Dream

1948 Movie
HD

The Marauders

1947 Movie
HD

Lost Canyon

1942 Movie
HD

Outlaws of the Desert

1941 Movie
HD

Bar 20

1943 Movie
HD

Range War

1939 Movie
HD

The Eagle's Brood

1935 Movie
HD

Bar 20 Justice

1938 Movie
HD

Renegade Trail

1939 Movie
HD

Pride of the West

1938 Movie
HD

Law of the Pampas

1939 Movie
HD

Santa Fe Marshal

1940 Movie
HD

Lumberjack

1944 Movie
HD

The Frontiersmen

1938 Movie
HD

In Old Mexico

1938 Movie
HD

Sunset Trail

1939 Movie
HD

Silver on the Sage

1939 Movie
HD

Hopalong Rides Again

1937 Movie
HD

Three on the Trail

1936 Movie
HD

Heart of the West

1936 Movie
HD

Texas Trail

1937 Movie
HD

Call of the Prairie

1936 Movie
HD

Rustlers' Valley

1937 Movie
HD

Hop-a-long Cassidy

1935 Movie
HD

Cassidy of Bar 20

1938 Movie
HD

Borderland

1937 Movie
HD

Bar 20 Rides Again

1935 Movie
HD

Heart of Arizona

1938 Movie
HD

Trail Dust

1936 Movie
HD

Hills of Old Wyoming

1937 Movie
HD

New Lives for Old

1925 Movie
HD

A Wise Fool

1921 Movie
HD

Manslaughter

1922 Movie
HD

Emergency Call

1933 Movie
HD

The Midshipman

1925 Movie
HD

The Yankee Clipper

1927 Movie
HD

High Voltage

1929 Movie
HD

The Cop

1928 Movie
HD

The Road to Yesterday

1925 Movie
HD

Brewster's Millions

1921 Movie
HD

Carnival Boat

1932 Movie
HD

Port of Lost Dreams

1934 Movie
HD

The Flying Fool

1929 Movie
HD

Suicide Fleet

1931 Movie
HD

Go-Get-'Em, Haines

1936 Movie
HD

The Six Best Cellars

1920 Movie
HD

Cheaters

1934 Movie
HD

Men Of America

1932 Movie
HD

The Affairs of Anatol

1921 Movie
HD

Officer O'Brien

1930 Movie
HD

Beyond Victory

1931 Movie
HD

The Painted Desert

1931 Movie
HD

Nice People

1922 Movie
HD

Land of Liberty

1939 Movie
HD

Dress Parade

1927 Movie
HD

The Night Flyer

1928 Movie
HD

Skyscraper

1928 Movie
HD

Two Arabian Knights

1927 Movie
HD

The King of Kings

1927 Movie
HD

Racing Luck

1935 Movie
HD

Feet of Clay

1924 Movie
HD

The Young Rajah

1922 Movie
HD

Saturday Night

1922 Movie
HD

Lady of the Pavements

1929 Movie
HD

Forbidden Fruit

1921 Movie
HD

His First Command

1929 Movie
HD

Burning Gold

1936 Movie
HD

Federal Agent

1936 Movie
HD

On the High Seas

1922 Movie
HD

Her Man o' War

1926 Movie
HD

Old Wives for New

1918 Movie
HD

Michael O'Halloran

1923 Movie
HD

Flaming Gold

1932 Movie
HD

Power

1928 Movie
HD

Changing Husbands

1924 Movie
HD

The Leatherneck

1929 Movie
HD

It's Showtime

1976 Movie
HD

Tarnish

1924 Movie
HD

Eve's Leaves

1926 Movie
HD

Little Smokey

1953 Movie
HD

A City Sparrow

1920 Movie