Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 25, 1899
- Died
- June 6, 1962 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Buttons and Her Beaus
Movie
The Comancheros
Movie · as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Five Bold Women
Movie · as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
The Alamo
Movie · as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
Home from the Hill
Movie · as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
U.S. Marshall
TV · as Jones · 1 ep
The Hired Gun
Movie · as Elby Kirby
The Restless Gun
TV · as Jeff Bonsell · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Moose McKlintock · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Calvin Bryngelson · 1 ep
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV · as Mike Forbes · 1 ep
Man from Del Rio
Movie · as Fred Jasper
Fremont: The Trailblazer
Movie · as Cassidy
Hidden Guns
Movie · as Kingford
Circus Boy
TV · 49 eps
Cheyenne
TV · as Prairie Dog · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Groat · 1 ep
My Friend Flicka
TV · as Jeb Taylor · 1 ep
Southwest Passage
Movie · as Tall Tale
Massacre Canyon
Movie · as Pvt. Archibald Allen
The Outlaw's Daughter
Movie · as Moose, Deputy
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Buffalo · 2 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · as Sgt. Muldoon · 1 ep
The Life Of Riley
TV · as Finnegan · 1 ep
Hangman's Knot
Movie · as Smitty
Springfield Rifle
Movie · as Sgt. Snow
Man in the Saddle
Movie · as Bourke Prine
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Movie · as Lon Tuttle
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · as Tulsa Jack · 1 ep
Rocky Mountain
Movie · as Pap Dennison (CSA)
Hoedown
Movie · as Small Potatoes
Brimstone
Movie · as Art Benson
Bad Men of Tombstone
Movie · as Red Fisk
Station West
Movie · as Mick Marion
Smoky Mountain Melody
Movie · as Saddle Grease Williams
Road to the Big House
Movie · as Butch McQuinn
Smoky River Serenade
Movie · as Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
King of the Wild Horses
Movie · as Jed Acker
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Big Boy Jackson
That Texas Jamboree
Movie · as Big Boy Frazer
Singing on the Trail
Movie · as Big Boy Webster
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Movie · as Big Boy
Cowboy Blues
Movie · as Big Boy Stover
Singin' in the Corn
Movie · as Hank
Song of the Prairie
Movie · as Big Boy Jackson
The Man Who Walked Alone
Movie · as Champ
Sing Me a Song of Texas
Movie · as Big Boy
Rhythm Round-Up
Movie · as Zeke Winslow
Belle of the Yukon
Movie · as Sheriff Mervin Maitland
Cowboy and the Senorita
Movie · as 'Teddy' Bear
Hands Across the Border
Movie · as Teddy Bear
Nevada
Movie · as Dusty
Swing in the Saddle
Movie · as 'Tiny' Baldwin
Cowboy Canteen
Movie · as Spud Harrigan
Minesweeper
Movie · as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
The Desperadoes
Movie · as Nitro Rankin
Stars on Horseback
Movie
American Empire
Movie · as Sailaway
Mr. Wise Guy
Movie · as Luke Manning
Lure of the Islands
Movie · as Jinx
Between Us Girls
Movie · as Father of the Boys
Silver Queen
Movie · as Blackie
The Bugle Sounds
Movie · as Sgt. Krims
You'll Never Get Rich
Movie · as Kewpie Blain
Swamp Water
Movie · as Bud Dorson
Billy the Kid
Movie · as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Country Fair
Movie · as Gunther Potts
Riders of Death Valley
Movie · as Borax Bill
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Movie · as Alvin
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Windy Brody
Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Mike Cagle
Money and the Woman
Movie · as Mr. Adle
The Fighting 69th
Movie · as Paddy Dolan
Alias the Deacon
Movie · as Bull Gumbatz
Virginia City
Movie · as Marblehead
Pleased to Mitt You
Movie · as Chuck Brenner
Wagons Westward
Movie · as Jake Hardman
Dulcy
Movie · as Henry
Fugitive at Large
Movie · as Conway (as Guinn Williams)
Dodge City
Movie · as Tex Baird
Blackmail
Movie · as Moose McCarthy
Bad Lands
Movie · as Billy Sweet
6,000 Enemies
Movie · as Maxie
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Movie · as Blake - the First Mate
Street of Missing Men
Movie · as T-Bone
Pardon Our Nerve
Movie · as Samson Smith
Legion of Lost Flyers
Movie · as Jake Halley
You and Me
Movie · as Taxi
Army Girl
Movie · as Ross
Hold That Co-ed
Movie · as Mike Wurgerski
Crashing Through Danger
Movie · as Slim
Everybody's Doing It
Movie · as 'Softy' Blane
Professor Beware
Movie · as Motorcycle Cop
Down in 'Arkansaw'
Movie · as Juble Butler
The Marines Are Here
Movie · as Sgt. Gibbons
I Demand Payment
Movie · as Happy Crofton
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Posture Coach
You Only Live Once
Movie · as Rogers
Big City
Movie · as Danny Devlin
Wise Girl
Movie · as Mike
Dangerous Holiday
Movie · as Duke Edwards
Flying Fists
Movie · as Slug Cassidy
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Movie · as Vulch McCreedy
She's No Lady
