About

Known credits:
212
Birthday:
1899-04-25
Place of birth:
Decatur, Texas, USA
Website:
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Overview

From Wikipedia

Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. (April 26, 1899 – June 6, 1962) was an American actor who appeared in memorable westerns such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and The Comancheros (1961). He was nicknamed "Big Boy" as he was 6' 2" and had a muscular build from years of working on ranches and playing semi-pro and professional baseball.

Williams made his screen debut in the 1919 comedy, Almost A Husband, with Will Rogers and Cullen Landis, and was featured in a large supporting role ten years later in Frank Borzage's Lucky Star with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Throughout the 1920s Williams would have a string of successful films, mostly westerns.

He then appeared in The Great Meadow alongside Johnny Mack Brown, which was Brown's breakout film. Throughout the 1930s, Williams acted in supporting roles, mostly in westerns, sports, or outdoor dramas. Although not the lead actor in any of them, he was always employed, and was successful as a supporting actor. He often played alongside Hoot Gibson and Harry Carey during that period. In 1941, he became one of many actors cast by Universal Pictures in their large film series, Riders of Death Valley. From the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, Williams appeared in supporting roles in a number of A-pictures, sometimes with high billing, such as You Only Live Once, and in Columbia's first Technicolour film The Desperadoes (1943).

Williams was frequently teamed with Alan Hale, Sr. as sidekicks to Errol Flynn in several of his pictures. In 1960, he was cast in the epic film The Alamo and in Home from the Hill with Robert Mitchum. His last role was opposite his close friend John Wayne and Stuart Whitman in The Comancheros.

