Maston Williams

Maston Williams

Born: April 23, 1879
Died: July 15, 1978
in Navarro County, Texas, USA

Movies for Maston Williams...

Hi-Yo Silver
Title: Hi-Yo Silver
Character: Joe Snead
Released: April 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Edited version of the 1938 Republic serial "The Lone Ranger."
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Riders of Black River
Title: Riders of Black River
Character: Ed Gills - Henchman
Released: September 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Former Texas Ranger Wade Patterson (Starrett) returns to his home town, only to find that the territory is in the grip of cattle rustlers. For a while, it looks as though heroine Linda Holden (Meredith) is in cahoots with the bad guys, but Patterson quickly clears her name and takes on the crooks himself.
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Heroes of the Hills
Title: Heroes of the Hills
Character: Convict
Released: August 1, 1938
Type: Movie
In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison reform. They are opposed by a local contractor who wants to build a standard prison.
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The Overland Express
Title: The Overland Express
Character: Bill Hawley (as Matson Williams)
Released: April 11, 1938
Type: Movie
It's 1861 and Buck gets the business men of Sacramento to establish the Pony express. Hawley runs the stage line over the same route and has the U. S. mail contract. When it looks like the Pony Express will be awarded the mail contract, he gives guns to the Indians and has them attack both the riders and the stations.
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Call The Mesquiteers
Title: Call The Mesquiteers
Character: Lead Henchman Phillips, boxcar heist, etc.
Released: March 7, 1938
Type: Movie
The Three Mesquiteers are forced to track down a train robbery ring after some of the gang hijack their truck for a getaway and the police conclude they are part of the gang, an identification which is just fine with the gang's nameless chief.
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Born to Be Wild
Title: Born to Be Wild
Character: Masher in Diner (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.
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The Lone Ranger
Title: The Lone Ranger
Character: Joe Snead
Released: February 13, 1938
Type: Movie
In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and rule it as a dictator. In one of his first actions, he captures and assumes the identity of Texas' new Finance Commissioner, Colonel Marcus Jeffries, after having the real man murdered. When a contingent of Texas Rangers enters the territory, Snead, one of Smith's men, leads them into an ambush by Smith's "troopers". The Rangers are apparently wiped out, although one injured survivor is left. The survivor, nursed back to health by Tonto, swears to avenge the massacre and defeat "Colonel Jeffries" and his men.
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Heart of the Rockies
Title: Heart of the Rockies
Character: Enoch Dawson
Released: September 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family. But the Three Mesquiteers are wise to the criminals' deeds. But when a ranger is shot and Stony is framed for the crime, it's up to Lullaby and Tucson to prove his innocence.
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Two-Fisted Sheriff
Title: Two-Fisted Sheriff
Character: Henchman Dunne
Released: June 14, 1937
Type: Movie
This is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the life of his friend, Sheriff Dick Houston, who has captured two stagecoach bandits and is about to be shot from ambush by a third. Bob is found a few days later near the murdered body of cattleman Herrick with a gun in his hand.
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Public Cowboy No. 1
Title: Public Cowboy No. 1
Character: Thad Slaughter
Released: June 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks to steal the cows, butcher them in the field and ship them out before getting caught. This causes the town to bring in a modern NYC detective to catch the crooks, but will Autry and Frog be permanently out of a job?
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The Painted Stallion
Title: The Painted Stallion
Character: Macklin - Henchman (as Matson Williams)
Released: June 5, 1937
Type: Movie
American federal agent Clark Stuart is on assignment in Santa Fe to draw up a trade agreement with the newly installed Mexican governor. Meanwhile, Walter Jamison leads a wagon train from Missouri, hoping to take advantage of the new agreement. Among Jamison's passenger are famed frontiersman Jim Bowie and a very youthful Kit Carson. The destinies of all these personalities intersect when villainous ex-governor DuPrey schemes to undermine the treaty and take over the New Mexico territory for his own vile purposes. Somewhere along the way, Davy Crockett joins the "good guys" in their efforts to thwart the despicable DuPrey.
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Whistling Bullets
Title: Whistling Bullets
Character: Ace Beldon
Released: May 3, 1937
Type: Movie
Ace Beldon is in prison, but with his stolen bonds not recovered, Capt. Saunders has an idea. He sends Graham to prison and has him and Beldon break out. With Ranger Raymond assisting, they make their escape and get to the hangout run by Stone. But the plan starts to go awry when Sam overhears Graham talking with the Captain and reports back to Stone.
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The Defense Rests
Title: The Defense Rests
Character: Diver
Released: July 15, 1934
Type: Movie
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
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The Lost Jungle
Title: The Lost Jungle
Character: Thompson
Released: March 22, 1934
Type: Movie
12 part movie serial where Clyde Beatty encounters obstacles and adventure on his way to rescue his damsel in distress.
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Fighting With Kit Carson
Title: Fighting With Kit Carson
Character: Chuck
Released: July 1, 1933
Type: Movie
In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shipment across the wild West. When the Mystery Riders attack and steal the gold, Kit is the only survivor. He later joins forces with the cavalry to retrieve it.
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The Gambling Sex
Title: The Gambling Sex
Character: Ralph Jordan
Released: November 21, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy young socialite gets the gambling bug, and soon it goes from being just a fun pastime to an addiction, and she begins to lose more and more of her fortune.
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Without Honors
Title: Without Honors
Character: Jim Bowman
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Jack Marian isa gambler with an unsavory past. Suspected of being an outlaw, Jack plays along with this misconception, the better to infiltrate a gang of smugglers. Along the way, he clears the name of the brother of Texas ranger Mike Donovan, and helps patch up the romance between Donovan and heroine Bernice.
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Dragnet Patrol
Title: Dragnet Patrol
Character: Joe Molino
Released: December 14, 1931
Type: Movie
A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime.
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The Secret Witness
Title: The Secret Witness
Character: Contact Detective
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out to prove who really committed the murder.
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Cavalier of the West
Title: Cavalier of the West
Character: Deputy 'Red' Greeley
Released: November 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Burgess and Greeley are rustling horses and shooting Indians. When they kill Manual they frame Lieutenant Allister. His older brother John now attempts to defend him at his murder trial.
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Clearing the Range
Title: Clearing the Range
Character: George 'Slim' Allen
Released: April 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A cowboy rides by night to catch the man who killed his brother.