Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Known for Acting · 220 credits
- Born
- 1899-04-25
- Died
- 1962-06-06
- Place of birth
- Decatur, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. · Big Boy Williams · Gwinn Williams · Gwynn Williams · Tex Williams
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
TV Shows (13)
Wagon Train
1957
as Calvin Bryngelson
Cheyenne
1955
as Prairie Dog
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Mike Forbes
Gunsmoke
1955
as Groat
The Life Of Riley
1953
as Finnegan
Sugarfoot
1957
as Moose McKlintock
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Buffalo
The Restless Gun
1957
as Jeff Bonsell
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Tulsa Jack
My Friend Flicka
1955
as Jeb Taylor
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
as Sgt. Muldoon
Circus Boy
1956
U.S. Marshall
1956
as Jones
Movies (207)
Home from the Hill
1960
as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
Cowboy Holiday
1934
as Buck Sawyer
Snowbound
1927
as Bull Morgan
The Comancheros
1961
as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939
as Tex Baird
A Star Is Born
1937
as Posture Coach
Backstage
1927
as Mike Donovan
Beggars of Life
1928
as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
Flying Fists
1937
as Slug Cassidy
Heritage of the Desert
1932
as Lefty
Swing in the Saddle
1944
as 'Tiny' Baldwin
Uncensored Movies
1923
Lucky Star
1929
as Martin Wrenn
Half a Sinner
1934
as 'Bull' Moran
College Lovers
1930
as Tiny Courtley
Army Girl
1938
as Ross
Danger Trails
1935
as Bob Wilson
The Ropin' Fool
1922
as The Foreman
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Sgt. Snow
The Desperadoes
1943
as Nitro Rankin
Blaze Away
1922
as Big Boy
Wise Girl
1937
as Mike
Lightning
1927
as Cuth Stewart
The Hired Gun
1957
as Elby Kirby
You Only Live Once
1937
as Rogers
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Windy Brody
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Smitty
Noah's Ark
1928
as Al Wilson / Ham
End of the Trail
1936
as Bob Hildreth
City Girl
1930
as Reaper
Rocky Mountain
1950
as Pap Dennison (CSA)
Sporting West
1925
Virginia City
1940
as Marblehead
Cheaters
1934
as Detective Sweeney
The Black Cyclone
1925
as Jim Lawson
Man in the Saddle
1951
as Bourke Prine
Man of the Forest
1933
as Big Boy
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
as Luke Manning
Whistling Jim
1925
as Whistling Jim
The Avenger
1924
as Nat Sherwood
Billy the Kid
1941
as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
King of the Wild Horses
1947
as Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams)
Swamp Water
1941
as Bud Dorson
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
as 'Teddy' Bear
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Paddy Dolan
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Littlest Rebel
1935
as Sergeant Dudley
Man from Del Rio
1956
as Fred Jasper
The Singing Marine
1937
as Dopey
Station West
1948
as Mick Marion
You and Me
1938
as Taxi
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Sleepy
Road to the Big House
1947
as Butch McQuinn
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
as Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Lon Tuttle
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949
as Red Fisk
American Empire
1942
as Sailaway
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
as Sweeney
Laughing at Life
1933
as Jones
The Bugle Sounds
1942
as Sgt. Krims
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Borax Bill
Red Blood and Blue
1925
as Tom Butler
Massacre Canyon
1954
as Pvt. Archibald Allen
Rafter Romance
1933
as Fritzie
Lure of the Islands
1942
as Jinx
Silver Queen
1942
as Blackie
Belle of the Yukon
1944
as Sheriff Mervin Maitland
Big City
1937
as Danny Devlin
The Freshie
1922
as Charles Taylor
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Mike Cagle
Down in 'Arkansaw'
1938
as Juble Butler
Professor Beware
1938
as Motorcycle Cop
Ladies of the Jury
1932
as Steve Bromm (uncredited)
Minesweeper
1943
as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
Singin' in the Corn
1946
as Hank
Everybody's Doing It
1938
as 'Softy' Blane
Liliom
1930
as Hollinger
Private Worlds
1935
as Jerry Stone
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as An Attendant
You Said a Mouthful
1932
as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
Blackmail
1939
as Moose McCarthy
Here Comes the Navy
1934
as Dance-Floor Manager
Babe Comes Home
1927
as Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
Alias the Deacon
1940
as Bull Gumbatz
The Big Fight
1930
as Tiger
Money and the Woman
1940
as Mr. Adle
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Mac
Hands Across the Border
1944
as Teddy Bear
The Champ's a Chump
1936
as Spike
Kelly the Second
1936
as Cecil Joseph Callahan
Gun Play
1935
as Bill Williams
End of the Rope
1923
The Eagle's Claw
1924
as Dan Carson
The Big Stunt
1925
Hidden Guns
1956
as Kingford
Bad Man from Bodie
1925
Brown of Harvard
1926
as Hal Walter
$1,000 Reward
1923
Village Tale
1935
as Ben Roberts
Wolfheart's Revenge
1925
as Jack Stanley
Cowboy Canteen
1944
as Spud Harrigan
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
as Alvin
Career Woman
1936
as Bede Sanders
The Phantom
1931
as Dick Mallory
Rose of the Desert
1925
as Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
as Samson Smith
The Cowboy King
1922
as Dud Smiley
The Law of 45's
1935
as Tucson Two-Gun Smith
Fangs of Wolfheart
1925
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
Across the Border
1922
as Andy Fowler
The Big Game
1936
as Pete Jenkins
Smoky Mountain Melody
1948
as Saddle Grease Williams
Girls Can Play
1937
as Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
Running Hollywood
1932
as Scratchface Henchman
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
as Vulch McCreedy
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Moose, Deputy
Palooka
1934
as Slats (uncredited)
About Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
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 S… With 220 credits spanning from 1919 to 1962, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams has appeared in 207 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Movies
- Home from the Hill (1960) — as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
- The Alamo (1960) — as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
- Cowboy Holiday (1934) — as Buck Sawyer
- Snowbound (1927) — as Bull Morgan
- The Comancheros (1961) — as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
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