
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by author Clarence E. Mulford. He was a rude, dangerous, and rough-talking man who was shot in the leg during a gun fight, which caused him to walk with a little "hop". From the 1930s to the 1950s, the character became indelibly associated with actor William Boyd, who portrayed Cassidy in a series of sixty-six films, children-oriented radio and TV series, and even a short-lived amusement park. Boyd's portrayal of Cassidy was very different from the literary character, being a clean-cut, sarsaparilla-drinking hero who never shot first.