1899-04-25 Decatur, Texas, USA
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.
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Buttons and Her Beaus | 1962-01-01 | |
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The Comancheros | Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited) | 1961-12-16 |
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Home from the Hill | Hugh Macauley (uncredited) | 1960-03-03 |
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Five Bold Women | 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver | 1960-08-01 |
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The Alamo | Lt. 'Irish' Finn | 1960-10-23 |
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The Hired Gun | Elby Kirby | 1957-09-20 |
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Man from Del Rio | Fred Jasper | 1956-10-30 |
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Hidden Guns | Kingford | 1956-01-30 |
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Fremont: The Trailblazer | Cassidy | 1956-01-01 |
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Massacre Canyon | Pvt. Archibald Allen | 1954-05-01 |
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The Outlaw's Daughter | Moose, Deputy | 1954-11-01 |
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Southwest Passage | Tall Tale | 1954-04-01 |
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Hangman's Knot | Smitty | 1952-11-15 |
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Springfield Rifle | Sgt. Snow | 1952-10-22 |
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Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Lon Tuttle | 1951-01-17 |
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Man in the Saddle | Bourke Prine | 1951-12-02 |
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Hoedown | Small Potatoes | 1950-06-01 |
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Rocky Mountain | Pap Dennison (CSA) | 1950-11-11 |
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Bad Men of Tombstone | Red Fisk | 1949-01-21 |
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Brimstone | Art Benson | 1949-08-15 |
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Smoky Mountain Melody | Saddle Grease Williams | 1948-12-16 |
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Station West | Mick Marion | 1948-09-01 |
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Over the Santa Fe Trail | Big Boy Jackson | 1947-02-13 |
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Smoky River Serenade | Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams) | 1947-08-20 |
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King of the Wild Horses | Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams) | 1947-03-28 |
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Road to the Big House | Butch McQuinn | 1947-12-13 |
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Cowboy Blues | Big Boy Stover | 1946-07-18 |
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Singin' in the Corn | Hank | 1946-12-26 |
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Singing on the Trail | Big Boy Webster | 1946-09-01 |
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Throw a Saddle on a Star | Big Boy | 1946-03-14 |
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That Texas Jamboree | Big Boy Frazer | 1946-05-16 |
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Rhythm Round-Up | Zeke Winslow | 1945-09-06 |
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Sing Me a Song of Texas | Big Boy | 1945-02-08 |
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Song of the Prairie | Big Boy Jackson | 1945-09-27 |
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The Man Who Walked Alone | Champ | 1945-03-15 |
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Cowboy Canteen | Spud Harrigan | 1944-02-09 |
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Hands Across the Border | Teddy Bear | 1944-01-05 |
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Swing in the Saddle | 'Tiny' Baldwin | 1944-07-30 |
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Cowboy and the Senorita | 'Teddy' Bear | 1944-05-13 |
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Belle of the Yukon | Sheriff Mervin Maitland | 1944-12-27 |
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Nevada | Dusty | 1944-12-25 |
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Stars on Horseback | 1943-04-23 | |
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Minesweeper | CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith | 1943-11-10 |
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The Desperadoes | Nitro Rankin | 1943-05-25 |
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Mr. Wise Guy | Luke Manning | 1942-02-20 |
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Between Us Girls | Father of the Boys | 1942-09-04 |
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American Empire | Sailaway | 1942-12-11 |
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Silver Queen | Blackie | 1942-11-14 |
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The Bugle Sounds | Sgt. Krims | 1942-01-30 |
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Lure of the Islands | Jinx | 1942-07-03 |
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You'll Never Get Rich | Kewpie Blain | 1941-09-25 |
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Country Fair | Gunther Potts | 1941-05-05 |
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Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga | Alvin | 1941-01-17 |
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Billy the Kid | Ed Bronson (blacksmith) | 1941-05-30 |
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Swamp Water | Bud Dorson | 1941-11-16 |
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Riders of Death Valley | Borax Bill | 1941-07-01 |
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Mr. Bug Goes to Town | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-12-09 |
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Money and the Woman | Mr. Adle | 1940-08-17 |
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The Fighting 69th | Paddy Dolan | 1940-01-27 |
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Santa Fe Trail | Windy Brody | 1940-12-20 |
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Dulcy | Henry | 1940-10-04 |
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Alias the Deacon | Bull Gumbatz | 1940-05-13 |
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Virginia City | Marblehead | 1940-03-23 |
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Pleased to Mitt You | Chuck Brenner | 1940-09-06 |
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Castle on the Hudson | Mike Cagle | 1940-02-17 |
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Wagons Westward | Jake Hardman | 1940-06-19 |
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Street of Missing Men | T-Bone | 1939-04-24 |
