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William Boyd

William Boyd's biography

William Boyd is 77 years old actor born at Hendrysburg. He was born on Wednesday 5th of June 1895. According to year of birth 1895 he belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 5th of June means he is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.He was married 4 times.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. He is recently known as film actor.

William Boyd's family

William Boyd's ex spouses

Dorothy Sebastian

William Boyd and Dorothy Sebastian have been together since 1930 for 6 years. She is known as stage actor. His ex spouse was born on Sunday 26th of April 1903 in Birmingham. His ex spouse died on Monday 8th of April 1957 in Woodland Hills. Dorothy Sebastian was 62 years old, when this happened.

Grace Bradley

William Boyd and Grace Bradley have been together since 1937 for 35 years. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Sunday 21st of September 1913 in Brooklyn. His ex spouse died on Tuesday 21st of September 2010 in Dana Point. Grace Bradley was 115 years old, when this happened.

Elinor Fair

William Boyd and Elinor Fair have been together since 1926 for 3 years. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Monday 21st of December 1903 in Richmond. His ex spouse died on Friday 26th of April 1957 in Seattle. Elinor Fair was 62 years old, when this happened.

Ruth Miller

William Boyd and Ruth Miller have been together since 1921 for 3 years.

William Boyd's schools

Detailed informations about his schools

  • Attended Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy preparatory school.

William Boyd's career

His main focus is to be actor.

How did William Boyd die

He died on on Tuesday 12th of September 1972 when he was 77 years old at Laguna Beach. William Boyds death was caused by parkinson's disease and heart failure. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

William Boyd's Awards

  • He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1734 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

What William Boyd has done for a first time

  • Boyd was Cecil B. DeMille's first choice for Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956). Boyd turned the role down, fearing the Hopalong Cassidy identification would hurt the movie.

William Boyd's quotes

  • [on his fondness for his many fans] Sometimes I can feel hands all over me when I get home. But they do it because they're Hoppy's friends.
  • [on first hearing of Cecil B. De Mille in the early 1920s] I didn't know who Mr. De Mille was - he might have been the janitor at Lasky's - that was how ignorant I was then!
  • [In an interview with Motion Picture in which he cheerfully stated he didn't know the first thing about being an actor] If they ever cast me as anything but Bill Boyd, I'm done.

William Boyd's body shape

Lets describe how William Boyd looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.