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.
Acting (194 movies)
Santa Fe Trail
1940
American Empire
1942
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
A Star Is Born
1937
Castle on the Hudson
1940
Fugitive at Large
1939
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
Jubilo
1919
Rose of the Desert
1925
Courage of Wolfheart
1925
Bad Man from Bodie
1925
Fangs of Wolfheart
1925
The Big Stunt
1925
The Glass Key
1935
Station West
1948
Man in the Saddle
1951
The Littlest Rebel
1935
Swamp Water
1941
Belle of the Yukon
1944
Rocky Mountain
1950
Dodge City
1939
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
Road to the Big House
1947
You Only Live Once
1937
Big City
1937
Hands Across the Border
1944
Hangman's Knot
1952
Minesweeper
1943
The Woman Who Did Not Care
1927
Man from Del Rio
1956
Flirtation Walk
1934
Beggars of Life
1928
Brown of Harvard
1926
Lucky Star
1929
Noah's Ark
1928
Private Worlds
1935
Blackmail
1939
Rafter Romance
1933
Springfield Rifle
1952
Billy the Kid
1941
Kelly the Second
1936
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
The Phantom
1931
Big Boy Rides Again
1935
Heritage of the Desert
1932
The Ropin' Fool
1922
You and Me
1938
The Mystery Squadron
1933
The Hired Gun
1957
Wise Girl
1937
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
College Coach
1933
Black Cyclone
1925
Man of the Forest
1933
Song of the Prairie
1945
The Law of 45's
1935
Army Girl
1938
Polly of the Circus
1932
Cowboy Holiday
1934
Grand Jury
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Thunder Over Texas
1934
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
The Big Game
1936
The Bachelor Father
1931
Dangerous Holiday
1937
Bad Lands
1939
Flying Fists
1937
Money and the Woman
1940
One in a Million
1935
The Silver Streak
1934
Gun Play
1935
Hold That Co-ed
1938
The Great Meadow
1931
Drifting Souls
1932
Cheaters
1934
Laughing at Life
1933
Muss 'em Up
1936
Love on a Bet
1936
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
Fremont: The Trailblazer
1956
Village Tale
1935
$1,000 Reward
1923
Uncensored Movies
1923
Whistling Jim
1925
The Devil Is Driving
1932
Backstage
1927
The Down Grade
1927
Almost a Husband
1919
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
City Girl
1930
College Lovers
1930
The Big Fight
1930
Brimstone
1949
Five Bold Women
1960
Southwest Passage
1954
Crashing Through Danger
1938
Massacre Canyon
1954
Nevada
1944
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Jack Rider | 1921 | Writer |