Roger Williams was a veteran of World War I He became a 2 Lt Quartermaster on August 15th 1917 He became 1st Lt on March 4th 1918 and Captain on October 7th 1918 He was stationed at Fort Harrison Indiana He was involved with the American Expetionary Force on September 30th 1918 He was honorably discharged on July 17th 1919 He was also awarded the purple heart for valor beyond the call of duty He attended the College of Mines in Denver Colorado but he did not graduate from there He came to California in 1924 and soon began his career in motion pictures He didnt act at first He was an assistant to producers but sometime later he began acting He mostly appeared in westerns and oaters He had another occupation as well As of the 1930 United States Census Report he was a public accountant and five years later he became an auditor for a hotel in Los Angeles He passed away in Mono County California near Mammoth Lakes while he was working there in a motion picture to be made Unfortunately someone else had to take his place He lived in a modest home in Beverly Hills California at the time of his death Finally he did work at Republic Pictures Studio from 1935 to 1937 After that he worked for mostly poverty row motion picture producers One being Harry S Webb Productions which was located on Hollywood Boulevard He also freelanced himself as his own agent in a MidWilshire District office Date of Birth 13 July 1889 Dayton Ohio Date of Death 6 July 1939 Wildyrie Camp Mammoth Lakes California angina pectoris