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Fugitive at Large | Conway (as Guinn Williams) | 1939-12-07 |
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Dodge City | Tex Baird | 1939-04-08 |
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Legion of Lost Flyers | Jake Halley | 1939-11-02 |
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Pardon Our Nerve | Samson Smith | 1939-02-24 |
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Blackmail | Moose McCarthy | 1939-09-08 |
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Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Blake - the First Mate | 1939-07-31 |
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6,000 Enemies | Maxie | 1939-06-09 |
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Bad Lands | Billy Sweet | 1939-08-28 |
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Professor Beware | Motorcycle Cop | 1938-07-29 |
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Army Girl | Ross | 1938-08-11 |
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Crashing Through Danger | Slim | 1938-09-14 |
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I Demand Payment | Happy Crofton | 1938-12-13 |
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You and Me | Taxi | 1938-06-01 |
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Down in 'Arkansaw' | Juble Butler | 1938-10-07 |
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Hold That Co-ed | Mike Wurgerski | 1938-09-16 |
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The Marines Are Here | Sgt. Gibbons | 1938-06-08 |
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Everybody's Doing It | 'Softy' Blane | 1938-01-14 |
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You Only Live Once | Rogers | 1937-01-23 |
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Flying Fists | Slug Cassidy | 1937-07-01 |
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The Singing Marine | Dopey | 1937-07-03 |
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Dangerous Holiday | Duke Edwards | 1937-06-06 |
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Girls Can Play | Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan | 1937-06-23 |
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Don't Tell the Wife | Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal | 1937-03-05 |
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The Bad Man of Brimstone | Vulch McCreedy | 1937-12-31 |
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Big City | Danny Devlin | 1937-09-03 |
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A Star Is Born | Posture Coach | 1937-04-20 |
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She's No Lady | Jeff | 1937-08-20 |
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Wise Girl | Mike | 1937-12-31 |
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My Dear Miss Aldrich | An Attendant | 1937-09-17 |
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End of the Trail | Bob Hildreth | 1936-10-10 |
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Kelly the Second | Cecil Joseph Callahan | 1936-08-21 |
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Muss 'em Up | 'Red' Cable | 1936-02-13 |
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Love on a Bet | Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted) | 1936-03-06 |
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The Big Game | Pete Jenkins | 1936-10-09 |
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Grand Jury | Joseph Britt | 1936-08-07 |
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North of Nome | Haage | 1936-11-14 |
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Career Woman | Bede Sanders | 1936-12-18 |
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The Champ's a Chump | Spike | 1936-06-20 |
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The Vigilantes Are Coming | Salvation | 1936-08-21 |
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One in a Million | Spike McGafferty | 1935-03-21 |
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Gun Play | Bill Williams | 1935-12-02 |
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Danger Trails | Bob Wilson | 1935-08-02 |
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Private Worlds | Jerry Stone | 1935-04-19 |
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Big Boy Rides Again | Tom Duncan | 1935-01-05 |
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The Law of 45's | Tucson Two-Gun Smith | 1935-12-01 |
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Miss Pacific Fleet | Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend | 1935-12-14 |
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The Littlest Rebel | Sgt. Dudley | 1935-12-27 |
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Powdersmoke Range | Lullaby Joslin | 1935-09-27 |
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Village Tale | Ben Roberts | 1935-06-15 |
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The Glass Key | Jeff | 1935-06-15 |
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Society Fever | Edgar Prouty | 1935-07-15 |
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The Undie-World | Bugsy McHugh | 1934-04-03 |
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Palooka | Slats (uncredited) | 1934-01-26 |
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The Silver Streak | Higgins | 1934-12-21 |
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Thunder Over Texas | Ted Wright | 1934-10-18 |
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Cowboy Holiday | Buck Sawyer | 1934-12-14 |
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Here Comes the Navy | Dance-Floor Manager | 1934-07-21 |
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Romance in the Rain | Panya Mankiewicz | 1934-08-13 |
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Flirtation Walk | Sleepy | 1934-12-01 |
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Half a Sinner | 'Bull' Moran | 1934-06-01 |
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Cheaters | Detective Sweeney | 1934-05-11 |
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The Phantom Broadcast | Sandy Higgins | 1933-03-14 |
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The Mystery Squadron | Bill 'Jellybean' Cook | 1933-12-21 |
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Rafter Romance | Fritzie | 1933-09-01 |
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College Coach | Matthews | 1933-11-04 |
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Man of the Forest | Big Boy | 1933-08-24 |
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Laughing at Life | Jones | 1933-07-12 |
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Boys Will Be Boys | Butch | 1932-11-30 |
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Running Hollywood | Scratchface Henchman | 1932-01-27 |
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Drifting Souls | Bing | 1932-08-07 |
