William Boyd

| April 23, 2009

Best known as Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd was featured on Cole Bros. Circus.  He also starred in numerous motion pictures and his famous television series. One of his side-kicks was Andy Clyde, know as California. Dad and I did a Christmas show with him in 1956.  One of the things I remember about him was […]

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Cowboy’s of the Circus

| March 25, 2009

Most of the large circuses  had an after show. They had a guest star and the most popular were the cowboy heroes of the silver screen. Ken Maynard was the star of the after show of Cole Bros. Circus. Other stars like Tom Mix and Hop-along Cassidy owned their own circuses. The Cisco Kid and Leo Carreo were guest […]

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