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William Boyd
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Lawrence Boyd, Hopalong Cassidy
American actor (1895–1972)
Film & TV
Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
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…
Known for
- Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs — (archive footage)2000
- Television: The First Fifty Years — Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)1999
- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star — Self (archive footage)1991
- Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)1984
- Western von gestern — Bill Holbrook (archive footage)1978
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch — (archive footage)1976
- It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)1976
- The Movie Orgy — Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)1968
- Little Smokey — Hopalong Cassidy1953
- The Greatest Show on Earth — Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)1952
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Family name
- Boyd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Laguna Beach
- Spouse
- Grace Bradley
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- William Boyd, portrait.jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- William Boyd (actor)
- date of birth
- 1895-06-05
- date of death
- 1972-09-12
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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