Known for

Acting
1962 Buttons and Her Beaus Actor N/A
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1961 The Comancheros Actor Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited) 60
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1960 The Alamo Actor Lt. 'Irish' Finn 63
Fair
1960 Five Bold Women Actor 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver 58
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1960 Home from the Hill Actor Hugh Macauley (uncredited) 59
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1957 The Hired Gun Actor Elby Kirby 58
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1956 Man from Del Rio Actor Fred Jasper 58
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1956 Circus Boy Actor 69
Fair
1956 Hidden Guns Actor Kingford 58
Average
1956 Fremont: The Trailblazer Actor Cassidy N/A
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1954 The Outlaw's Daughter Actor Moose, Deputy N/A
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1954 Massacre Canyon Actor Pvt. Archibald Allen 59
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1954 Southwest Passage Actor Tall Tale 58
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1952 Hangman's Knot Actor Smitty 58
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1952 Springfield Rifle Actor Sgt. Snow 58
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1951 Man in the Saddle Actor Bourke Prine 59
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1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma Actor Lon Tuttle 58
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1950 Rocky Mountain Actor Pap Dennison (CSA) 58
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1950 Hoedown Actor Small Potatoes N/A
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1949 Brimstone Actor Art Benson 59
Average
1949 Bad Men of Tombstone Actor Red Fisk 59
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1948 Smoky Mountain Melody Actor Saddle Grease Williams 59
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1948 Station West Actor Mick Marion 58
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1947 Road to the Big House Actor Butch McQuinn 58
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1947 Smoky River Serenade Actor Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams) N/A
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1947 King of the Wild Horses Actor Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams) N/A
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1947 Over the Santa Fe Trail Actor Big Boy Jackson N/A
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1946 Singin' in the Corn Actor Hank N/A
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1946 Singing on the Trail Actor Big Boy Webster N/A
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1946 Cowboy Blues Actor Big Boy Stover N/A
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1946 That Texas Jamboree Actor Big Boy Frazer N/A
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1946 Throw a Saddle on a Star Actor Big Boy N/A
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1945 Song of the Prairie Actor Big Boy Jackson N/A
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1945 Rhythm Round-Up Actor Zeke Winslow N/A
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1945 The Man Who Walked Alone Actor Champ 59
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1945 Sing Me a Song of Texas Actor Big Boy N/A
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1944 Belle of the Yukon Actor Sheriff Mervin Maitland 58
Average
1944 Nevada Actor Dusty 58
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1944 Swing in the Saddle Actor 'Tiny' Baldwin N/A
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1944 Cowboy and the Senorita Actor 'Teddy' Bear 58
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1944 Cowboy Canteen Actor Spud Harrigan N/A
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1944 Hands Across the Border Actor Teddy Bear 58
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1943 Minesweeper Actor CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith 58
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1943 The Desperadoes Actor Nitro Rankin 58
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1943 Stars on Horseback Actor N/A
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1942 American Empire Actor Sailaway 58
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1942 Silver Queen Actor Blackie 58
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1942 Between Us Girls Actor Father of the Boys 58
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1942 Lure of the Islands Actor Jinx N/A
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1942 Mr. Wise Guy Actor Luke Manning 59
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1942 The Bugle Sounds Actor Sgt. Krims 58
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1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 58
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1941 Swamp Water Actor Bud Dorson 58
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1941 You'll Never Get Rich Actor Kewpie Blain 59
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1941 Riders of Death Valley Actor Borax Bill 59
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1941 Billy the Kid Actor Ed Bronson (blacksmith) 58
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1941 Country Fair Actor Gunther Potts N/A
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1941 Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga Actor Alvin 58
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1940 Santa Fe Trail Actor Windy Brody 58
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1940 Dulcy Actor Henry 59
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1940 Pleased to Mitt You Actor Chuck Brenner N/A
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1940 Money and the Woman Actor Mr. Adle 58
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1940 Wagons Westward Actor Jake Hardman 59
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1940 Alias the Deacon Actor Bull Gumbatz N/A
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1940 Virginia City Actor Marblehead 58
Average
1940 Castle on the Hudson Actor Mike Cagle 59
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1940 The Fighting 69th Actor Paddy Dolan 58
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1939 Fugitive at Large Actor Conway (as Guinn Williams) N/A
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1939 Legion of Lost Flyers Actor Jake Halley 58
Average
1939 Blackmail Actor Moose McCarthy 58
Average
1939 Bad Lands Actor Billy Sweet 58
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1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk Actor Blake - the First Mate N/A
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1939 6,000 Enemies Actor Maxie 59
Average
1939 Street of Missing Men Actor T-Bone 59
Average
1939 Dodge City Actor Tex Baird 60
Fair
1939 Pardon Our Nerve Actor Samson Smith N/A
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1938 I Demand Payment Actor Happy Crofton 59
Average
1938 Down in 'Arkansaw' Actor Juble Butler 59
Average
1938 Hold That Co-ed Actor Mike Wurgerski 59
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1938 Crashing Through Danger Actor Slim N/A
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1938 Army Girl Actor Ross 59
Average
1938 Professor Beware Actor Motorcycle Cop 59
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1938 The Marines Are Here Actor Sgt. Gibbons N/A
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1938 You and Me Actor Taxi 59
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1938 Everybody's Doing It Actor 'Softy' Blane 59
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1937 Wise Girl Actor Mike 59
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1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone Actor Vulch McCreedy 58
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1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich Actor An Attendant 59
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1937 Big City Actor Danny Devlin 59
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1937 She's No Lady Actor Jeff N/A
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1937 The Singing Marine Actor Dopey 58
Average
1937 Flying Fists Actor Slug Cassidy 59
Average
1937 Girls Can Play Actor Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan 58
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1937 Dangerous Holiday Actor Duke Edwards N/A
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1937 A Star Is Born Actor Posture Coach 62
Fair
1937 Don't Tell the Wife Actor Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal N/A
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1937 You Only Live Once Actor Rogers 61
Fair
1936 Career Woman Actor Bede Sanders 59
Average
1936 North of Nome Actor Haage 58
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1936 End of the Trail Actor Bob Hildreth 59
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1936 The Big Game Actor Pete Jenkins 59
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1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming Actor Salvation 58
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1936 Kelly the Second Actor Cecil Joseph Callahan 58
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1936 Grand Jury Actor Joseph Britt 58
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1936 The Champ's a Chump Actor Spike N/A
