William "Hopalong" Boyd  Bio: An "Okie" whose parents died when
he was a child, William Boyd became a manual laborer before
breaking into the movies in 1919 as an extra in Cecil B. De
Mille's Why Change Your Wife? He soon became one of De Mille's
favorite actors and was cast as an unassuming leading man in
comedies and swashbuckling adventure films. Boyd continued his
success in the sound era,… More   Born Today