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The Devil Is Driving | Mac | 1932-12-09 |
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70,000 Witnesses | Connors | 1932-09-09 |
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Heritage of the Desert | Lefty | 1932-09-30 |
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Ladies of the Jury | Steve Bromm (uncredited) | 1932-02-02 |
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Polly of the Circus | Eric | 1932-02-27 |
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You Said a Mouthful | Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited) | 1932-12-08 |
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The Great Meadow | Rubin Hall | 1931-01-24 |
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The Phantom | Dick Mallory | 1931-11-01 |
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The Bachelor Father | Dick Berney | 1931-01-10 |
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Catch-As Catch-Can | Strangler Sullivan | 1931-08-22 |
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War Mamas | Doughboy | 1931-11-14 |
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Liliom | Hollinger | 1930-09-27 |
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The Bad Man | Red Giddings | 1930-09-11 |
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The Big Fight | Tiger | 1930-05-11 |
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College Lovers | Tiny Courtley | 1930-10-05 |
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City Girl | Reaper | 1930-01-12 |
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The Forward Pass | Honey Smith | 1929-11-10 |
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Lucky Star | Martin Wrenn | 1929-08-18 |
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From Headquarters | Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer | 1929-04-27 |
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My Man | Joe Halsey | 1928-12-15 |
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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath | Sweeney | 1928-03-31 |
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Burning Daylight | English Harry (as Big Boy Williams) | 1928-03-10 |
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Beggars of Life | Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited) | 1928-09-22 |
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Noah's Ark | Al Wilson / Ham | 1928-11-01 |
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Vamping Venus | Mars | 1928-05-13 |
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Quarantined Rivals | Joe, the plumber | 1927-02-28 |
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Slide, Kelly, Slide | McLean | 1927-03-12 |
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The College Widow | Don White (as Big Boy Williams) | 1927-10-15 |
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Snowbound | Bull Morgan | 1927-05-01 |
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The Woman Who Did Not Care | Lars | 1927-07-05 |
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Backstage | Mike Donovan | 1927-04-01 |
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Arizona Bound | Cowboy | 1927-04-09 |
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Lightning | Cuth Stewart | 1927-07-15 |
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Babe Comes Home | Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams) | 1927-05-22 |
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The Down Grade | Ed Holden | 1927-07-25 |
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Brown of Harvard | Hal Walter | 1926-05-02 |
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The Desert's Toll | Henchman | 1926-11-14 |
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The Black Cyclone | Jim Lawson | 1925-09-26 |
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Rose of the Desert | Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams) | 1925-08-18 |
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Fangs of Wolfheart | 1925-01-01 | |
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Bad Man from Bodie | 1925-04-07 | |
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Wolfheart's Revenge | Jack Stanley | 1925-03-04 |
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Riders of the Sand Storm | The Cowboy | 1925-09-09 |
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Whistling Jim | Whistling Jim | 1925-06-19 |
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The Big Stunt | 1925-11-01 | |
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Red Blood and Blue | Tom Butler | 1925-02-25 |
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Sporting West | 1925-04-13 | |
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Courage of Wolfheart | 1925-09-23 | |
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The Eagle's Claw | Dan Carson | 1924-02-10 |
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The Avenger | Nat Sherwood | 1924-01-01 |
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Riders at Night | 1923-10-01 | |
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End of the Rope | 1923-10-01 | |
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Uncensored Movies | 1923-12-09 | |
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Cyclone Jones | Cyclone Jones | 1923-09-01 |
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$1,000 Reward | 1923-12-01 | |
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The Cowboy King | Dud Smiley | 1922-05-01 |
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Rounding Up the Law | Larry Connell | 1922-04-15 |
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Blaze Away | Big Boy | 1922-10-01 |
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The Freshie | Charles Taylor | 1922-12-19 |
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Across the Border | Andy Fowler | 1922-02-15 |
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The Trail of Hate | Silent Kerry | 1922-09-30 |
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The Ropin' Fool | The Foreman | 1922-10-29 |
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Remembrance | 1922-10-01 | |
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The Jack Rider | Frank Stevens | 1921-09-15 |
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Western Firebrands | Billy Fargo | 1921-11-01 |
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The Vengeance Trail | Big Boy Bronson | 1921-10-14 |
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Cupid the Cowpuncher | Hairoil Johnson | 1920-07-25 |
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Godless Men | Seaman | 1920-11-06 |
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Jubilo | Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited) | 1919-12-07 |
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Almost a Husband | 1919-10-11 |
