Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Born
April 25, 1899
Died
June 6, 1962 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
The Comancheros
Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
1961
The Alamo
Lt. 'Irish' Finn
1960
Five Bold Women
'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
1960
Home from the Hill
Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
1960
The Restless Gun
Jeff Bonsell · (1 episode)
1957
The Hired Gun
Elby Kirby
1957
Wagon Train
Calvin Bryngelson · (1 episode)
1957
Sugarfoot
Moose McKlintock · (1 episode)
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
Mike Forbes · (1 episode)
1957
Man from Del Rio
Fred Jasper
1956
Circus Boy
(49 episodes)
1956
U.S. Marshall
Jones · (1 episode)
1956
Hidden Guns
Kingford
1956
Fremont: The Trailblazer
Cassidy
1956
My Friend Flicka
Jeb Taylor · (1 episode)
1955
Cheyenne
Prairie Dog · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Groat · (1 episode)
1955
The Outlaw's Daughter
Moose, Deputy
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Buffalo · (1 episode)
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Sgt. Muldoon · (1 episode)
1954
Massacre Canyon
Pvt. Archibald Allen
1954
Southwest Passage
Tall Tale
1954
The Life Of Riley
Finnegan · (1 episode)
1953
Hangman's Knot
Smitty
1952
Springfield Rifle
Sgt. Snow
1952
Man in the Saddle
Bourke Prine
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Tulsa Jack · (1 episode)
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Lon Tuttle
1951
Rocky Mountain
Pap Dennison (CSA)
1950
Hoedown
Small Potatoes
1950
Brimstone
Art Benson
1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
Red Fisk
1949
Smoky Mountain Melody
Saddle Grease Williams
1948
Station West
Mick Marion
1948
Road to the Big House
Butch McQuinn
1947
Smoky River Serenade
Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
1947
King of the Wild Horses
Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams)
1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Big Boy Jackson
1947
Singin' in the Corn
Hank
1946
Singing on the Trail
Big Boy Webster
1946
Cowboy Blues
Big Boy Stover
1946
That Texas Jamboree
Big Boy Frazer
1946
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Big Boy
1946
Song of the Prairie
Big Boy Jackson
1945
Rhythm Round-Up
Zeke Winslow
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
Champ
1945
Sing Me a Song of Texas
Big Boy
1945
Belle of the Yukon
Sheriff Mervin Maitland
1944
Nevada
Dusty
1944
Swing in the Saddle
'Tiny' Baldwin
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita
'Teddy' Bear
1944
Cowboy Canteen
Spud Harrigan
1944
Hands Across the Border
Teddy Bear
1944
Minesweeper
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
1943
The Desperadoes
Nitro Rankin
1943
Stars on Horseback
1943
American Empire
Sailaway
1942
Silver Queen
Blackie
1942
Between Us Girls
Father of the Boys
1942
Lure of the Islands
Jinx
1942
Mr. Wise Guy
Luke Manning
1942
The Bugle Sounds
Sgt. Krims
1942
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Swamp Water
Bud Dorson
1941
You'll Never Get Rich
Kewpie Blain
1941
Riders of Death Valley
Borax Bill
1941
Billy the Kid
Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
1941
Country Fair
Gunther Potts
1941
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Alvin
1941
Santa Fe Trail
Windy Brody
1940
Dulcy
Henry
1940
Pleased to Mitt You
Chuck Brenner
1940
Money and the Woman
Mr. Adle
1940
Wagons Westward
Jake Hardman
1940
Alias the Deacon
Bull Gumbatz
1940
Virginia City
Marblehead
1940
Castle on the Hudson
Mike Cagle
1940
The Fighting 69th
Paddy Dolan
1940
Fugitive at Large
Conway (as Guinn Williams)
1939
Legion of Lost Flyers
Jake Halley
1939
Blackmail
Moose McCarthy
1939
Bad Lands
Billy Sweet
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Blake - the First Mate
1939
6,000 Enemies
Maxie
1939
Street of Missing Men
T-Bone
1939
Dodge City
Tex Baird
1939
Pardon Our Nerve
Samson Smith
1939
I Demand Payment
Happy Crofton
1938
Down in 'Arkansaw'
Juble Butler
1938
Hold That Co-ed
Mike Wurgerski
1938
Crashing Through Danger
Slim
1938
Army Girl
Ross
1938
Professor Beware
Motorcycle Cop
1938
The Marines Are Here
Sgt. Gibbons
1938
You and Me
Taxi
1938
Everybody's Doing It
'Softy' Blane
1938
Wise Girl
Mike
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Vulch McCreedy
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
