Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Acting
- April 25, 1899 · Decatur, Texas, USA
- June 6, 1962
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 · Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
- The Alamo · Lt. 'Irish' Finn
- Five Bold Women · 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
- Home from the Hill · Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
- U.S. Marshall · Jones
- The Restless Gun · Jeff Bonsell
- The Hired Gun · Elby Kirby
- Wagon Train · Calvin Bryngelson
- Sugarfoot · Moose McKlintock
- Tales of Wells Fargo · Mike Forbes
- Man from Del Rio · Fred Jasper
- Circus Boy
- Hidden Guns · Kingford
- Fremont: The Trailblazer · Cassidy
- My Friend Flicka · Jeb Taylor
- Cheyenne · Prairie Dog
- Gunsmoke · Groat
- The Outlaw's Daughter · Moose, Deputy
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Buffalo
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin · Sgt. Muldoon
- Massacre Canyon · Pvt. Archibald Allen
- Southwest Passage · Tall Tale
- The Life Of Riley · Finnegan
- Hangman's Knot · Smitty
- Springfield Rifle · Sgt. Snow
- Man in the Saddle · Bourke Prine
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · Tulsa Jack
- Al Jennings of Oklahoma · Lon Tuttle
- Rocky Mountain · Pap Dennison (CSA)
- Hoedown · Small Potatoes
- Brimstone · Art Benson
- Bad Men of Tombstone · Red Fisk
- Smoky Mountain Melody · Saddle Grease Williams
- Station West · Mick Marion
- Road to the Big House · Butch McQuinn
- Smoky River Serenade · Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
- King of the Wild Horses · Jed Acker
- Over the Santa Fe Trail · Big Boy Jackson
- Singin' in the Corn · Hank
- Singing on the Trail · Big Boy Webster
- Cowboy Blues · Big Boy Stover
- That Texas Jamboree · Big Boy Frazer
- Throw a Saddle on a Star · Big Boy
- Song of the Prairie · Big Boy Jackson
- Rhythm Round-Up · Zeke Winslow
- The Man Who Walked Alone · Champ
- Sing Me a Song of Texas · Big Boy
- Belle of the Yukon · Sheriff Mervin Maitland
- Nevada · Dusty
- Swing in the Saddle · 'Tiny' Baldwin
- Cowboy and the Senorita · 'Teddy' Bear
- Cowboy Canteen · Spud Harrigan
- Hands Across the Border · Teddy Bear
- Minesweeper · CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
- The Desperadoes · Nitro Rankin
- Stars on Horseback
- American Empire · Sailaway
- Silver Queen · Blackie
- Between Us Girls · Father of the Boys
- Lure of the Islands · Jinx
- Mr. Wise Guy · Luke Manning
- The Bugle Sounds · Sgt. Krims
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Swamp Water · Bud Dorson
- You'll Never Get Rich · Kewpie Blain
- Riders of Death Valley · Borax Bill
- Billy the Kid · Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
- Country Fair · Gunther Potts
- Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga · Alvin
- Santa Fe Trail · Windy Brody
- Dulcy · Henry
- Pleased to Mitt You · Chuck Brenner
- Money and the Woman · Mr. Adle
- Wagons Westward · Jake Hardman
- Alias the Deacon · Bull Gumbatz
- Virginia City · Marblehead
- Castle on the Hudson · Mike Cagle
- The Fighting 69th · Paddy Dolan
- Fugitive at Large · Conway (as Guinn Williams)