Acting
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
EN, XX cinema · 207 credits
Born
25 April 1899
Died
6 June 1962 (aged 63)
Birthplace
Decatur, Texas, USA
Also known as Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. · Big Boy Williams · Gwinn Williams · Gwynn Williams · Tex 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.
Known for
Filmography
The Comancheros
as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Five Bold Women
as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
The Alamo
as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
Home from the Hill
as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
The Hired Gun
as Elby Kirby
Man from Del Rio
as Fred Jasper
Hidden Guns
as Kingford
Southwest Passage
as Tall Tale
Massacre Canyon
as Pvt. Archibald Allen
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Moose, Deputy
Hangman's Knot
as Smitty
Springfield Rifle
as Sgt. Snow
Man in the Saddle
as Bourke Prine
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Lon Tuttle
Rocky Mountain
as Pap Dennison (CSA)
Hoedown
as Small Potatoes
Brimstone
as Art Benson
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Red Fisk
Station West
as Mick Marion
Smoky Mountain Melody
as Saddle Grease Williams
Road to the Big House
as Butch McQuinn
Smoky River Serenade
as Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
King of the Wild Horses
as Jed Acker
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Big Boy Jackson
That Texas Jamboree
as Big Boy Frazer
Singing on the Trail
as Big Boy Webster
Throw a Saddle on a Star
as Big Boy
Cowboy Blues
as Big Boy Stover
Song of the Prairie
as Big Boy Jackson
Sing Me a Song of Texas
as Big Boy
Rhythm Round-Up
as Zeke Winslow
Belle of the Yukon
as Sheriff Mervin Maitland
Cowboy and the Senorita
as 'Teddy' Bear
Hands Across the Border
as Teddy Bear
Nevada
as Dusty
Swing in the Saddle
as 'Tiny' Baldwin
Cowboy Canteen
as Spud Harrigan
Minesweeper
as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
The Desperadoes
as Nitro Rankin
American Empire
as Sailaway
Mr. Wise Guy
as Luke Manning
Between Us Girls
as Father of the Boys
Silver Queen
as Blackie
The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Krims
You'll Never Get Rich
as Kewpie Blain
Swamp Water
as Bud Dorson
Billy the Kid
as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Country Fair
as Gunther Potts
Riders of Death Valley
as Borax Bill
Santa Fe Trail
as Windy Brody
Castle on the Hudson
as Mike Cagle
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Adle
The Fighting 69th
as Paddy Dolan
Alias the Deacon
as Bull Gumbatz
Virginia City
as Marblehead
Pleased to Mitt You
as Chuck Brenner
Wagons Westward
as Jake Hardman
Dulcy
as Henry
Fugitive at Large
as Conway (as Guinn Williams)
Dodge City
as Tex Baird
Blackmail
as Moose McCarthy
Bad Lands
as Billy Sweet
6,000 Enemies
as Maxie
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Blake - the First Mate
Street of Missing Men
as T-Bone
Pardon Our Nerve
as Samson Smith
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Jake Halley
You and Me
as Taxi
Army Girl
as Ross
Hold That Co-ed
as Mike Wurgerski
Everybody's Doing It
as 'Softy' Blane
Professor Beware
as Motorcycle Cop
Down in 'Arkansaw'
as Juble Butler
The Marines Are Here
as Sgt. Gibbons
I Demand Payment
as Happy Crofton
A Star Is Born
as Posture Coach
You Only Live Once
as Rogers
Big City
as Danny Devlin
Wise Girl
as Mike
Dangerous Holiday
as Duke Edwards
Flying Fists
as Slug Cassidy
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Vulch McCreedy
She's No Lady
as Jeff
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as An Attendant
The Singing Marine
as Dopey
Don't Tell the Wife
as Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
Girls Can Play
as Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
Kelly the Second
as Cecil Joseph Callahan
Grand Jury
as Joseph Britt
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Salvation
The Big Game
as Pete Jenkins
Love on a Bet
as Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
Muss 'em Up
as 'Red' Cable
North of Nome
as Haage
End of the Trail
as Bob Hildreth
Career Woman
as Bede Sanders
The Champ's a Chump
as Spike
The Glass Key
as Jeff
The Littlest Rebel
as Sergeant Dudley
Private Worlds
as Jerry Stone
Big Boy Rides Again
as Tom Duncan
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
The Law of 45's
as Tucson Two-Gun Smith
One in a Million
as Spike McGafferty
Gun Play
as Bill Williams
Village Tale
as Ben Roberts
Danger Trails
as Bob Wilson, Story
Society Fever
as Edgar Prouty
Powdersmoke Range
as Lullaby Joslin
Flirtation Walk
as Sleepy
Cowboy Holiday
as Buck Sawyer
Thunder Over Texas
as Ted Wright
The Silver Streak
as Higgins
Cheaters
as Detective Sweeney
Here Comes the Navy
as Dance-Floor Manager
Palooka
as Slats (uncredited)
The Undie-World
as Bugsy McHugh
Romance in the Rain
as Panya Mankiewicz
Half a Sinner
as 'Bull' Moran
Rafter Romance
as Fritzie
The Mystery Squadron
as Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
College Coach
as Matthews
Man of the Forest
as Big Boy
Laughing at Life
as Jones
The Phantom Broadcast
as Sandy Higgins
Drifting Souls
as Bing
Running Hollywood
1932
Running Hollywood
as Scratchface Henchman
You Said a Mouthful
as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
as Steve Bromm (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
as Connors
The Phantom
as Dick Mallory
The Bachelor Father
as Dick Berney
The Great Meadow
as Rubin Hall
War Mamas
as Doughboy
Catch-As Catch-Can
as Strangler Sullivan
City Girl
as Reaper
College Lovers
as Tiny Courtley
The Big Fight
as Tiger
The Bad Man
as Red Giddings
Liliom
as Hollinger
Lucky Star
as Martin Wrenn
The Forward Pass
as Honey Smith
From Headquarters
as Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer
Beggars of Life
as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
Noah's Ark
as Al Wilson / Ham
My Man
as Joe Halsey
Vamping Venus
as Mars
Burning Daylight
as English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as McLean
Quarantined Rivals
1927
Quarantined Rivals
as Joe, the plumber
Backstage
as Mike Donovan
The Down Grade
as Ed Holden
The College Widow
as Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
Snowbound
as Bull Morgan
Babe Comes Home
as Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
Arizona Bound
as Cowboy
Lightning
as Cuth Stewart
Brown of Harvard
as Hal Walter
The Desert's Toll
as Henchman
Rose of the Desert
as Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
The Black Cyclone
as Jim Lawson
Red Blood and Blue
1925
Red Blood and Blue
as Tom Butler, Story
Whistling Jim
as Whistling Jim
Wolfheart's Revenge
as Jack Stanley
The Avenger
as Nat Sherwood
The Eagle's Claw
as Dan Carson
Cyclone Jones
1923
Cyclone Jones
as Cyclone Jones
The Ropin' Fool
as The Foreman
The Trail of Hate
as Silent Kerry
Across the Border
1922
Across the Border
as Andy Fowler
The Cowboy King
as Dud Smiley
Rounding Up the Law
as Larry Connell
Blaze Away
as Big Boy
The Freshie
as Charles Taylor
The Jack Rider
as Frank Stevens, Writer
The Vengeance Trail
as Big Boy Bronson, Story
Western Firebrands
1921
Western Firebrands
as Billy Fargo
Cupid the Cowpuncher
as Hairoil Johnson
Godless Men
as Seaman
Jubilo
as Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
