Name
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1899-04-25
Deathday
1962-06-06 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Decatur, Texas, USA
Biography
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
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- 1940 Santa Fe Trail as Windy Brody
- 1942 American Empire as Sailaway
- 1942 Mr. Wise Guy as Luke Manning
- 1937 A Star Is Born as Posture Coach
- 1940 Castle on the Hudson as Mike Cagle
- 1939 Fugitive at Large as Conway (as Guinn Williams)
- 1941 You'll Never Get Rich as Kewpie Blain
- 1919 Jubilo as Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
- 1925 Rose of the Desert as Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
- 1925 Courage of Wolfheart
- 1925 Bad Man from Bodie
- 1925 Fangs of Wolfheart
- 1925 The Big Stunt
- 1935 The Glass Key as Jeff
- 1948 Station West as Mick Marion
- 1951 Man in the Saddle as Bourke Prine
- 1935 The Littlest Rebel as Sergeant Dudley
- 1941 Swamp Water as Bud Dorson
- 1944 Belle of the Yukon as Sheriff Mervin Maitland
- 1950 Rocky Mountain as Pap Dennison (CSA)
- 1939 Dodge City as Tex Baird
- 1944 Cowboy and the Senorita as 'Teddy' Bear
- 1947 Road to the Big House as Butch McQuinn
- 1937 You Only Live Once as Rogers
- 1937 Big City as Danny Devlin
- 1944 Hands Across the Border as Teddy Bear
- 1952 Hangman's Knot as Smitty
- 1943 Minesweeper as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
- 1927 The Woman Who Did Not Care as Lars
- 1956 Man from Del Rio as Fred Jasper
- 1934 Flirtation Walk as Sleepy
- 1928 Beggars of Life as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
- 1926 Brown of Harvard as Hal Walter
- 1929 Lucky Star as Martin Wrenn
- 1928 Noah's Ark as Al Wilson / Ham
- 1935 Private Worlds as Jerry Stone
- 1939 Blackmail as Moose McCarthy
- 1933 Rafter Romance as Fritzie
- 1952 Springfield Rifle as Sgt. Snow
- 1941 Billy the Kid as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
- 1936 Kelly the Second as Cecil Joseph Callahan
- 1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide as McLean
- 1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Lon Tuttle
- 1931 The Phantom as Dick Mallory
- 1935 Big Boy Rides Again as Tom Duncan
- 1932 Heritage of the Desert as Lefty
- 1922 The Ropin' Fool as The Foreman
- 1938 You and Me as Taxi
- 1933 The Mystery Squadron as Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
- 1957 The Hired Gun as Elby Kirby
- 1937 Wise Girl as Mike
- 1935 Miss Pacific Fleet as Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
- 1933 College Coach as Matthews
- 1925 The Black Cyclone as Jim Lawson
- 1933 Man of the Forest as Big Boy
- 1945 Song of the Prairie as Big Boy Jackson
- 1935 The Law of 45's as Tucson Two-Gun Smith
- 1938 Army Girl as Ross
- 1932 Polly of the Circus as Eric
- 1934 Cowboy Holiday as Buck Sawyer
- 1936 Grand Jury as Joseph Britt
- 1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming as Salvation
- 1934 Thunder Over Texas as Ted Wright
- 1945 The Man Who Walked Alone as Champ
- 1936 The Big Game as Pete Jenkins
- 1931 The Bachelor Father as Dick Berney
- 1937 Dangerous Holiday as Duke Edwards
- 1939 Bad Lands as Billy Sweet
- 1937 Flying Fists as Slug Cassidy
- 1940 Money and the Woman as Mr. Adle
- 1935 One in a Million as Spike McGafferty
- 1934 The Silver Streak as Higgins
- 1935 Gun Play as Bill Williams
- 1938 Hold That Co-ed as Mike Wurgerski
- 1931 The Great Meadow as Rubin Hall
- 1932 Running Hollywood as Scratchface Henchman
- 1932 Drifting Souls as Bing
- 1934 Cheaters as Detective Sweeney
- 1933 Laughing at Life as Jones
- 1936 Muss 'em Up as 'Red' Cable
- 1936 Love on a Bet as Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
- 1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1962 Buttons and Her Beaus
- 1956 Fremont: The Trailblazer as Cassidy
- 1935 Village Tale as Ben Roberts
- 1923 End of the Rope
- 1924 The Avenger as Nat Sherwood
- 1923 Cyclone Jones as Cyclone Jones
- 1923 Riders at Night
- 1923 $1,000 Reward
- 1923 Uncensored Movies
- 1925 Red Blood and Blue as Tom Butler
- 1925 Whistling Jim as Whistling Jim
- 1925 Sporting West
- 1925 Riders of the Sand Storm as The Cowboy
- 1932 The Devil Is Driving as Mac
- 1927 Quarantined Rivals as Joe, the plumber
- 1927 Backstage as Mike Donovan
- 1927 The Down Grade as Ed Holden
- 1919 Almost a Husband
- 1928 Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Sweeney
- 1930 City Girl as Reaper
- 1930 College Lovers as Tiny Courtley
- 1930 The Big Fight as Tiger
- 1949 Brimstone as Art Benson
- 1960 Five Bold Women as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
- 1954 Southwest Passage as Tall Tale
- 1938 Crashing Through Danger as Slim
- 1954 Massacre Canyon as Pvt. Archibald Allen
- 1944 Nevada as Dusty
- 1929 The Forward Pass as Honey Smith
- 1939 6,000 Enemies as Maxie
- 1938 Everybody's Doing It as 'Softy' Blane
- 1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone as Vulch McCreedy
