The first significant Western to appear on network television was The Hopalong Cassidy Show, which began in 1949. It starred movie-cowboy legend William Boyd as Hopalong, a character he had played in sixty-six movies between 1935 and 1948.
In the Hopalong Cassidy Show on television, Hoppy was still owner of the Bar 20 Ranch and had a sidekick, Red Connors, who was the perfect foil for Cassidy, who, unlike most cowboys heroes, dressed all in black and, with snow-white hair, cut quite a fugure atop his horse Topper.

Hopalong Cassidy

Season 1 Episode 03: The Trap

Hoppy tries to help an ex-convict, hoping to go straight, who is being blackmailed into joining a plot to rob the Cattlemen’s Association.

 

The first significant Western to appear on network television was The Hopalong Cassidy Show, which began in 1949. It starred movie-cowboy legend William Boyd as Hopalong, a character he had played in sixty-six movies between 1935 and 1948.
In the Hopalong Cassidy Show on television, Hoppy was still owner of the Bar 20 Ranch and had a sidekick, Red Connors, who was the perfect foil for Cassidy, who, unlike most cowboys heroes, dressed all in black and, with snow-white hair, cut quite a fugure atop his horse Topper.

Cast and Crew:

* William Boyd – Hopalong Cassidy
* Topper the Horse - Hoppy’s Horse
* Edgar Buchanan – Red Connors
* Tex Palmer – Henchman

# Writers: Eric Freiwald, Clarence E. Mulford

# Director: George Archainbaud

Production Company: Hopalong Cassidy Productions Inc., B.B. Productions, William Boyd Productions Inc.
Original Air Date: 1949
Audio & Video: Mono – Black and White

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