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Home/People/Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
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Born
Apr 25, 1899Died: Jun 6, 1962
Lived 63 years
Place of Birth
Decatur, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

207
Movies
13
TV Shows
Also Known As
Guinn Terrell Williams Jr.
Big Boy Williams
Gwinn Williams
Gwynn Williams
Tex Williams
IMDb Profile

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Acting

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.
Buttons and Her Beaus poster

Buttons and Her Beaus

Cast
1962
The Comancheros poster

The Comancheros

as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
1961
The Alamo poster

The Alamo

as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
1960
Five Bold Women poster

Five Bold Women

as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
1960
Home from the Hill poster

Home from the Hill

as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
1960
The Hired Gun poster

The Hired Gun

as Elby Kirby
1957
Man from Del Rio poster

Man from Del Rio

as Fred Jasper
1956
Hidden Guns poster

Hidden Guns

as Kingford
1956
Fremont: The Trailblazer poster

Fremont: The Trailblazer

as Cassidy
1956
The Outlaw's Daughter poster

The Outlaw's Daughter

as Moose, Deputy
1954
Massacre Canyon poster

Massacre Canyon

as Pvt. Archibald Allen
1954
Southwest Passage poster

Southwest Passage

as Tall Tale
1954
Hangman's Knot poster

Hangman's Knot

as Smitty
1952
Springfield Rifle poster

Springfield Rifle

as Sgt. Snow
1952
Man in the Saddle poster

Man in the Saddle

as Bourke Prine
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma poster

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

as Lon Tuttle
1951
Rocky Mountain poster

Rocky Mountain

as Pap Dennison (CSA)
1950
Hoedown poster

Hoedown

as Small Potatoes
1950
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

as Art Benson
1949
Bad Men of Tombstone poster

Bad Men of Tombstone

as Red Fisk
1949
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