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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Actor · 1899 – 1962 · 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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.1

    The Alamo

    1960 · 411 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Comancheros

    1961 · 219 votes

  • Movie7.1

    You Only Live Once

    1937 · 196 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Home from the Hill

    1960 · 69 votes

  • Movie7.2

    A Star Is Born

    1937 · 244 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Man from Del Rio

    1956 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Dodge City

    1939 · 113 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Santa Fe Trail

    1940 · 66 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Springfield Rifle

    1952 · 51 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Desperadoes

    1943 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Virginia City

    1940 · 40 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Hangman's Knot

    1952 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.5

    You'll Never Get Rich

    1941 · 63 votes

  • Movie7.5

    City Girl

    1930 · 106 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Rocky Mountain

    1950 · 18 votes

  • Movie6.6

    You and Me

    1938 · 46 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Snowbound

    1927 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Mr. Bug Goes to Town

    1941 · 38 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Swamp Water

    1941 · 46 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Station West

    1948 · 27 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Noah's Ark

    1928 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Army Girl

    1938 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Man in the Saddle

    1951 · 25 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Sporting West

    1925 · 1 votes

Series13

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV7.2

    Tales of Wells Fargo

    1957 · 16 votes

  • TV5.1

    Sugarfoot

    1957 · 8 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV5.3
  • TV6.7

    The Life Of Riley

    1953 · 3 votes

  • TV4.4

    The Restless Gun

    1957 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0
  • TV6.2

    My Friend Flicka

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV6.0

    Circus Boy

    1956 · 3 votes

  • TV7.8

    Sheriff of Cochise

    U.S. Marshall

    1958 · 4 votes