A prolific contributor to books and magazines during the early twentieth century, the so-called "Golden Age of Illustration", he illustrated stories as diverse as Clarence Mulford's Hopalong Cassidy stories and Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars.
In intellectual property matters, Werker authored an opinion concerning contractual rights to produce films and television programs based on the character Hopalong Cassidy, and presided over a hearing in which heirs to the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, sought to enjoin release of Tarzan, the Ape Man, the 1981 motion picture based on the character, unless certain revealing footage of Bo Derek was cut.
The theme music for the television show was written by veteran songwriters Nacio Herb Brown (music) and L. Wolfe Gilbert (lyrics).
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Hopalong 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.
Its named after the Hopalong Cassidy western series of books written by author Clarence E. Mulford whose childhood house sits next to the trail on the south side of the road.
Columbus sportswriters who saw him play said he "hopped all over the field like the performing cowboy," a reference to the fictional character Hopalong Cassidy.
Some of his most memorable work from these early years appeared in Clarence Mulford’s books about Hopalong Cassidy.
By 1962 the matinee idols like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy and many others were gradually making less movies and television shows and children's interest in cap guns began waning.
By 1962 the matinee idols like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy and many others were gradually making fewer movies and television shows, and children's interest in cap guns began waning.
He performed as the cinematographer for the first time in 1937 on a Hopalong Cassidy western film that led to a career spanning more than thirty years.
He played Lucky Jenkins, one of a trio of heroes in the Hopalong Cassidy westerns starring William Boyd, then co-starred with Charles Starrett in other westerns.
Hopalong Cassidy | David Cassidy | Eva Cassidy | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Butch Cassidy | Joanna Cassidy | Shaun Cassidy | William A. Cassidy | Cassidy (rapper) | Cassidy | Ted Cassidy | Marie Cassidy | Kyle Cassidy | Shaun Cassidy (album) | Larry Cassidy | Jack Cassidy | Gilbert Cassidy Gawing | George Cassidy (bishop) | George Cassidy | Ed Cassidy | Claudia Cassidy | Carla Cassidy | Tommy Cassidy | Stephen Cassidy | Sheila Cassidy | "Lucky" Russell Hayden, William "Hopalong Cassidy | John F. Cassidy | John Cassidy | Jay Cassidy | James H. Cassidy |
In a career largely confined to B movies, he provided cinematography assistance on such films as the original version of The Ten Commandments (1923) and several Hopalong Cassidy and Tarzan films.
:*B-Western – Shooters wear clothing inspired by the B-Western films of the 1930s and 1940s, starring Roy Rogers, William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, and others.
Some of the television series that she’s appeared in includes Hopalong Cassidy, The Abbott and Costello Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, 77 Sunset Strip and The Dick Powell Show.
Range War is a 1939 movie (featuring Hopalong Cassidy) about a group of ranchers in conflict with a railway company.