Movie · as Jeff
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie · as An Attendant
The Singing Marine
Movie · as Dopey
Don't Tell the Wife
Movie · as Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
Girls Can Play
Movie · as Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
Kelly the Second
Movie · as Cecil Joseph Callahan
Grand Jury
Movie · as Joseph Britt
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Movie · as Salvation
The Big Game
Movie · as Pete Jenkins
Muss 'em Up
Movie · as 'Red' Cable
Love on a Bet
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
North of Nome
Movie · as Haage
End of the Trail
Movie · as Bob Hildreth
Career Woman
Movie · as Bede Sanders
The Champ's a Chump
Movie · as Spike
The Glass Key
Movie · as Jeff
The Littlest Rebel
Movie · as Sergeant Dudley
Private Worlds
Movie · as Jerry Stone
Big Boy Rides Again
Movie · as Tom Duncan
Miss Pacific Fleet
Movie · as Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
The Law of 45's
Movie · as Tucson Two-Gun Smith
One in a Million
Movie · as Spike McGafferty
Gun Play
Movie · as Bill Williams
Village Tale
Movie · as Ben Roberts
Danger Trails
Movie · as Bob Wilson
Society Fever
Movie · as Edgar Prouty
Powdersmoke Range
Movie · as Lullaby Joslin
Flirtation Walk
Movie · as Sleepy
Cowboy Holiday
Movie · as Buck Sawyer
Thunder Over Texas
Movie · as Ted Wright
The Silver Streak
Movie · as Higgins
Cheaters
Movie · as Detective Sweeney
Here Comes the Navy
Movie · as Dance-Floor Manager
Palooka
Movie · as Slats (uncredited)
The Undie-World
Movie · as Bugsy McHugh
Half a Sinner
Movie · as 'Bull' Moran
Romance in the Rain
Movie · as Panya Mankiewicz
Rafter Romance
Movie · as Fritzie
The Mystery Squadron
Movie · as Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
College Coach
Movie · as Matthews
Man of the Forest
Movie · as Big Boy
Laughing at Life
Movie · as Jones
The Phantom Broadcast
Movie · as Sandy Higgins
Heritage of the Desert
Movie · as Lefty
Polly of the Circus
Movie · as Eric
Running Hollywood
Movie · as Scratchface Henchman
Drifting Souls
Movie · as Bing
The Devil Is Driving
Movie · as Mac
You Said a Mouthful
Movie · as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
Movie · as Steve Bromm (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
Movie · as Connors
Boys Will Be Boys
Movie · as Butch
The Phantom
Movie · as Dick Mallory
The Bachelor Father
Movie · as Dick Berney
The Great Meadow
Movie · as Rubin Hall
War Mamas
Movie · as Doughboy
Catch-As Catch-Can
Movie · as Strangler Sullivan
City Girl
Movie · as Reaper
College Lovers
Movie · as Tiny Courtley
The Big Fight
Movie · as Tiger
The Bad Man
Movie · as Red Giddings
Liliom
Movie · as Hollinger
Lucky Star
Movie · as Martin Wrenn
The Forward Pass
Movie · as Honey Smith
From Headquarters
Movie · as Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer
Beggars of Life
Movie · as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
Noah's Ark
Movie · as Al Wilson / Ham
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Movie · as Sweeney
My Man
Movie · as Joe Halsey
Vamping Venus
Movie · as Mars
Burning Daylight
Movie · as English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
The Woman Who Did Not Care
Movie · as Lars
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Movie · as McLean
Quarantined Rivals
Movie · as Joe, the plumber
Backstage
Movie · as Mike Donovan
The Down Grade
Movie · as Ed Holden
The College Widow
Movie · as Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
Snowbound
Movie · as Bull Morgan
Babe Comes Home
Movie · as Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
Lightning
Movie · as Cuth Stewart
Arizona Bound
Movie · as Cowboy
Brown of Harvard
Movie · as Hal Walter
The Desert's Toll
Movie · as Henchman
Rose of the Desert
Movie · as Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
Courage of Wolfheart
Movie
Bad Man from Bodie
Movie
Fangs of Wolfheart
Movie
The Big Stunt
Movie
The Black Cyclone
Movie · as Jim Lawson
Red Blood and Blue
Movie · as Tom Butler
Whistling Jim
Movie · as Whistling Jim
Sporting West
Movie
Riders of the Sand Storm
Movie · as The Cowboy
Wolfheart's Revenge
Movie · as Jack Stanley
The Avenger
Movie · as Nat Sherwood
The Eagle's Claw
Movie · as Dan Carson
End of the Rope
Movie
Cyclone Jones
Movie · as Cyclone Jones
Riders at Night
Movie
$1,000 Reward
Movie
Uncensored Movies
Movie
The Ropin' Fool
Movie · as The Foreman
The Trail of Hate
Movie · as Silent Kerry
Across the Border
Movie · as Andy Fowler
The Cowboy King
Movie · as Dud Smiley
Rounding Up the Law
Movie · as Larry Connell
The Freshie
Movie · as Charles Taylor
Blaze Away
Movie · as Big Boy
Remembrance
Movie
The Jack Rider
Movie · as Frank Stevens
The Vengeance Trail
Movie · as Big Boy Bronson
Western Firebrands
Movie · as Billy Fargo
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Movie · as Hairoil Johnson
Godless Men
Movie · as Seaman
Jubilo
Movie · as Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
Almost a Husband
Movie