What red-blooded kid of the early 1950s didn't listen to Hopalong Cassidy on the radio. A western that was greater than The Roy Rogers Show or Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. Hoppy was a hero to one and all. He and his sidekick, California Carlson, roamed the Southwest in thrilling stories week after week. Almost every tale had a little mystery in it, and almost every story ended with Hoppy's boiserous laugh.

Clarence Mulford, the author of the Hopalong Cassidy stores, created a hard- fisted, rough and tought cowboy. Nowhewre's near or liked the loveable Hoppy of the movies and radio series. He became a hero in black and on a white horse - a super hero of the West. He rescued damsels and cowboys in trouble, along with ranchers and bankers and railroad owners always against the bad guys - robbers, thieves, rustlers and the like.

William Boyd was Hoppy and his sidekick was played by either Andy Clyde or Joe DuVal. Boyd who began his movie career in the days of silent films was a forgotten man until he was asked to portray Hopalong Cassidy in the movies of the 1940s. By 1946 or so he had been in over 60 Hoppy movies and was crowned the king of the cowboys. He became the hero of kids around the world and this lasted until another resurgence in the form of the Hoppy radio series. Once more he attained the fame and regards of kids and adults. During the radio years, TV versions of his early films began appear- ing on televison. His early movies were edited for televison of the day and once more Bill Boyd entertained his fans. There's more - with the success of these old movies, still another series of original TV films came. And once again Bill Boyd as Hoppy was an immediate success

The radio series were a hard sell. And the owners could find no takers. When this series began it was offered to the various networks. They wanted nothing to do with it so the owners had to sell it in syndication. But, af- ter a short time it became extremely successful that later on it was heard on the Mutual and CBS networks.

Volume 1 Episode List

50-03-05 Ten Strike Gold 50-03-12 The Red Rock Mesa 50-03-26 The Failure 50-04-02 Bandits Of Ridge Creek 50-04-09 Killers Of Sandy Gulch 50-04-23 Coyote's Creed 50-06-11 Border Of Nowhere 50-07-02 The Sundown Kid 50-07-16 Hoppy & School Marm 50-08-20 Whistling Ghosts 50-12-16 The Mystery Of The Diamond Z 51-02-03 Murder, Coming Attraction 51-02-10 Wet Beef And Dry Bones 51-04-21 Stagecoach West 51-05-12 Bandit Of Blackton Bend 51-11-24 The Devil And El Diablo 52-02-23 Right Rope Wrong Neck 51-05-19 Hook Line & Murder 50-08-13 Disappearing Deputy 50-08-27 Old Spanish Custom 50-09-03 Secret of MartinDoon 50-09-10 Four to Go 50-09-17 Red Terror 50-09-24 Hoppy And Iron Horse 50-09-30 Stagecoach Trail 50-10-21 Hoppy Turns on Heat 50-10-28 Death Runs Dry 50-11-18 Takes Bull By Horns 50-11-25 Dead Or Alive 50-12-02 The Mystery At Three Oaks 50-12-09 The Plague of Parson's Folly 50-12-30 The Golden Lure 51-03-24 The Devil's Drum 51-04-14 Death Crosses River 51-09-22 Apaches Don't Need Guns 51-09-29 Shot In The Dark 51-10-27 Bayou Drums Mean Death 51-11-03 Cleanup Caribou Mesa 51-12-01 Lawyer Of Laredo 51-12-08 Secret In The Hill 51-12-15 Memory Of Mace Melot 51-12-22 Spider Woman 51-12-29 Killers Lion Canyon 52-03-08 Cowtown Trouble Shooters 52-01-05 Westrels Of Juarez 50-01-01 Dead Man's Hand 50-01-08 Rainmaker Eagle Mount 50-01-15 Coltsville Territory 50-01-22 Mystery Of Skull Valley 50-01-29 Renegades Of San Rafael 50-02-05 The Phantom Bandito 50-02-12 Murder On The Trail 50-02-26 The Voice Of The Dead 50-03-19 The Empty Saddle 50-04-16 The Red Death 50-04-30 Bullets for Ballots 50-05-07 Green River Payoff 50-05-14 The Man Who Made Willy Whirl 50-05-21 Range War 50-05-28 Letter From The Grave 50-06-18 Medicine Man 50-06-25 Flying Outlaw 50-07-09 Hoppy Sees Red 50-07-23 King Of Cinnabar 50-07-30 The Shell Game 50-08-06 Blood Money 50-10-07 Tinker's Dam 50-10-14 Hoppy Pays A Debt 50-11-04 Melody of Murder 50-11-11 The King of Spades 51-01-06 The Case Of The Last Word 51-01-20 The Frightened Town 51-01-27 The Killer In Black 51-02-17 The Black Grass Fever 51-02-24 The Cold Country 51-03-03 Buckshot Badman 51-03-10 The Boss Of Vinegar Bend 51-03-17 Land of the Gunhawks 51-03-31 Hoppy Elects Sheriff 51-04-07 Peril at Pier 19 51-04-28 Unwilling Outlaw 51-05-05 Kidnapper's Trail 51-05-26 Phantom Panther 51-06-02 Hoppy Plays Hunch 51-06-09 Jailer Named Satan 51-06-16 Man in Yellow Mask 51-06-23 Run Sheep Run 51-06-30 Hoppy Meets His Match 51-10-06 Gunhawk Convention 51-10-13 Gunfighter Short Pants 51-10-20 Songbird Of Santa Fe 51-11-10 Six Little Men 51-11-17 Junior Badman 52-01-12 Gambler's Luck 52-01-19 Danger Wears Two Faces 52-01-26 California or Bust 52-02-02 Death Comes Invited 52-02-09 The Bull Fight 52-02-16 Women Of Windy Ridge 52-03-01 Stampede At Semole's 52-03-15 Santa Claus Rustlers 50-02-19 Hoppy Takes a Chance