An Attendant
1937
Big City
Danny Devlin
1937
She's No Lady
Jeff
1937
The Singing Marine
Dopey
1937
Flying Fists
Slug Cassidy
1937
Girls Can Play
Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
1937
Dangerous Holiday
Duke Edwards
1937
A Star Is Born
Posture Coach
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
1937
You Only Live Once
Rogers
1937
Career Woman
Bede Sanders
1936
North of Nome
Haage
1936
End of the Trail
Bob Hildreth
1936
The Big Game
Pete Jenkins
1936
Kelly the Second
Cecil Joseph Callahan
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Salvation
1936
Grand Jury
Joseph Britt
1936
The Champ's a Chump
Spike
1936
Love on a Bet
Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
1936
Muss 'em Up
'Red' Cable
1936
The Littlest Rebel
Sgt. Dudley
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
1935
Gun Play
Bill Williams
1935
The Law of 45's
Tucson Two-Gun Smith
1935
Powdersmoke Range
Lullaby Joslin
1935
Danger Trails
Bob Wilson
1935
Society Fever
Edgar Prouty
1935
The Glass Key
Jeff
1935
Village Tale
Ben Roberts
1935
Private Worlds
Jerry Stone
1935
One in a Million
Spike McGafferty
1935
Big Boy Rides Again
Tom Duncan
1935
The Silver Streak
Higgins
1934
Cowboy Holiday
Buck Sawyer
1934
Flirtation Walk
Sleepy
1934
Thunder Over Texas
Ted Wright
1934
Romance in the Rain
Panya Mankiewicz
1934
Here Comes the Navy
Dance-Floor Manager
1934
Half a Sinner
'Bull' Moran
1934
Cheaters
Detective Sweeney
1934
The Undie-World
Bugsy McHugh
1934
Palooka
Slats (uncredited)
1934
The Mystery Squadron
Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
1933
College Coach
Matthews
1933
Rafter Romance
Fritzie
1933
Man of the Forest
Big Boy
1933
Laughing at Life
Jones
1933
The Phantom Broadcast
Sandy Higgins
1933
The Devil Is Driving
Mac
1932
You Said a Mouthful
Swimming Champion Joe Holt (uncredited)
1932
Boys Will Be Boys
Butch
1932
Heritage of the Desert
Lefty
1932
70,000 Witnesses
Connors
1932
Drifting Souls
Bing
1932
Polly of the Circus
Eric
1932
Ladies of the Jury
Steve Bromm (uncredited)
1932
Running Hollywood
Scratchface Henchman
1932
War Mamas
Doughboy
1931
The Phantom
Dick Mallory
1931
Catch-As Catch-Can
Strangler Sullivan
1931
The Great Meadow
Rubin Hall
1931
The Bachelor Father
Dick Berney
1931
College Lovers
Tiny Courtley
1930
Liliom
Hollinger
1930
The Bad Man
Red Giddings
1930
The Big Fight
Tiger
1930
City Girl
Reaper
1930
The Forward Pass
Honey Smith
1929
Lucky Star
Sgt. Martin Wrenn
1929
From Headquarters
Gunnery Sgt. Wilmer (as Guinn Williams)
1929
My Man
Joe Halsey
1928
Noah's Ark
Al Wilson / Ham
1928
Beggars of Life
Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
1928
Vamping Venus
Mars
1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Sweeney
1928
Burning Daylight
English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
1928
The College Widow
Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
1927
The Down Grade
Ed Holden
1927
Lightning
Cuth Stewart
1927
The Woman Who Did Not Care
Lars
1927
Babe Comes Home
Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
1927
Snowbound
Bull Morgan
1927
Arizona Bound
Cowboy
1927
Backstage
Mike Donovan
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
McLean
1927
Quarantined Rivals
Joe, the plumber
1927
The Desert's Toll
Henchman
1926
Brown of Harvard
Hal Walter
1926
The Big Stunt
1925
Black Cyclone
Jim Lawson
1925
Courage of Wolfheart
1925
Riders of the Sand Storm
The Cowboy
1925
Rose of the Desert
Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
1925
Whistling Jim
Whistling Jim
1925
Sporting West
1925
Bad Man from Bodie
1925
Wolfheart's Revenge
Jack Stanley
1925
Red Blood and Blue
Tom Butler
1925
Fangs of Wolfheart
1925
The Eagle's Claw
Dan Carson
1924
The Avenger
Nat Sherwood
1924
Uncensored Movies
1923
$1,000 Reward
1923
End of the Rope
1923
Riders at Night
1923
Cyclone Jones
Cyclone Jones
1923
The Freshie
Charles Taylor
1922
The Ropin' Fool
The Foreman
1922
Blaze Away
Big Boy
1922
Remembrance
1922
The Trail of Hate
Silent Kerry
1922
The Cowboy King
Dud Smiley
1922
Rounding Up the Law
Larry Connell
1922
Across the Border
Andy Fowler
1922
Western Firebrands
Billy Fargo
1921
The Vengeance Trail
Big Boy Bronson
1921
The Jack Rider
Frank Stevens
1921
Godless Men
Seaman
1920
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Hairoil Johnson
1920
Jubilo
Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
1919
Almost a Husband
1919