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William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor who is known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy . Biography. Boyd and "Miss Josephine" in 1931. Boyd was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio and reared in Cambridge, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he lived from 1909 to 1913. [1] .
William Boyd. Actor: The Volga Boatman. 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.
Bill and Boyd were a pop music duo from 1959 to 1989 consisting of William "Bill" Cate (10 October 1940 - 29 November 2020) and William "Boyd" Robertson (born 1941), both on lead vocals and lead guitar, which started recording in 1960.
Jun 1, 2024 · William Boyd was an American motion-picture and television actor who was best known for his portrayal of Hopalong Cassidy in a series of western films. Although born in Ohio, he grew up (from the age of 7) in Oklahoma and attended school only until he was 13.
Jun 5, 2022 · A WORD ON WESTERN’s Exclusive Salute to William Boyd, born June 5, 1895. Bill Boyd’s identification with fictional cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy made him ric...
May 5, 2024 · William Boyd played the iconic Western hero Hopalong Cassidy in 66 films, becoming a popular counter-cultural cowboy who wore black and maintained a moral demeanor.
In 1935 the first Hopalong Cassidy film was produced by Paramount Pictures starring a 40-year-old actor named William Boyd. Over the next 20 years, Hopalong Cassidy and Boyd became an iconic fixture in the lives of American movie goers, particularly young people who joined his fan club and collected his merchandise in record numbers.
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 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).
William Lemuel Boyd (September 29, 1910 – December 7, 1977) was an American Western-style singer and guitarist. Biography. Boyd was born and raised on a farm near Ladonia in Fannin County, Texas as one of thirteen children. His parents, Lemuel and Molly Jared Boyd, who originally hailed from Tennessee, came to Texas in 1902.