- 1937 She's No Lady as Jeff
- 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich as An Attendant
- 1935 Danger Trails as Bob Wilson
- 1920 Cupid the Cowpuncher as Hairoil Johnson
- 1937 The Singing Marine as Dopey
- 1934 Here Comes the Navy as Dance-Floor Manager
- 1934 Palooka as Slats (uncredited)
- 1922 The Trail of Hate as Silent Kerry
- 1940 The Fighting 69th as Paddy Dolan
- 1960 The Alamo as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
- 1937 Don't Tell the Wife as Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
- 1931 War Mamas as Doughboy
- 1931 Catch-As Catch-Can as Strangler Sullivan
- 1944 Swing in the Saddle as 'Tiny' Baldwin
- 1940 Alias the Deacon as Bull Gumbatz
- 1940 Virginia City as Marblehead
- 1932 You Said a Mouthful as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
- 1946 That Texas Jamboree as Big Boy Frazer
- 1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Blake - the First Mate
- 1938 Professor Beware as Motorcycle Cop
- 1934 The Undie-World as Bugsy McHugh
- 1940 Pleased to Mitt You as Chuck Brenner
- 1950 Hoedown as Small Potatoes
- 1945 Sing Me a Song of Texas as Big Boy
- 1961 The Comancheros as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
- 1921 The Jack Rider as Frank Stevens
- 1947 Smoky River Serenade as Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
- 1940 Wagons Westward as Jake Hardman
- 1921 The Vengeance Trail as Big Boy Bronson
- 1921 Western Firebrands as Billy Fargo
- 1922 Across the Border as Andy Fowler
- 1922 The Cowboy King as Dud Smiley
- 1922 Rounding Up the Law as Larry Connell
- 1922 The Freshie as Charles Taylor
- 1922 Blaze Away as Big Boy
- 1922 Remembrance
- 1941 Country Fair as Gunther Potts
- 1943 The Desperadoes as Nitro Rankin
- 1935 Society Fever as Edgar Prouty
- 1960 Home from the Hill as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
- 1946 Singing on the Trail as Big Boy Webster
- 1954 The Outlaw's Daughter as Moose, Deputy
- 1946 Throw a Saddle on a Star as Big Boy
- 1937 Girls Can Play as Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
- 1935 Powdersmoke Range as Lullaby Joslin
- 1936 North of Nome as Haage
- 1936 End of the Trail as Bob Hildreth
- 1938 Down in 'Arkansaw' as Juble Butler
- 1930 The Bad Man as Red Giddings
- 1939 Street of Missing Men as T-Bone
- 1941 Riders of Death Valley as Borax Bill
- 1939 Pardon Our Nerve as Samson Smith
- 1939 Legion of Lost Flyers as Jake Halley
- 1941 Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga as Alvin
- 1942 Lure of the Islands as Jinx
- 1944 Cowboy Canteen as Spud Harrigan
- 1942 Between Us Girls as Father of the Boys
- 1925 Wolfheart's Revenge as Jack Stanley
- 1938 The Marines Are Here as Sgt. Gibbons
- 1928 My Man as Joe Halsey
- 1948 Smoky Mountain Melody as Saddle Grease Williams
- 1942 Silver Queen as Blackie
- 1945 Rhythm Round-Up as Zeke Winslow
- 1946 Cowboy Blues as Big Boy Stover
- 1947 King of the Wild Horses as Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams)
- 1947 Over the Santa Fe Trail as Big Boy Jackson
- 1949 Bad Men of Tombstone as Red Fisk
- 1940 Dulcy as Henry
- 1956 Hidden Guns as Kingford
- 1936 Career Woman as Bede Sanders
- 1932 Ladies of the Jury as Steve Bromm (uncredited)
- 1936 The Champ's a Chump as Spike
- 1920 Godless Men as Seaman
- 1929 From Headquarters as Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer
- 1930 Liliom as Hollinger
- 1927 The College Widow as Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
- 1928 Vamping Venus as Mars
- 1927 Snowbound as Bull Morgan
- 1942 The Bugle Sounds as Sgt. Krims
- 1932 70,000 Witnesses as Connors
- 1932 Boys Will Be Boys as Butch
- 1934 Half a Sinner as 'Bull' Moran
- 1934 Romance in the Rain as Panya Mankiewicz
- 1946 Singin' in the Corn as Hank
- 1928 Burning Daylight as English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
- 1924 The Eagle's Claw as Dan Carson
- 1943 Stars on Horseback
- 1938 I Demand Payment as Happy Crofton
- 1926 The Desert's Toll as Henchman
- 1933 The Phantom Broadcast as Sandy Higgins
- 1927 Babe Comes Home as Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
- 1927 Lightning as Cuth Stewart
- 1927 Arizona Bound as Cowboy
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode ) as Prairie Dog
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Groat
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Jeff Bonsell
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1 episode ) as Tulsa Jack
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Moose McKlintock
- 1956 Circus Boy ( 49 episodes )
- 1955 My Friend Flicka ( 1 episode ) as Jeb Taylor
- 1953 The Life Of Riley ( 1 episode ) as Finnegan
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Buffalo
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Calvin Bryngelson
- 1957 Tales of Wells Fargo ( 1 episode ) as Mike Forbes
- 1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Muldoon
- 1956 U.S. Marshall ( 1 episode ) as Jones
