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
Wagon Train
1957
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Sugarfoot
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Life Of Riley
1953
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Restless Gun
1957
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
U.S. Marshall
1958
Circus Boy
1956
Filmography
Wagon Train
as Calvin Bryngelson · 1957
Cheyenne
as Prairie Dog · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Groat · 1955
Sugarfoot
as Moose McKlintock · 1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Mike Forbes · 1957
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Tulsa Jack · 1951
The Life Of Riley
as Finnegan · 1953
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Buffalo · 1954
The Restless Gun
as Jeff Bonsell · 1957
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Sgt. Muldoon · 1954
U.S. Marshall
as Jones · 1958
Circus Boy
· 1956
The Alamo
as Lt. 'Irish' Finn · 1960
My Friend Flicka
as Jeb Taylor · 1955
The Comancheros
as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited) · 1961
A Star Is Born
as Posture Coach · 1937
Home from the Hill
as Hugh Macauley (uncredited) · 1960
You Only Live Once
as Rogers · 1937
Dodge City
as Tex Baird · 1939
Santa Fe Trail
as Windy Brody · 1940
Station West
as Mick Marion · 1948
Hangman's Knot
as Smitty · 1952
The Desperadoes
as Nitro Rankin · 1943
Noah's Ark
as Al Wilson / Ham · 1928
Springfield Rifle
as Sgt. Snow · 1952
You'll Never Get Rich
as Kewpie Blain · 1941
Virginia City
as Marblehead · 1940
Man from Del Rio
as Fred Jasper · 1956
Belle of the Yukon
as Sheriff Mervin Maitland · 1944
Man in the Saddle
as Bourke Prine · 1951
Castle on the Hudson
as Mike Cagle · 1940
Army Girl
as Ross · 1938
Man of the Forest
as Big Boy · 1933
The Littlest Rebel
as Sergeant Dudley · 1935
City Girl
as Reaper · 1930
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1941
You and Me
as Taxi · 1938
Flying Fists
as Slug Cassidy · 1937
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Adle · 1940
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Lon Tuttle · 1951
End of the Trail
as Bob Hildreth · 1936
Rocky Mountain
as Pap Dennison (CSA) · 1950
Swamp Water
as Bud Dorson · 1941
The Fighting 69th
as Paddy Dolan · 1940
Riders of Death Valley
as Borax Bill · 1941
Heritage of the Desert
as Lefty · 1932
Billy the Kid
as Ed Bronson (blacksmith) · 1941
Ladies of the Jury
as Steve Bromm (uncredited) · 1932
Swing in the Saddle
as 'Tiny' Baldwin · 1944
Sporting West
· 1925
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Red Fisk · 1949
Song of the Prairie
as Big Boy Jackson · 1945
Singin' in the Corn
as Hank · 1946
Blaze Away
as Big Boy · 1922
Here Comes the Navy
as Dance-Floor Manager · 1934
Flirtation Walk
as Sleepy · 1934
Southwest Passage
as Tall Tale · 1954
Mr. Wise Guy
as Luke Manning · 1942
Half a Sinner
as 'Bull' Moran · 1934
College Lovers
as Tiny Courtley · 1930
Lure of the Islands
as Jinx · 1942
The Champ's a Chump
as Spike · 1936
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as An Attendant · 1937
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Sweeney · 1928
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Vulch McCreedy · 1937
American Empire
as Sailaway · 1942
Hold That Co-ed
as Mike Wurgerski · 1938
Massacre Canyon
as Pvt. Archibald Allen · 1954
Lucky Star
as Martin Wrenn · 1929
Cowboy and the Senorita
as 'Teddy' Bear · 1944
Cowboy Holiday
as Buck Sawyer · 1934
Lightning
as Cuth Stewart · 1927
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Champ · 1945
Brimstone
as Art Benson · 1949
Polly of the Circus
as Eric · 1932
Wise Girl
as Mike · 1937
The Mystery Squadron
as Bill 'Jellybean' Cook · 1933
Snowbound
as Bull Morgan · 1927
She's No Lady
as Jeff · 1937
Singing on the Trail
as Big Boy Webster · 1946
Red Blood and Blue
as Tom Butler · 1925
You Said a Mouthful
as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited) · 1932
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Salvation · 1936
Everybody's Doing It
as 'Softy' Blane · 1938
The Devil Is Driving
as Mac · 1932
King of the Wild Horses
as Jed Acker · 1947
Big City
as Danny Devlin · 1937
Sing Me a Song of Texas
as Big Boy · 1945
Whistling Jim
as Whistling Jim · 1925
The Hired Gun
as Elby Kirby · 1957
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Big Boy Jackson · 1947
Rafter Romance
as Fritzie · 1933
Big Boy Rides Again
as Tom Duncan · 1935
Muss 'em Up
as 'Red' Cable · 1936
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Blake - the First Mate · 1939
The Marines Are Here
as Sgt. Gibbons · 1938
Riders of the Sand Storm
as The Cowboy · 1925
Laughing at Life
as Jones · 1933
Street of Missing Men
as T-Bone · 1939
The Freshie
as Charles Taylor · 1922
Gun Play
as Bill Williams · 1935
Buttons and Her Beaus
· 1962
The Glass Key
as Jeff · 1935
Love on a Bet
as Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted) · 1936
