Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Acting
Born April 25, 1899 · Decatur, Texas, USA
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.
Films (207)
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
The Comancheros
1961
The Alamo
1960
Five Bold Women
1960
Home from the Hill
1960
The Hired Gun
1957
Man from Del Rio
1956
Hidden Guns
1956
Fremont: The Trailblazer
1956
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
Massacre Canyon
1954
Southwest Passage
1954
Hangman's Knot
1952
Springfield Rifle
1952
Man in the Saddle
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
Rocky Mountain
1950
Hoedown
1950
Brimstone
1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949
Smoky Mountain Melody
1948
Station West
1948
Road to the Big House
1947
Smoky River Serenade
1947
King of the Wild Horses
1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947
Singin' in the Corn
1946
Singing on the Trail
1946
Cowboy Blues
1946
That Texas Jamboree
1946
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946
Song of the Prairie
1945
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
Sing Me a Song of Texas
1945
Belle of the Yukon
1944
Nevada
1944
Swing in the Saddle
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
Cowboy Canteen
1944
Hands Across the Border
1944
Minesweeper
1943
The Desperadoes
1943
Stars on Horseback
1943
American Empire
1942
Silver Queen
1942
Between Us Girls
1942
Lure of the Islands
1942
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
Swamp Water
1941
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
Riders of Death Valley
1941
Billy the Kid
1941
Country Fair
1941
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Dulcy
1940
Pleased to Mitt You
1940
Money and the Woman
1940
Wagons Westward
1940
Alias the Deacon
1940
Virginia City
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
The Fighting 69th
1940
Fugitive at Large
1939
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939
Blackmail
1939
Bad Lands
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
6,000 Enemies
1939
Street of Missing Men
1939
Dodge City
1939
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
I Demand Payment
1938
Down in 'Arkansaw'
1938
Hold That Co-ed
1938
Crashing Through Danger
1938
Army Girl
1938
Professor Beware
1938
The Marines Are Here
1938
You and Me
1938
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Wise Girl
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
Big City
1937
She's No Lady
1937
The Singing Marine
1937
Flying Fists
1937
Girls Can Play
1937
Dangerous Holiday
1937
A Star Is Born
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Career Woman
1936
North of Nome
1936
End of the Trail
1936
The Big Game
1936
Kelly the Second
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Grand Jury
1936
The Champ's a Chump
1936
Love on a Bet
1936
Muss 'em Up
1936
The Littlest Rebel
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
Gun Play
1935
The Law of 45's
1935
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Danger Trails
1935
Society Fever
1935
The Glass Key
1935
Village Tale
1935
Private Worlds
1935
One in a Million
1935
Big Boy Rides Again
1935
The Silver Streak
1934
Cowboy Holiday
1934
Flirtation Walk
1934
Thunder Over Texas
1934
Romance in the Rain
1934
Here Comes the Navy
1934
Half a Sinner
1934
Cheaters
1934
The Undie-World
1934
Palooka
1934
The Mystery Squadron
1933
College Coach
1933
Rafter Romance
1933
Man of the Forest
1933
Laughing at Life
1933
The Phantom Broadcast
1933
The Devil Is Driving
1932
You Said a Mouthful
1932
Boys Will Be Boys
1932
Heritage of the Desert
1932
70,000 Witnesses
1932
Drifting Souls
1932
Polly of the Circus
1932
Ladies of the Jury
1932
Running Hollywood
1932
War Mamas
1931
The Phantom
1931
Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
The Great Meadow
1931
The Bachelor Father
1931
College Lovers
1930
Liliom
1930
The Bad Man
1930
The Big Fight
1930
City Girl
1930
The Forward Pass
1929
Lucky Star
1929
From Headquarters
1929
My Man
1928
Noah's Ark
1928
Beggars of Life
1928
Vamping Venus
1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
Burning Daylight
1928
The College Widow
1927
The Down Grade
1927
Lightning
1927
The Woman Who Did Not Care
1927
Babe Comes Home
1927
Snowbound
1927
Arizona Bound
1927
Backstage
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
Quarantined Rivals
1927
The Desert's Toll
1926
Brown of Harvard
1926
The Big Stunt
1925
The Black Cyclone
1925
Courage of Wolfheart
1925
Riders of the Sand Storm
1925
Rose of the Desert
1925
Whistling Jim
1925
Sporting West
1925
Bad Man from Bodie
1925
Wolfheart's Revenge
1925
Red Blood and Blue
1925
Fangs of Wolfheart
1925
The Eagle's Claw
1924
The Avenger
1924
Uncensored Movies
1923
$1,000 Reward
1923
Riders at Night
1923
End of the Rope
1923
Cyclone Jones
1923
The Freshie
1922
The Ropin' Fool
1922
Remembrance
1922
Blaze Away
1922
The Trail of Hate
1922
The Cowboy King
1922
Rounding Up the Law
1922
Across the Border
1922
Western Firebrands
1921
The Vengeance Trail
1921
The Jack Rider
1921
Godless Men
1920
Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920
Jubilo
1919
Almost a Husband
1919