Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Acting
Born 1899-04-25
Died 1962-06-06
Decatur, Texas, USA
220 credits
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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
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Acting
57 credits
Wagon Train
Cheyenne
Tales of Wells Fargo
Gunsmoke
Sugarfoot
The Life Of Riley
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Restless Gun
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
The Alamo
The Comancheros
My Friend Flicka
You Only Live Once
Santa Fe Trail
Swing in the Saddle
A Star Is Born
Snowbound
Dodge City
City Girl
Virginia City
Swamp Water
Man from Del Rio
U.S. Marshall
You and Me
Whistling Jim
Home from the Hill
Springfield Rifle
Noah's Ark
Hangman's Knot
Half a Sinner
Army Girl
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
The Desperadoes
Man in the Saddle
The Fighting 69th
Billy the Kid
Cheaters
Flying Fists
Rocky Mountain
Backstage
Beggars of Life
Station West
The Littlest Rebel
Cowboy Holiday
The Hired Gun
You'll Never Get Rich
Riders of Death Valley
Heritage of the Desert
The Bad Man of Brimstone
The Singing Marine
Lucky Star
Blackmail
Belle of the Yukon
College Lovers
Danger Trails
Blaze Away
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