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Dec 26, 2017 · William was still a teenager when he lost his father and had to move with his mom to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lida Alberta Wilkens (mother) Month of Birth: August 1875. Lida was the mother to the famous Boyd; he was her only child and she supported his dreams for as long as she lived. William Boyd had no siblings
William Nathan Boyd (born 28 August 1968), professionally known as Billy Boyd, is a Scottish actor and musician. He played Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Glen and Glenda (later G.G. Valentine) in the Child's Play film Seed of Chucky (2004) and second season of the television series Chucky (2022).
William Boyd is the author of seventeen novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Literary Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; and Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection.
May 3, 2016 · Life sometimes follows art. William Boyd was a silver-haired matinee idol who began his career as a leading man in silent movie romances with a wicked reputation as a boozer, womanizer and hell-raiser. He had five wives (not all at the same time.) Once at a Hollywood party somebody wanted to go on a boat ride, so on a whim he bought a yacht.
Oct 29, 2022 · The American actor William Boyd (1895–1972) starred as Hopalong Cassidy, or “Hoppy” for short, the fictional American cowboy created by the American author, Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1956), in a series of popular American B-grade Western films between 1935 and 1948.
Jun 29, 2021 · Case of Mistaken Identity and a Second Chance – In 1931, his career was derailed when a newspaper ran his picture with an article about the arrest of another actor named William Boyd on gambling and liquor charges. The mix up couldn’t have come at a more devastating time for Boyd who had just signed a $1millon contract with RKO Pictures.
Self - Actor 1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (Documentary short) Self 1946 The 20th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special) Self (as Hopalong Cassidy)