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1936 Love on a Bet Actor Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted) 59
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1936 Muss 'em Up Actor 'Red' Cable 59
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1935 The Littlest Rebel Actor Sgt. Dudley 58
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1935 Miss Pacific Fleet Actor Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend 59
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1935 Gun Play Actor Bill Williams 59
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1935 The Law of 45's Actor Tucson Two-Gun Smith 58
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1935 Powdersmoke Range Actor Lullaby Joslin N/A
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1935 Danger Trails Actor Bob Wilson N/A
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1935 Society Fever Actor Edgar Prouty 59
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1935 The Glass Key Actor Jeff 58
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1935 Village Tale Actor Ben Roberts 58
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1935 Private Worlds Actor Jerry Stone 58
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1935 One in a Million Actor Spike McGafferty 59
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1935 Big Boy Rides Again Actor Tom Duncan 59
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1934 The Silver Streak Actor Higgins 59
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1934 Cowboy Holiday Actor Buck Sawyer 59
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1934 Flirtation Walk Actor Sleepy 58
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1934 Thunder Over Texas Actor Ted Wright 59
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1934 Romance in the Rain Actor Panya Mankiewicz N/A
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1934 Here Comes the Navy Actor Dance-Floor Manager 58
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1934 Half a Sinner Actor 'Bull' Moran N/A
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1934 Cheaters Actor Detective Sweeney N/A
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1934 The Undie-World Actor Bugsy McHugh 59
Average
1934 Palooka Actor Slats (uncredited) 58
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1933 The Mystery Squadron Actor Bill 'Jellybean' Cook N/A
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1933 College Coach Actor Matthews 58
Average
1933 Rafter Romance Actor Fritzie 58
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1933 Man of the Forest Actor Big Boy 58
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1933 Laughing at Life Actor Jones 58
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1933 The Phantom Broadcast Actor Sandy Higgins 58
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1932 The Devil Is Driving Actor Mac 58
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1932 You Said a Mouthful Actor Swimming Champion Joe Holt (uncredited) 58
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1932 Boys Will Be Boys Actor Butch N/A
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1932 Heritage of the Desert Actor Lefty 58
Average
1932 70,000 Witnesses Actor Connors 58
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1932 Drifting Souls Actor Bing N/A
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1932 Polly of the Circus Actor Eric 58
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1932 Ladies of the Jury Actor Steve Bromm (uncredited) 58
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1932 Running Hollywood Actor Scratchface Henchman N/A
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1931 War Mamas Actor Doughboy N/A
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1931 The Phantom Actor Dick Mallory 58
Average
1931 Catch-As Catch-Can Actor Strangler Sullivan N/A
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1931 The Great Meadow Actor Rubin Hall 59
Average
1931 The Bachelor Father Actor Dick Berney 59
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1930 College Lovers Actor Tiny Courtley N/A
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1930 Liliom Actor Hollinger 59
Average
1930 The Bad Man Actor Red Giddings N/A
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1930 The Big Fight Actor Tiger 58
Average
1930 City Girl Actor Reaper 61
Fair
1929 The Forward Pass Actor Honey Smith N/A
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1929 Lucky Star Actor Sgt. Martin Wrenn 59
Average
1929 From Headquarters Actor Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer N/A
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1928 My Man Actor Joe Halsey N/A
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1928 Noah's Ark Actor Al Wilson / Ham 58
Average
1928 Beggars of Life Actor Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited) 59
Average
1928 Vamping Venus Actor Mars N/A
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1928 Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath Actor Sweeney N/A
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1928 Burning Daylight Actor English Harry (as Big Boy Williams) 59
Average
1927 The College Widow Actor Don White (as Big Boy Williams) N/A
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1927 The Down Grade Actor Ed Holden N/A
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1927 Lightning Actor Cuth Stewart 58
Average
1927 The Woman Who Did Not Care Actor Lars N/A
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1927 Babe Comes Home Actor Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams) N/A
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1927 Snowbound Actor Bull Morgan N/A
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1927 Arizona Bound Actor Cowboy N/A
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1927 Backstage Actor Mike Donovan N/A
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1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide Actor McLean N/A
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1927 Quarantined Rivals Actor Joe, the plumber N/A
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1926 The Desert's Toll Actor Henchman N/A
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1926 Brown of Harvard Actor Hal Walter 58
Average
1925 The Big Stunt Actor N/A
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1925 Black Cyclone Actor Jim Lawson 58
Average
1925 Courage of Wolfheart Actor N/A
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1925 Riders of the Sand Storm Actor The Cowboy N/A
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1925 Rose of the Desert Actor Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams) N/A
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1925 Whistling Jim Actor Whistling Jim N/A
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1925 Sporting West Actor N/A
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1925 Bad Man from Bodie Actor N/A
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1925 Wolfheart's Revenge Actor Jack Stanley 59
Average
1925 Red Blood and Blue Actor Tom Butler N/A
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1925 Fangs of Wolfheart Actor N/A
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1924 The Eagle's Claw Actor Dan Carson N/A
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1924 The Avenger Actor Nat Sherwood N/A
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1923 Uncensored Movies Actor 59
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1923 $1,000 Reward Actor N/A
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1923 Riders at Night Actor N/A
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1923 End of the Rope Actor N/A
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1923 Cyclone Jones Actor Cyclone Jones N/A
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1922 The Freshie Actor Charles Taylor N/A
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1922 The Ropin' Fool Actor The Foreman 59
Average
1922 Blaze Away Actor Big Boy N/A
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1922 Remembrance Actor N/A
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1922 The Trail of Hate Actor Silent Kerry N/A
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1922 The Cowboy King Actor Dud Smiley N/A
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1922 Rounding Up the Law Actor Larry Connell N/A
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1922 Across the Border Actor Andy Fowler N/A
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1921 Western Firebrands Actor Billy Fargo N/A
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1921 The Vengeance Trail Actor Big Boy Bronson N/A
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1921 The Jack Rider Actor Frank Stevens N/A
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1920 Godless Men Actor Seaman 58
Average
1920 Cupid the Cowpuncher Actor Hairoil Johnson N/A
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1919 Jubilo Actor Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited) 59
Average
1919 Almost a Husband Actor N/A
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Writing
1935 Danger Trails Writing Story N/A
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1925 Red Blood and Blue Writing Story N/A
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1921 The Vengeance Trail Writing Story N/A
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1921 The Jack Rider Writing Writer N/A
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