Beggars of Life
as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited) · 1928
Rounding Up the Law
as Larry Connell · 1922
Don't Tell the Wife
as Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal · 1937
The Singing Marine
as Dopey · 1937
Romance in the Rain
as Panya Mankiewicz · 1934
Uncensored Movies
· 1923
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Jake Halley · 1939
Hidden Guns
as Kingford · 1956
Rhythm Round-Up
as Zeke Winslow · 1945
One in a Million
as Spike McGafferty · 1935
Road to the Big House
as Butch McQuinn · 1947
Professor Beware
as Motorcycle Cop · 1938
Blackmail
as Moose McCarthy · 1939
The Phantom Broadcast
as Sandy Higgins · 1933
Hands Across the Border
as Teddy Bear · 1944
Private Worlds
as Jerry Stone · 1935
Backstage
as Mike Donovan · 1927
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Moose, Deputy · 1954
The Woman Who Did Not Care
as Lars · 1927
Rose of the Desert
as Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams) · 1925
Brown of Harvard
as Hal Walter · 1926
College Coach
as Matthews · 1933
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Alvin · 1941
The Undie-World
as Bugsy McHugh · 1934
Bad Man from Bodie
· 1925
Between Us Girls
as Father of the Boys · 1942
Silver Queen
as Blackie · 1942
Five Bold Women
as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver · 1960
Throw a Saddle on a Star
as Big Boy · 1946
The Desert's Toll
as Henchman · 1926
Cheaters
as Detective Sweeney · 1934
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend · 1935
Catch-As Catch-Can
as Strangler Sullivan · 1931
The Eagle's Claw
as Dan Carson · 1924
The Ropin' Fool
as The Foreman · 1922
Nevada
as Dusty · 1944
Liliom
as Hollinger · 1930
Pleased to Mitt You
as Chuck Brenner · 1940
Smoky Mountain Melody
as Saddle Grease Williams · 1948
Wagons Westward
as Jake Hardman · 1940
The Law of 45's
as Tucson Two-Gun Smith · 1935
Danger Trails
as Bob Wilson · 1935
The Big Fight
as Tiger · 1930
The College Widow
as Don White (as Big Boy Williams) · 1927
The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Krims · 1942
Down in 'Arkansaw'
as Juble Butler · 1938
The Great Meadow
as Rubin Hall · 1931
That Texas Jamboree
as Big Boy Frazer · 1946
6,000 Enemies
as Maxie · 1939
Alias the Deacon
as Bull Gumbatz · 1940
Fremont: The Trailblazer
as Cassidy · 1956
Pardon Our Nerve
as Samson Smith · 1939
Society Fever
as Edgar Prouty · 1935
70,000 Witnesses
as Connors · 1932
The Big Game
as Pete Jenkins · 1936
Burning Daylight
as English Harry (as Big Boy Williams) · 1928
Dangerous Holiday
as Duke Edwards · 1937
Village Tale
as Ben Roberts · 1935
Country Fair
as Gunther Potts · 1941
Stars on Horseback
· 1943
The Cowboy King
as Dud Smiley · 1922
The Black Cyclone
as Jim Lawson · 1925
Wolfheart's Revenge
as Jack Stanley · 1925
Fugitive at Large
as Conway (as Guinn Williams) · 1939
Babe Comes Home
as Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams) · 1927
Palooka
as Slats (uncredited) · 1934
The Big Stunt
· 1925
Smoky River Serenade
as Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams) · 1947
End of the Rope
· 1923
Godless Men
as Seaman · 1920
Boys Will Be Boys
as Butch · 1932
The Silver Streak
as Higgins · 1934
I Demand Payment
as Happy Crofton · 1938
Across the Border
as Andy Fowler · 1922
Grand Jury
as Joseph Britt · 1936
Jubilo
as Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited) · 1919
Dulcy
as Henry · 1940
The Down Grade
as Ed Holden · 1927
The Bad Man
as Red Giddings · 1930
The Phantom
as Dick Mallory · 1931
From Headquarters
as Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer · 1929
Arizona Bound
as Cowboy · 1927
Powdersmoke Range
as Lullaby Joslin · 1935
Career Woman
as Bede Sanders · 1936
Running Hollywood
as Scratchface Henchman · 1932
The Trail of Hate
as Silent Kerry · 1922
Cowboy Canteen
as Spud Harrigan · 1944
North of Nome
as Haage · 1936
Girls Can Play
as Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan · 1937
Crashing Through Danger
as Slim · 1938
The Bachelor Father
as Dick Berney · 1931
Hoedown
as Small Potatoes · 1950
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as McLean · 1927
The Jack Rider
as Frank Stevens · 1921
Courage of Wolfheart
· 1925
War Mamas
as Doughboy · 1931
Kelly the Second
as Cecil Joseph Callahan · 1936
Almost a Husband
· 1919
Thunder Over Texas
as Ted Wright · 1934
Vamping Venus
as Mars · 1928
The Avenger
as Nat Sherwood · 1924
Minesweeper
as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith · 1943
Cowboy Blues
as Big Boy Stover · 1946
The Forward Pass
as Honey Smith · 1929
Bad Lands
as Billy Sweet · 1939
Drifting Souls
as Bing · 1932
Cupid the Cowpuncher
as Hairoil Johnson · 1920
The Vengeance Trail
as Big Boy Bronson · 1921
Quarantined Rivals
as Joe, the plumber · 1927
My Man
as Joe Halsey · 1928
Remembrance
· 1922
Fangs of Wolfheart
· 1925
$1,000 Reward
· 1923
Cyclone Jones
as Cyclone Jones · 1923
Riders at Night
· 1923
Western Firebrands
as Billy Fargo · 1921