Hopalong Takes Command, illustration by Frank Schoonover for the 1905 story “The Fight at Buckskin”. Hopalong Cassidy or Hop-along Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and many novels based on the character. In his early writings, Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopalong_Cassidy
And, as usual, Hoppy did all of that without getting his duds dirty or losing that big hat! The Adventures of Hopalong Cassidy (who was played by William Boyd) was shown on New York television as early as 1945, but the regular TV series that we all remember began in 1949 and ended in 1951. Those were the shows with the funny, bearded Gabby Hayes as his sidekick.
http://www.tv-cowboys.com/hopalongcassidy.html
As a wrap-up, the basic Hopalong Cassidy statistics and trivia are: 1  66 feature films from 1935-1948 (67 films if you count the Boyd/Hoppy guest appearance in Cecil B. deMille's circus extravaganza, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH). In subsequent pages, you'll find a complete Hopalong Cassidy filmography listing the sidekicks, etc.
http://www.b-westerns.com/hoppy1.htm
The Shire is the tallest horse breed. The Shire breed is generally thought of as the tallest horse breed, with the largest horse being a Shire gelding called Samson who was 21….2 hh (hands high: 1 hand = 4 inches) and weighed 1524 kg (3360 lb).
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William Boyd, Hopalong Cassidy, Topper ... and King Nappy! Above - a lobby card from NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE (Paramount, 1937). William 'Bill' Boyd's range mount during his Hopalong Cassidy days at Paramount, United Artists and his own TV series was named Topper. The story is that Boyd's wife, Grace Bradley Boyd, selected the horse's name because she liked the TOPPER books (or films) that were authored by Thorne Smith. Most western movie fans assume that all these heroes owned their own horse(s). In Boyd's case, that came a bit later in his Hopalong Cassidy career.
http://www.b-westerns.com/hoss-hop.htm
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:16 pm. Ride on Over to The Bar 20 ... A tribute to William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy. Follow your stars in peace, old timer,” he says with breaking voice, as he fights back tears. The handsome, silver-haired cowboy holds tight to his friend who has just died in his arms after being shot in the back.
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Topper   William Boyd played Hopalong Cassidy. His white horse on the show was named Topper. He had a black horse in his comic books named Midnite. The white horse's n…ame was Topper .
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His career sputtered along until 1935 when he was offered the role of Buck Peters, in Harry “Pop” Sherman’s new movie version of Mulford’s Bar 20 adventures. Boyd accepted the offer, but he wanted to play Mulford’s character, Hopalong Cassidy. He liked the name and thought kids would too.
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Above is William Boyd and his hoss Topper. The story is that Boyd's wife, Grace Bradley Boyd, selected the horse's name because she liked the TOPPER books (or films) that were authored by Thorne Smith. (Courtesy of Dale Crawford and Jim Sorensen)
http://www.b-westerns.com/hoppy1.htm
Hopalong Cassidy's horse was named Topper. The horse was discovered on a ranch in 1937 and named Topper by the wife of the actor who played Hopalong Cassidy on film and television. The horse was named after the Topper book series by Thorne Smith. Continue Reading.
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hopalong cassidy's horse's name
Hopalong Cassidy's horse was named Topper.