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,… More 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 2 Episode 01: The Devil’s Idol

Hoppy and a young minister try to convince a boy who’s just committed his first holdup that his gunman idol has feet of clay.

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

Additional details in:

Hopalong Cassidy in IMDB | Hopalong Cassidy in Wikipedia

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