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 ...
In 1949, after being a staple of film and literature for decades, Westerns finally hit the small screen. Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, was the first-ever Western TV series — but it was far ...
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 ...