Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

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

1961

The Comancheros
Movie

Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)

1960

The Alamo
Movie

Lt. 'Irish' Finn

1960

Home from the Hill
Movie

Hugh Macauley (uncredited)

1957

1956

1956

1955

1950

Rocky Mountain
Movie

Pap Dennison (CSA)

1949

Brimstone
Movie

Art Benson

1948

1944

Belle of the Yukon
Movie

Sheriff Mervin Maitland

1944

1944

Cowboy Canteen
Movie

Spud Harrigan

1944

Cowboy Canteen
Movie

Spud Harrigan

1944

Cowboy Canteen
Movie

Spud Harrigan

1943

1941

Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Movie

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1941

1941

Billy the Kid
Movie

Ed Bronson (blacksmith)

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1937

A Star Is Born
Movie

Posture Coach

1937

Don't Tell the Wife
Movie

Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal

1937

Don't Tell the Wife
Movie

Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal

1936

Career Woman
Movie

Bede Sanders

1935

Miss Pacific Fleet
Movie

Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend

1935

Society Fever
Movie

Edgar Prouty

1935

1934

Here Comes the Navy
Movie

Dance-Floor Manager

1934

Cheaters
Movie

Detective Sweeney

1934

Palooka
Movie

Slats (uncredited)

1933

1932

You Said a Mouthful
Movie

Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)

1931

The Phantom
Movie

Dick Mallory

1930

1929

Lucky Star
Movie

Martin Wrenn

1929

From Headquarters
Movie

Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer

1928

My Man
Movie

Joe Halsey

1928

Noah's Ark
Movie

Al Wilson / Ham

1927

The College Widow
Movie

Don White (as Big Boy Williams)

1926

1924

The Avenger
Movie

Nat Sherwood

1924

The Avenger
Movie

Nat Sherwood

1922

Infos

Full Name
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
4/25/1899
Date of Death
6/6/1962
Also Known As

Guinn Terrell Williams Jr.

Big Boy Williams

Gwinn Williams

Gwynn Williams

Tex Williams