Butch Cassidy (TV series) Butch Cassidy (TV series) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 8, 1973 to December 1, 1973. The series title is a play on the name of the unrelated 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". The character's music group is called the Sundance Kids. Similar to both "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" and "Josie and the Pussycats" on CBS, the show depicted the adventures of a teen pop group of the series title. The band consisted of heartthrob Butch Cassidy (lead vocals, lead
Jack Cassidy Cassidy married singer and actress Shirley Jones. Cassidy and Jones had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. Cassidy's eldest son David later starred with Jones in the musical sitcom "The Partridge Family." Son Shaun also became a teen idol in the late 70's, starring in "The Hardy Boys" series, and producing four Top 40 records. Jones and Cassidy divorced in 1974. In his 1994 autobiography, "C'Mon, Get Happy", Cassidy's eldest son David wrote that he became increasingly concerned about his father in the last years of his life. The elder Cassidy suffered from bipolar disorder and was an alcoholic who