Jim Boyd (born 1956) is a singer/songwriter, actor and member of The Jim Boyd Band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington. Boyd has performed in several groups, including XIT, Greywolf, and Winterhawk.
Boyd sang four songs with lyrics by Sherman Alexie on the soundtrack for the 1998 movie Smoke Signalsblank">http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:eef1zffoeh5k, and also appeared in Alexie's _The Business of Fancydancing.
Boyd is also a multiple-time nominee and five-time winner of the Native American Music Award. Boyd won "Songwriter of the Year" in 2006 for his song "Them Old Guitars" and "Record of the Year" for his album AlterNATIVES. http://www.nammys.com/awardwinners.cfm Boyd also received three other nominations for the album Them Old Guitars in 2006, three nominations for the album Going to the Stick Games in 2004, and a nomination for "Best Pop/Rock" act in 2003 for Live. Recently, Boyd won for best short form video.
Jim Boyd is an American actor, born in Philadelphia.
Boyd spent four years in the Air Force and studied at the American Academy for Dramatic Arts.
He did voice work (along with Wayland Flowers and Cleavon Little) for puppets on The Surprise Show, a children's program that aired locally in the New York City area in the late 1960s. The puppets used on the show, called Aniforms, had been developed by puppeteer Morey Bunin.
In 1971, the Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) contacted Boyd because they wanted to use Aniforms in a television show that became known as The Electric Company. During the first season, Boyd’s voice was used extensively, especially for the character J. Arthur Crank (who was just an angry voice at the time). Boyd was unseen until season two, when he became a regular cast member, appearing on-camera until the show stopped production in 1977.
Boyd's wife is named Kathleen Paris, and they have a daughter.
Boyd is often confused with Mississippi-born Jimmy Boyd, singer of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," who was also an actor. Despite having separate IMDb entries, these two actors' filmographies are still combined—although to a lesser degree than before.
