| Nancy Mathews. Hopalong cassidy RIDES AGAIN In 1935 the first Hopalong Cassidy film was produced by Paramount Pictures starring a 40 year old actor named William Bill Boyd. $10.50. (as Stephen Morris) Johnny Nelson. Finding Hopalong Vintage Toys and Collectables. Don Haggerty. Vintage Hopalong Cassidy Cast Iron Metal Figure 3" Cowboy Black Hubley Barclay . It was Buchanan's first venture into series television, later on he became famous as Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction.There was also a lot of voice over narration by Boyd. But the public clamor for more of Hoppy resulted in this three year television series.For the show, Boyd dropped his standard two companion format of one young cowboy and one grizzled old timer. He had a wooden leg which caused him to walk with a little "hop", hence the nickname. Boyd made out like a bandit with all the merchandising because he had invested his last dollar into buying the rights from producer Harry Sherman of all his old films.Television wasn't too careful with what they did back in the day and to fit various program lengths and formats, the old Hoppy films got quite a butchering. Crooks try to steal the title to oil-rich reservation land from Indians. From 1949 to 1953, NBC aired 52 theatrical films of "Hopalong Cassidy". With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Marjorie Rambeau, Bernadene Hayes. This is the first of 66 Hopalong Cassidy films produced between 1935 and 1948 and all starring William Boyd in the title role. Use the HTML below. William Boyd was originally offered the role of Buck Peters, the ranch foreman, but he decided to take the role of Hop-Along instead. Hopalong Cassidy / ... 52 episodes, 1952-1954 Edgar Buchanan ... Red Connors / ... 40 episodes, 1952-1954 George Wallace ... Brad Mason / ... 4 episodes, 1952-1954 Rick Vallin ... Dr. Johnny … This series, consisted of 40 new episodes made for TV, a half-hour in length, plus 12 additional theatrical features that were edited to fit the 30-minute time slot. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton. 0 bids +$3.40 shipping. Loco. | In his early writings, Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. The silver-haired hero dressed in black first rode tall as the star of B Westerns from 1935-48. During the 1930s, Boyd made more than 50 cheap but successful “B-grade” westerns starring as Hopalong Cassidy. A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s. Windy Haliday. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy; Andy Clyde as Deputy California Carson; Jimmy Rogers as Deputy Jimmy Rogers; Douglas Dumbrille as Tad Hammond; Louise Currie as Katherine Reynolds; Kirk Alyn as Jerry Doyle; Herbert Rawlinson as Buck Peters; Robert Frazer as Judge Reynolds; Glenn Strange as Ike Simmons; Hal Taliaferro as Jess Clanton; Jack Rockwell as … Hop-Along Cassidy is a 1935 American Western film that features the character Hop-Along Cassidy created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. George 'Gabby' Hayes. Hopalong Cassidy. It's a show business legend how Bill Boyd had a miraculous comeback when television started showing his old Hopalong Cassidy films. Children. Watch; Harry Cording. Following his father's death, he moved to California and worked as an orange picker, surveyor, tool dresser and auto salesman. $10.50. He was a United States Marshal and his job as foreman of the Bar 20 ranch had also gone by the boards. George Wallace. Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game. For lovers of old-time Hollywood westerns, Hopalong Cassidy will need little introduction. Boyd was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio, and reared in Cambridge, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma, living in Tulsa from 1909 to 1913. Hopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief. With Robert Carradine, Martin Sheen, George Nix, Dick Chaney. Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble.