(From Old Corral collection) Lobby card from NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE (Paramount, 1937). Guy in the middle looks like Jack Rutherford. Unsure of the guy on the far right. (Courtesy of Les Adams) From left to right are Andy Clyde, Chief Thunder Cloud (Victor Daniels), William Boyd, Henry Hall, Eleanor Stewart and Russell Hayden in a still from the Hopalong Cassidy oater PIRATES ON HORSEBACK (Paramount, 1941). (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above are George Hayes and William Boyd (as Hopalong Cassidy) in a crop from a lobby card from BAR 20 JUSTICE (Paramount, 1938). (Courtesy of Les Adams) L-to-R are Andy Clyde, William Boyd, Rand Brooks and William Bailey (AKA William Norton Bailey) in the Hopalong Cassidy adventure FALSE PARADISE (United Artist, 1948). (From Old Corral collection) Above - title lobby card from UNEXPECTED GUEST (United Artist, 1947) and this Hopalong Cassidy adventure is about a caped killer at the ol' Box O Ranch.

Hopalong Cassidy Filmography 66 films from 1935-1948, all starring William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy      Blue = Russell Hayden as 'Lucky Jenkins'      Red = Jimmy Ellison as 'Johnny Nelson'      Purple = George Hayes as 'Windy Halliday'      Green = Andy Clyde as 'California Carlson' Special thanks to Les Adams for providing this filmography

Filmography footnotes and comments:

• There were total of 66 Hoppy films; 41 released via Paramount and 25 under United Artists.
• BORDERLAND (1937) (with Boyd, James Ellison and George Hayes) is the longest of the Hoppy films, with a running time of about 82 minutes.
• Hayes footnote 1: In HOP-A-LONG CASSIDY, George Hayes plays on old ranch hand named 'Uncle Ben' and is murdered.
• Hayes footnote 2: In THE EAGLE'S BROOD, Hayes plays an old bartender named 'Spike' who is befriended by Cassidy and dies once again.
• Hayes footnote 3: In CALL OF THE PRAIRIE, Hayes plays outlaw leader 'Shanghai', one of the best fleshed-out characters in the Mulford books, but little resemblence here. No fault of Hayes.
• BAR 20 RIDES AGAIN - Hayes is integrated into the Hopalong/Johnny/Red Connors group and is called Windy but his last name is not mentioned.
• THREE ON THE TRAIL - First actual trio entry featuring 'Windy Halliday'.
• HOPALONG CASSIDY RETURNS - Ellison was working on Cecil B. Demille's THE PLAINSMAN and was replaced in this entry by William Janney as Hoppy's brother.
• THREE MEN FROM TEXAS - Andy Clyde's first appearance and played an old no-better-than-he-had-to-be scalawag known as 'California Jack' Carlson. 'Jack' was heard of no more and became 'California Carlson'.
• Boyd also made an appearance as 'Hoppy' in the Cecil B. deMille circus film, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (not included in the filmography above).
• Some filmographies and biographies on William 'Hoppy' Boyd incorrectly credit him with B-westerns starring western singer and musician Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd.  That Bill Boyd did a half dozen for PRC in the early 1940s which were called the 'Frontier Marshal' series (and also starred Art Davis and Lee 'Lone Ranger' Powell).  Click HERE for a lobby card from the Frontier Marshal series.  Just chalk it up as an error if you come across William 'Hoppy' Boyd info that lists him in any of the following PRC oaters:
  
  TEXAS MAN HUNT (PRC, 1942)
  RAIDERS OF THE WEST (PRC, 1942)
  ROLLING DOWN THE GREAT DIVIDE (PRC, 1942)
  TUMBLEWEED TRAIL (PRC, 1942)
  PRAIRIE PALS (PRC, 1942)
  ALONG THE SUNDOWN TRAIL (PRC, 1942)

The name 'Hopalong Cassidy' was familiar in every American home during the forties and fifties. The hero in black rode across the plains - with his horse Topper and his sidekick California Carlson - in a fight for law and order, whenever bad guys needed a lesson taught. Syndicated by Commodore Productions and Artists, Inc., this radio program was broadcast for a total of one-hundred and four episodes. Hopalong Cassidy made his first radio appearance on the Forecast series in 1941, in an attempt to adapt the popular movie western to radio. The audition show never made it to a regular prime-time run, and the idea was scrapped. Later, in 1948, Commodore began transcribing radio dramas using William Boyd in the lead role of Hopalong.

The role of California Carlson was played by Andy Clyde for the first twelve episodes, as well as episodes 14 - 20, 22 23, 25, 26, and 53 to 104. Joe DuVal acted out the role of California for episodes 28 - 35 and 37 - 52. Hopalong Cassidy did not have a sidekick for episodes 13, 21, 24, 27 and 36.

Scripts were written by Buckley Angel, Dean Owen, Robert T. Smith, Howard Swart, Wayne Yarnell, Harold Swanton, John Barkley, and numerous others. Episode twenty-five was based on the Hopalong Cassidy motion picture SILENT CONFLICT (1948). Episode three was based on THE MARAUDERS (1947), episode twenty-nine from BORROWED TROUBLE (1948), and episode thirty-nine from SINISTER JOURNEY (1948). Albert Glasser supplied the music.

The list of broadcasts below show two sets of dates. The first date is the date of transcription (the recording date) and the second date is the actual broadcast date over the Mutual Broadcasting Network. They were not broadcast in the same order as they were recorded. Because the series was syndicated, the dates may have varied across the country, and some stations may have even added sponsor breaks, such as General Foods for the first nine months of 1950, and Cella Vineyards in a short run of repeats over CBS' Mountain States network. First broadcast over Mutual as a Sunday afternoon feature at 4 pm, EST, the program went to CBS 8:30 pm as of September 30, 1950.

Audition Program: Forecast Series 'Hopalong Cassidy' (8/11/41)
1. 'Dead Man's Hand' (5/11/48; 1/1/50)
2. 'The Rainmaker of Eagle Nest Mountain' (1/1/48; 1/8/50)
3. 'The Coltsville Territory' (2/4/48; 1/15/50)
4. 'Mystery of Skull Valley' (8/4/48; 1/22/50)
5. 'The Renegades of the San Rafael' (8/9/48; 1/29/50)
6. 'The Phantom Bandido' (8/10/48; 2/5/50)
7. 'Murder on the Trial' (8/16/48; 2/12/50)
8. 'Hoppy Takes a Chance' (8/17/48; 2/19/50)
9. 'Voice of the Dead' (8/24/48; 2/26/50)
10. 'Ten Strike Gold' (8/27/48; 3/5/50)
11. 'Red Cloud Mesa' (8/31/48; 3/12/50) w/Frank Lovejoy
12. 'The Empty Saddle' (9/7/48; 3/19/50)
13. 'The Failure' (9/10/48; 3/26/50)
14. 'The Bandits of Ridge Creek' (9/28/48; 4/2/50)
15. 'Killers of Sandy Gulch' (10/4/48; 4/9/50)
16. 'Red Death' (10/5/48; 4/16/50)
17. 'Coyote's Creed' (10/11/48; 4/23/50)
18. 'Bullets for Ballots' (10/11/48; 4/30/50)
19. 'The Green Valley Payoff' (10/18/48; 5/7/50)
20. 'The Man Who Made Willy Whirl' (10/26/48; 5/14/50)
21. 'Range War' (11/1/48; 5/21/50)
22. 'Letter from the Grave' (11/15/48; 5/28/50)
23. 'Death Paints a Picture' (11/16/48; 6/4/50)
24. 'Border to Nowhere' (11/22/48; 6/11/50)
25. 'The Medicine Man' (11/30/48; 6/18/50) w/Frank Lovejoy
26. 'The Flying Outlaw' (12/10/48; 6/25/50)
27. 'The Sundown Kid' (1/25/49; 7/2/50)
28. 'Hoppy Sees Red' (1/31/49; 7/9/50)
29. 'Hoppy and the Schoolmarm' (2/1/49; 7/16/50)
30. 'The King of Cinnabar' (2/3/49; 7/23/50) w/Howard McNear
31. 'The Shell Game' (2/7/49; 7/30/50) w/Joseph Kearns
32. 'Blood Money' (2/8/49; 8/6/50)
33. 'The Disappearing Deputy' (2/14/49; 8/13/50)
34. 'The Whistling Ghosts' (2/15/49; 8/20/50)
35. 'An Old Spanish Custom' (3/21/49; 8/27/50) w/Joseph Kearns
36. 'The Secret of Martin Doon' (3/22/49; 9/3/50)
37. 'Four to Go' (3/23/49; 9/10/50)
38. 'The Red Terror' (3/28/49; 9/17/50)
39. 'Hoppy and the Iron Horse' (3/29/49; 9/24/50)
40. 'Gunsmoke Rides the Stagecoach Trail' (4/9/49; 9/30/50)
41. 'Tinker's Dam' (4/5/49; 10/7/50) w/Howard McNear
42. 'Hoppy Settles a Debt' (4/11/49; 10/14/50)
43. 'Hoppy Turns on the Heat' (4/12/49; 10/21/50)
44. 'Death Runs Dry' 94/18/49; 10/28/50)
