Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
male
Born on April 25, 1899 (126 years old)
Passed Away on June 06, 1962
From Decatur, Texas, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
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- 1943
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- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
Fugitive at Large
as
Conway (as Guinn Williams)
1939
Dodge City
as
Tex Baird
1939
Blackmail
as
Moose McCarthy
1939
Bad Lands
as
Billy Sweet
1939
6,000 Enemies
as
Maxie
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as
Blake - the First Mate
1939
Street of Missing Men
as
T-Bone
1939
Pardon Our Nerve
as
Samson Smith
1939
Legion of Lost Flyers
as
Jake Halley
1939
- 1938
- 1937
A Star Is Born
as
Posture Coach
1937
You Only Live Once
as
Rogers
1937
Big City
as
Danny Devlin
1937
Wise Girl
as
Mike
1937
Dangerous Holiday
as
Duke Edwards
1937
Flying Fists
as
Slug Cassidy
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as
Vulch McCreedy
1937
She's No Lady
as
Jeff
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as
An Attendant
1937
The Singing Marine
as
Dopey
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
as
Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
1937
Girls Can Play
as
Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
1937
- 1936
Kelly the Second
as
Cecil Joseph Callahan
1936
Grand Jury
as
Joseph Britt
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as
Salvation
1936
The Big Game
as
Pete Jenkins
1936
Love on a Bet
as
Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
1936
Muss 'em Up
as
'Red' Cable
1936
North of Nome
as
Haage
1936
End of the Trail
as
Bob Hildreth
1936
Career Woman
as
Bede Sanders
1936
The Champ's a Chump
as
Spike
1936
- 1935
The Glass Key
as
Jeff
1935
The Littlest Rebel
as
Sgt. Dudley
1935
Private Worlds
as
Jerry Stone
1935
Big Boy Rides Again
as
Tom Duncan
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
as
Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
1935
The Law of 45's
as
Tucson Two-Gun Smith
1935
One in a Million
as
Spike McGafferty
1935
Gun Play
as
Bill Williams
1935
Village Tale
as
Ben Roberts
1935
Danger Trails
as
Bob Wilson
1935
Society Fever
as
Edgar Prouty
1935
Powdersmoke Range
as
Lullaby Joslin
1935
- 1934
Flirtation Walk
as
Sleepy
1934
Cowboy Holiday
as
Buck Sawyer
1934
Thunder Over Texas
as
Ted Wright
1934
The Silver Streak
as
Higgins
1934
Cheaters
as
Detective Sweeney
1934
Here Comes the Navy
as
Dance-Floor Manager
1934
Palooka
as
Slats (uncredited)
1934
The Undie-World
as
Bugsy McHugh
1934
Romance in the Rain
as
Panya Mankiewicz
1934
Half a Sinner
as
'Bull' Moran
1934
- 1933
- 1932
Heritage of the Desert
as
Lefty
1932
Polly of the Circus
as
Eric
1932
Drifting Souls
as
Bing
1932
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Running Hollywood
as
Scratchface Henchman
1932
The Devil Is Driving
as
Mac
1932
You Said a Mouthful
as
Swimming Champion Joe Holt (uncredited)
1932
Ladies of the Jury
as
Steve Bromm (uncredited)
1932
70,000 Witnesses
as
Connors
1932
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Boys Will Be Boys
as
Butch
1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
The Woman Who Did Not Care
as
Lars
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as
McLean
1927
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Quarantined Rivals
as
Joe, the plumber
1927
Backstage
as
Mike Donovan
1927
The Down Grade
as
Ed Holden
1927
The College Widow
as
Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
1927
Snowbound
as
Bull Morgan
1927
Babe Comes Home
as
Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
1927
Arizona Bound
as
Cowboy
1927
Lightning
as
Cuth Stewart
1927
- 1926
- 1925
Rose of the Desert
as
Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
1925
Fangs of Wolfheart
1925
Bad Man from Bodie
1925
The Big Stunt
1925
Courage of Wolfheart
1925
Black Cyclone
as
Jim Lawson
1925
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Red Blood and Blue
as
Tom Butler
1925
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Sporting West
1925
Whistling Jim
as
Whistling Jim
1925
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Riders of the Sand Storm
as
The Cowboy
1925
Wolfheart's Revenge
as
Jack Stanley
1925
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1921
- 1920
- 1919
