Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Acting
- Born:
- 1899-04-25
- Died:
- 1962-06-06
- 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
Filmography
Buttons and Her Beaus
The Comancheros
The Alamo
Five Bold Women
Home from the Hill
U.S. Marshall
The Restless Gun
The Hired Gun
Wagon Train
Sugarfoot
Tales of Wells Fargo
Man from Del Rio
Circus Boy
Hidden Guns
Fremont: The Trailblazer
My Friend Flicka
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
The Outlaw's Daughter
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Massacre Canyon
Southwest Passage
The Life Of Riley
Hangman's Knot
Springfield Rifle
Man in the Saddle
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Hoedown
Brimstone
Bad Men of Tombstone
Smoky Mountain Melody
Station West
Road to the Big House
Smoky River Serenade
King of the Wild Horses
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Singin' in the Corn
Singing on the Trail
Cowboy Blues
That Texas Jamboree
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Song of the Prairie
Rhythm Round-Up
The Man Who Walked Alone
Sing Me a Song of Texas
Belle of the Yukon
Nevada
Swing in the Saddle
Cowboy and the Senorita
Cowboy Canteen
Hands Across the Border
Minesweeper
The Desperadoes
Stars on Horseback
American Empire
Silver Queen
Between Us Girls
Lure of the Islands
Mr. Wise Guy
The Bugle Sounds
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Swamp Water
You'll Never Get Rich
Riders of Death Valley
Billy the Kid
Country Fair
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Santa Fe Trail
Dulcy
Pleased to Mitt You
Money and the Woman
Wagons Westward
Alias the Deacon
Virginia City
Castle on the Hudson
The Fighting 69th
Fugitive at Large
Legion of Lost Flyers
Blackmail
Bad Lands
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
6,000 Enemies
Street of Missing Men
Dodge City
Pardon Our Nerve
I Demand Payment
Down in 'Arkansaw'
Hold That Co-ed
Crashing Through Danger
Army Girl
Professor Beware
The Marines Are Here
You and Me
Everybody's Doing It
Wise Girl
The Bad Man of Brimstone
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Big City
She's No Lady
The Singing Marine
Flying Fists
Girls Can Play
Dangerous Holiday
A Star Is Born
Don't Tell the Wife
You Only Live Once
Career Woman
North of Nome
End of the Trail
The Big Game
Kelly the Second
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Grand Jury
The Champ's a Chump
Love on a Bet
Muss 'em Up
The Littlest Rebel
Miss Pacific Fleet
Gun Play
The Law of 45's
Powdersmoke Range
Danger Trails
Society Fever
The Glass Key
Village Tale
Private Worlds
One in a Million
Big Boy Rides Again
The Silver Streak
Cowboy Holiday
Flirtation Walk
Thunder Over Texas
Romance in the Rain
Here Comes the Navy
Half a Sinner
Cheaters
The Undie-World
Palooka
The Mystery Squadron
College Coach
Rafter Romance
Man of the Forest
Laughing at Life
The Phantom Broadcast
The Devil Is Driving
You Said a Mouthful
Boys Will Be Boys
Heritage of the Desert
70,000 Witnesses
Drifting Souls
Polly of the Circus
Ladies of the Jury
Running Hollywood
War Mamas
The Phantom
Catch-As Catch-Can
The Great Meadow
The Bachelor Father
College Lovers
Liliom
The Bad Man
The Big Fight
City Girl
The Forward Pass
Lucky Star
From Headquarters
My Man
Noah's Ark
Beggars of Life
Vamping Venus
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Burning Daylight
The College Widow
The Down Grade
Lightning
The Woman Who Did Not Care
Babe Comes Home
Snowbound
Arizona Bound
Backstage
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Quarantined Rivals
The Desert's Toll
Brown of Harvard
The Big Stunt
The Black Cyclone
Courage of Wolfheart
Riders of the Sand Storm
Rose of the Desert
Whistling Jim
Sporting West
Bad Man from Bodie
Wolfheart's Revenge
Red Blood and Blue
Fangs of Wolfheart
The Eagle's Claw
The Avenger
Uncensored Movies
$1,000 Reward
End of the Rope
Riders at Night
Cyclone Jones
The Freshie
The Ropin' Fool
Blaze Away
Remembrance
The Trail of Hate
The Cowboy King
Rounding Up the Law
Across the Border
Western Firebrands
The Vengeance Trail
The Jack Rider
Godless Men
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Jubilo
Almost a Husband