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. Boyd bought the rights to Hopalong ...
It all started with "Hopalong Cassidy." On June 24, 1949, NBC aired the first TV Western, re-cut from old Hopalong Cassidy movies starring William Boyd. It was a hit, and a genre was born. While no ...
Hopalong Cassidy was introduced in 1907 as a fictional character in a story by Clarence E. Mulford. During the years, Mulford wrote 28 books featuring the cowboy. Hopalong was so popular that movies ...