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.

Known For

Tales of Wells Fargo

Wagon Train

Gunsmoke

Cheyenne

Sugarfoot

The Life Of Riley

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Restless Gun

All Movies (207)

• Buttons and Her Beaus1962
• The Comancheros1961 · as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
• The Alamo1960 · as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
• Five Bold Women1960 · as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
• Home from the Hill1960 · as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
• The Hired Gun1957 · as Elby Kirby
• Man from Del Rio1956 · as Fred Jasper
• Hidden Guns1956 · as Kingford
• Fremont: The Trailblazer1956 · as Cassidy
• The Outlaw's Daughter1954 · as Moose, Deputy
• Massacre Canyon1954 · as Pvt. Archibald Allen
• Southwest Passage1954 · as Tall Tale
• Hangman's Knot1952 · as Smitty
• Springfield Rifle1952 · as Sgt. Snow
• Man in the Saddle1951 · as Bourke Prine
• Al Jennings of Oklahoma1951 · as Lon Tuttle
• Rocky Mountain1950 · as Pap Dennison (CSA)
• Hoedown1950 · as Small Potatoes
• Brimstone1949 · as Art Benson
• Bad Men of Tombstone1949 · as Red Fisk
• Smoky Mountain Melody1948 · as Saddle Grease Williams
• Station West1948 · as Mick Marion
• Road to the Big House1947 · as Butch McQuinn
• Smoky River Serenade1947 · as Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
• King of the Wild Horses1947 · as Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams)
• Over the Santa Fe Trail1947 · as Big Boy Jackson
• Singin' in the Corn1946 · as Hank
• Singing on the Trail1946 · as Big Boy Webster
• Cowboy Blues1946 · as Big Boy Stover
• That Texas Jamboree1946 · as Big Boy Frazer
• Throw a Saddle on a Star1946 · as Big Boy
• Song of the Prairie1945 · as Big Boy Jackson
• Rhythm Round-Up1945 · as Zeke Winslow
• The Man Who Walked Alone1945 · as Champ
• Sing Me a Song of Texas1945 · as Big Boy
• Belle of the Yukon1944 · as Sheriff Mervin Maitland
• Nevada1944 · as Dusty
• Swing in the Saddle1944 · as 'Tiny' Baldwin
• Cowboy and the Senorita1944 · as 'Teddy' Bear
• Cowboy Canteen1944 · as Spud Harrigan
• Hands Across the Border1944 · as Teddy Bear
• Minesweeper1943 · as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
• The Desperadoes1943 · as Nitro Rankin
• Stars on Horseback1943
• American Empire1942 · as Sailaway
• Silver Queen1942 · as Blackie
• Between Us Girls1942 · as Father of the Boys
• Lure of the Islands1942 · as Jinx
• Mr. Wise Guy1942 · as Luke Manning
• The Bugle Sounds1942 · as Sgt. Krims
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town1941 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Swamp Water1941 · as Bud Dorson
• You'll Never Get Rich1941 · as Kewpie Blain
• Riders of Death Valley1941 · as Borax Bill
• Billy the Kid1941 · as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
• Country Fair1941 · as Gunther Potts
• Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga1941 · as Alvin
• Santa Fe Trail1940 · as Windy Brody
• Dulcy1940 · as Henry
• Pleased to Mitt You1940 · as Chuck Brenner
• Money and the Woman1940 · as Mr. Adle
• Wagons Westward1940 · as Jake Hardman
• Alias the Deacon1940 · as Bull Gumbatz
• Virginia City1940 · as Marblehead
• Castle on the Hudson1940 · as Mike Cagle
• The Fighting 69th1940 · as Paddy Dolan
• Fugitive at Large1939 · as Conway (as Guinn Williams)
• Legion of Lost Flyers1939 · as Jake Halley
• Blackmail1939 · as Moose McCarthy
• Bad Lands1939 · as Billy Sweet
• Mutiny on the Blackhawk1939 · as Blake - the First Mate
• 6,000 Enemies1939 · as Maxie
• Street of Missing Men1939 · as T-Bone
• Dodge City1939 · as Tex Baird
• Pardon Our Nerve1939 · as Samson Smith
• I Demand Payment1938 · as Happy Crofton
• Down in 'Arkansaw'1938 · as Juble Butler
• Hold That Co-ed1938 · as Mike Wurgerski
• Crashing Through Danger1938 · as Slim
• Army Girl1938 · as Ross
• Professor Beware1938 · as Motorcycle Cop
• The Marines Are Here1938 · as Sgt. Gibbons
• You and Me1938 · as Taxi
• Everybody's Doing It1938 · as 'Softy' Blane
• Wise Girl1937 · as Mike
• The Bad Man of Brimstone1937 · as Vulch McCreedy
• My Dear Miss Aldrich1937 · as An Attendant
• Big City1937 · as Danny Devlin
• She's No Lady1937 · as Jeff
• The Singing Marine1937 · as Dopey
• Flying Fists1937 · as Slug Cassidy
• Girls Can Play1937 · as Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
• Dangerous Holiday1937 · as Duke Edwards
• A Star Is Born1937 · as Posture Coach
• Don't Tell the Wife1937 · as Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
• You Only Live Once1937 · as Rogers
• Career Woman1936 · as Bede Sanders
• North of Nome1936 · as Haage
• End of the Trail1936 · as Bob Hildreth
• The Big Game1936 · as Pete Jenkins
• Kelly the Second1936 · as Cecil Joseph Callahan
• The Vigilantes Are Coming1936 · as Salvation
• Grand Jury1936 · as Joseph Britt
• The Champ's a Chump1936 · as Spike
