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Boyd, William
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known as Bill Boyd
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| (1898–1972)
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| Film actor and producer, born in Cambridge, Ohio, USA. He worked at odd jobs until landing his first film role as an extra in Why Change Your Wife? (1920). A favourite of Cecil B DeMille, he revived his faltering career when he played Hopalong Cassidy in a series of popular Westerns. He bought the rights to the character and revived him on television in the 1950s. |
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