45. 'Melody of Murder' (4/19/49; 11/4/50) w/Cliff Arquette and Dody Goodman
46. 'The King of Spades' (4/25/49; 11/11/50)
47. 'Hoppy Takes the Bull by the Horns' (5/2/49; 11/18/50)
48. 'Dead or Alive' (5/9/49; 11/25/50)
49. 'Mystery at Three Oaks' (5/16/49; 12/2/50)
50. 'The Plague of Parson's Folly' (5/24/49; 12/9/50)
51. 'Mystery at the Diamond Z' (5/30/49; 12/16/50)
52. 'The Golden Lure' (6/6/49; 12/30/50)
53. 'The Case of the Last Word' (2/6/50; 1/6/51)
54. 'Bad Medicine at Rimrock' (2/8/50; 1/13/51)
55. 'The Frightened Town' (2/13/50; 1/20/51)
56. 'The Killer in Black' (2/15/50; 1/27/51)
57. 'Coming Attraction: Murder' (2/20/50; 2/3/51)
58. 'Wet Beef and Dry Bones' (2/22/50; 2/10/51)
59. 'Black Grass Fever' (2/27/50; 2/17/51)
60. 'The Cold Country' (2/28/50; 2/24/51)
61. 'Buckshot Badman' (3/6/50; 3/3/51)
62. 'The Boss of Vinegar Bend' (3/8/50; 3/10/51)
63. 'Land of the Gunhawks' (3/13/50; 3/17/51)
64. 'The Devil's Drum' (3/15/50; 3/24/51)
65. 'Hoppy Elects a Sheriff' (3/20/50; 3/31/51)
66. 'Peril at Pier 19' (3/21/50; 4/7/51)
67. 'Death Crosses the River' (3/27/50; 4/14/51)
68. 'Stagecoach West' (3/29/50; 4/21/51) w/Barton Yarborough
69. 'The Unwilling Otulaw' (4/5/50; 4/28/51)
70. 'Kidnapper's Trail' (4/3/50; 5/5/51)
71. 'Bandit at Blackton Bend' (9/19/50; 5/12/51)
72. 'Hook, Line and Murder' (9/20/50; 5/19/51)
73. 'The Phantom Panther' (9/22/50; 5/26/51)
74. 'Hoppy Plays a Hunch' (9/25/50; 6/2/51)
75. 'A Jailor Named Satan' (9/27/50; 6/9/51)
76. 'The Man in the Yellow Mask' (9/29/50; 6/16/51)
77. 'Run, Sheep, Run' (10/2/50; 6/23/51)
78. 'Hoppy Meets his Match' (10/4/50; 6/30/51)
79. 'Apaches Don't Need Guns' (10/6/50; 9/22/51)
80. 'A Shot in the Dark' (10/9/50; 9/29/51)
81. 'Gunhawk Convention' (10/11/50; 10/6/51)
82. 'Gunfighter in Short Pants' (10/13/50; 10/13/51)
83. 'The Songbird of Santa Fe' (12/12/50; 10/20/51)
84. 'Bayou Drums Mean Death' (12/13/50; 10/27/51)
85. 'Cleanup of Caribou Mesa' (8/8/51; 11/3/51)
86. 'Six Little Men Who Were There' (12/20/50; 11/10/51) w/Barton Yarborough
87. 'Junior Badman' (2/28/51; 11/17/51)
88. 'The Devil and El Diablo' (2/26/51; 11/24/51)
89. 'Lawyer of Laredo' (3/2/51; 12/1/51)
90. 'The Secret in the Hills' (3/5/51; 12/8/51)
91. 'Memory of Mace Melot' (3/7/51; 12/15/51)
92. 'Spider Woman' (3/9/51; 12/22/51)
93. 'Killers of Lion Canyon' (3/12/51; 12/29/51)
94. 'The Wastrels of Juarez' (3/14/51; 1/5/52)
95. 'Gambler's Luck' (3/19/51; 1/12/52)
96. 'Danger Wears Two Faces' (3/21/51; 1/19/52)
97. 'California or Bust' (3/23/51; 1/26/52)
98. 'Death Comes Invited' (3/26/51; 2/2/52)
99. 'Bullfight' (3/28/51; 2/9/52) w/Barton Yarborough
100. 'Women of Windy Ridge' (3/20/51; 2/16/52)
101. 'Right Rope, Wrong Neck' (4/2/51; 3/1/52)
102. 'Stampede at Semple Crossing' (4/4/51; 3/1/52)
103. 'Cowtown Troubleshooters' (8/10/51; 3/8/52)
104. 'The Santa Claus Rustlers' (12/7/50; 3/15/52)

Lastly, every episode of the series is known to exist. Quality varies depending on your source, but a collector with an extremely large collection will have almost every episode. I say almost because there are two episodes that are not out in circulation and are VERY hard to find --- Episode #46 and Episode #88.

Martin Grams, Jr.
November, 1999