• Love on a Bet1936 · as Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
• Muss 'em Up1936 · as 'Red' Cable
• The Littlest Rebel1935 · as Sgt. Dudley
• Miss Pacific Fleet1935 · as Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
• Gun Play1935 · as Bill Williams
• The Law of 45's1935 · as Tucson Two-Gun Smith
• Powdersmoke Range1935 · as Lullaby Joslin
• Danger Trails1935 · as Bob Wilson
• Society Fever1935 · as Edgar Prouty
• The Glass Key1935 · as Jeff
• Village Tale1935 · as Ben Roberts
• Private Worlds1935 · as Jerry Stone
• One in a Million1935 · as Spike McGafferty
• Big Boy Rides Again1935 · as Tom Duncan
• The Silver Streak1934 · as Higgins
• Cowboy Holiday1934 · as Buck Sawyer
• Flirtation Walk1934 · as Sleepy
• Thunder Over Texas1934 · as Ted Wright
• Romance in the Rain1934 · as Panya Mankiewicz
• Here Comes the Navy1934 · as Dance-Floor Manager
• Half a Sinner1934 · as 'Bull' Moran
• Cheaters1934 · as Detective Sweeney
• The Undie-World1934 · as Bugsy McHugh
• Palooka1934 · as Slats (uncredited)
• The Mystery Squadron1933 · as Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
• College Coach1933 · as Matthews
• Rafter Romance1933 · as Fritzie
• Man of the Forest1933 · as Big Boy
• Laughing at Life1933 · as Jones
• The Phantom Broadcast1933 · as Sandy Higgins
• The Devil Is Driving1932 · as Mac
• You Said a Mouthful1932 · as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
• Boys Will Be Boys1932 · as Butch
• Heritage of the Desert1932 · as Lefty
• 70,000 Witnesses1932 · as Connors
• Drifting Souls1932 · as Bing
• Polly of the Circus1932 · as Eric
• Ladies of the Jury1932 · as Steve Bromm (uncredited)
• Running Hollywood1932 · as Scratchface Henchman
• War Mamas1931 · as Doughboy
• The Phantom1931 · as Dick Mallory
• Catch-As Catch-Can1931 · as Strangler Sullivan
• The Great Meadow1931 · as Rubin Hall
• The Bachelor Father1931 · as Dick Berney
• College Lovers1930 · as Tiny Courtley
• Liliom1930 · as Hollinger
• The Bad Man1930 · as Red Giddings
• The Big Fight1930 · as Tiger
• City Girl1930 · as Reaper
• The Forward Pass1929 · as Honey Smith
• Lucky Star1929 · as Martin Wrenn
• From Headquarters1929 · as Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer
• My Man1928 · as Joe Halsey
• Noah's Ark1928 · as Al Wilson / Ham
• Beggars of Life1928 · as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
• Vamping Venus1928 · as Mars
• Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath1928 · as Sweeney
• Burning Daylight1928 · as English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
• The College Widow1927 · as Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
• The Down Grade1927 · as Ed Holden
• Lightning1927 · as Cuth Stewart
• The Woman Who Did Not Care1927 · as Lars
• Babe Comes Home1927 · as Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
• Snowbound1927 · as Bull Morgan
• Arizona Bound1927 · as Cowboy
• Backstage1927 · as Mike Donovan
• Slide, Kelly, Slide1927 · as McLean
• Quarantined Rivals1927 · as Joe, the plumber
• The Desert's Toll1926 · as Henchman
• Brown of Harvard1926 · as Hal Walter
• The Big Stunt1925
• The Black Cyclone1925 · as Jim Lawson
• Courage of Wolfheart1925
• Riders of the Sand Storm1925 · as The Cowboy
• Rose of the Desert1925 · as Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
• Whistling Jim1925 · as Whistling Jim
• Sporting West1925
• Bad Man from Bodie1925
• Wolfheart's Revenge1925 · as Jack Stanley
• Red Blood and Blue1925 · as Tom Butler
• Fangs of Wolfheart1925
• The Eagle's Claw1924 · as Dan Carson
• The Avenger1924 · as Nat Sherwood
• Uncensored Movies1923
• $1,000 Reward1923
• Riders at Night1923
• End of the Rope1923
• Cyclone Jones1923 · as Cyclone Jones
• The Freshie1922 · as Charles Taylor
• The Ropin' Fool1922 · as The Foreman
• Blaze Away1922 · as Big Boy
• Remembrance1922
• The Trail of Hate1922 · as Silent Kerry
• The Cowboy King1922 · as Dud Smiley
• Rounding Up the Law1922 · as Larry Connell
• Across the Border1922 · as Andy Fowler
• Western Firebrands1921 · as Billy Fargo
• The Vengeance Trail1921 · as Big Boy Bronson
• The Jack Rider1921 · as Frank Stevens
• Godless Men1920 · as Seaman
• Cupid the Cowpuncher1920 · as Hairoil Johnson
• Jubilo1919 · as Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
• Almost a Husband1919

All TV Shows (13)

• The Restless Gun1957 · as Jeff Bonsell
• Wagon Train1957 · as Calvin Bryngelson
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Moose McKlintock
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as Mike Forbes
• Circus Boy1956
• U.S. Marshall1956 · as Jones
• My Friend Flicka1955 · as Jeb Taylor
• Cheyenne1955 · as Prairie Dog
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Groat
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Buffalo
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954 · as Sgt. Muldoon
• The Life Of Riley1953 · as Finnegan
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951 · as Tulsa Jack