William Boyd: William Boyd. Actor: Flaming Gold. The son of a day laborer, William Boyd moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was seven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him to quit school and take such jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor and oil field worker. He went to Hollywood in 1919, already gray-haired. His first role was as an extra in Cecil B....
Known For: Flaming Gold (Dan Manton(as Bill Boyd)), Call of the Prairie (Hopalong Cassidy), Silent Conflict (Hopalong Cassidy), The Painted Desert (Bill Holbrook(as Bill Boyd))