Edward Boyd was born on 27 June 1914 in Riverside, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941). He was married to Edith Jones. He died on 30 August 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A 1938 graduate of UCLA, Edward Boyd is best known as an advertising genius, who was one of the first African-Americans hired as advertising executives and salesmen in corporate America. In 1946, he was hired as an assistant sales manager for Pepsi Cola, and he developed what would become known as "niche marketing" by providing powerful and respectful images of African-Americans in Pepsi ads.
