Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He was shot in the leg during a gun fight which caused him to walk with a little "hop", hence the nickname.
Hopalong Takes Command, illustration by Frank Schoonover for the 1905 story "The Fight at Buckskin"
Poster for the 1935 Hopalong Cassidy film The Eagle's Brood
William Lawrence Boyd was an American film actor who is known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy.
Boyd c. 1925
Boyd and "Miss Josephine" in 1931
Boyd in Chicago promoting a TV show (1950)
Boyd and Dorothy Sebastian in the film His First Command (1929)