Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 25, 1899
Died
Jun 06, 1962
Place of Birth
Decatur, Texas, USA
Credits
220 titles
Guinn 'Big Boy' 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
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)
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
U.S. Marshall
Jones
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 (as Big Boy Williams)
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