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Guinn 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.


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Born:
Apr 26, 1899 In Decatur, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
172
First Appeared:
In the movie Cupid the Cowpuncher 1920-07-25
Latest Project:
Movie The Comancheros 1961-12-16
Known For
Poster of The Restless Gun
Poster of The Champ's a Chump
Poster of Vamping Venus
Poster of The College Widow
Filmography
Movie The Comancheros Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited) 1961-12-16
Movie Home from the Hill Macauley 1960-03-03
Movie Five Bold Women 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver 1960-08-01
Movie The Alamo Lt. 'Irish' Finn 1960-10-23
Series Sugarfoot Unknown 1957-09-17
Series The Restless Gun Unknown 1957-09-23
Movie The Hired Gun Elby Kirby 1957-09-20
Movie Hidden Guns Kingford 1956-01-30
Movie Man from Del Rio Fred Jasper 1956-10-30
Series Circus Boy 1956-09-23
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Series Cheyenne Unknown 1955-09-20
Movie Southwest Passage Tall Tale 1954-04-01
Movie The Outlaw's Daughter Moose, Deputy 1954-11-01
Movie Massacre Canyon Pvt. Archibald Allen 1954-05-01
Movie Springfield Rifle Sgt. Snow 1952-10-22
Movie Hangman's Knot Smitty 1952-11-15
Series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Unknown 1951-04-15
Movie Al Jennings of Oklahoma Lon Tuttle 1951-01-17
Movie Man in the Saddle Bourke Prine 1951-12-02
Movie Hoedown Small Potatoes 1950-06-01
Movie Rocky Mountain Pap Dennison (CSA) 1950-11-11
Movie Bad Men of Tombstone Red Fisk 1949-01-21
Movie Brimstone Art Benson 1949-08-15
Movie Smoky Mountain Melody Saddle Grease Williams 1948-12-16
Movie Station West Mick Marion 1948-09-01
Movie King of the Wild Horses Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams) 1947-03-28
Movie Over the Santa Fe Trail Big Boy Jackson 1947-02-13
Movie Smoky River Serenade Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams) 1947-08-20
Movie Road to the Big House Butch McQuinn 1947-12-13
Movie That Texas Jamboree Big Boy Frazer 1946-05-16
Movie Throw a Saddle on a Star Big Boy 1946-03-14
Movie Cowboy Blues Big Boy Stover 1946-07-18
Movie Singing on the Trail Big Boy Webster 1946-09-01
Movie Sing Me a Song of Texas Big Boy 1945-02-08
Movie The Man Who Walked Alone Champ 1945-03-15
Movie Song of the Prairie Big Boy Jackson 1945-09-27
Movie Rhythm Round-Up Zeke Winslow 1945-09-06
Movie Cowboy Canteen Spud Harrigan 1944-02-09
Movie Hands Across the Border Teddy Bear 1944-01-05
Movie Cowboy and the Senorita 'Teddy' Bear 1944-05-13
Movie Swing in the Saddle 'Tiny' Baldwin 1944-07-30
Movie Nevada Dusty 1944-12-25
Movie Belle of the Yukon Sheriff Mervin Maitland 1944-12-27
Movie Stars on Horseback 1943-04-23
Movie The Desperadoes Nitro Rankin 1943-05-25
Movie Minesweeper CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith 1943-11-10
Movie The Bugle Sounds Sgt. Krims 1942-01-30
Movie Mr. Wise Guy Luke Manning 1942-02-20
Movie Lure of the Islands Jinx 1942-07-03
Movie American Empire Sailaway 1942-12-11
Movie Silver Queen Blackie 1942-11-14
Movie Between Us Girls Father at Soda Fountain 1942-09-04
Movie Country Fair Gunther Potts 1941-05-05
Movie Billy the Kid Ed Bronson (blacksmith) 1941-05-30
Movie Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga Alvin 1941-01-17
Movie Riders of Death Valley Borax Bill 1941-07-01
Movie Swamp Water Bud Dorson 1941-11-16
Movie You'll Never Get Rich Kewpie Blain 1941-09-25
Movie Alias the Deacon Bull Gumbatz 1940-05-13
Movie Virginia City Marblehead 1940-03-23
Movie The Fighting 69th Paddy Dolan 1940-01-27
Movie Castle on the Hudson Mike Cagle 1940-02-17
Movie Wagons Westward Jake Hardman 1940-06-19
Movie Money and the Woman Mr. Adle 1940-08-17
Movie Dulcy Henry 1940-10-04
Movie Santa Fe Trail Windy Brody 1940-12-20
Movie Pleased to Mitt You Chuck Brenner 1940-09-06
Movie Street of Missing Men T-Bone 1939-04-24
Movie Dodge City Tex Baird 1939-04-08
Movie Pardon Our Nerve Samson Smith 1939-02-24
Movie 6,000 Enemies Maxie 1939-06-09
Movie Legion of Lost Flyers Jake Halley 1939-11-02
Movie Mutiny on the Blackhawk Blake - the First Mate 1939-07-31
Movie Blackmail Moose McCarthy 1939-09-08
Movie Bad Lands Billy Sweet 1939-08-28
Movie The Marines Are Here Sgt. Gibbons 1938-06-08
Movie Everybody's Doing It 'Softy' Blane 1938-01-14
Movie Army Girl Ross 1938-08-11
Movie You and Me Taxi, Tough Lothario 1938-06-01
Movie Professor Beware Motorcycle Cop 1938-07-29
Movie Crashing Through Danger Slim 1938-09-14
Movie Down in 'Arkansaw' Juble Butler 1938-10-07
Movie I Demand Payment Happy Crofton 1938-12-13
Movie Hold That Co-ed Mike Wurgeski 1938-09-16
Movie Dangerous Holiday Duke Edwards 1937-06-06
Movie Girls Can Play Lieutenant Flannigan 1937-06-23
Movie A Star Is Born Posture Coach 1937-04-27
Movie Flying Fists Slug Cassidy 1937-07-01
Movie You Only Live Once Rogers 1937-01-23
Movie Don't Tell the Wife Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal 1937-03-05
Movie Wise Girl Mike 1937-12-31
Movie The Singing Marine Dopey 1937-07-03
Movie My Dear Miss Aldrich An Attendant 1937-09-17
Movie The Bad Man of Brimstone Vulch McCreedy 1937-12-31
Movie Big City Danny Devlin 1937-09-03
Movie She's No Lady Jeff 1937-08-20
Movie Kelly the Second Cecil Joseph Callahan 1936-08-21
Movie Grand Jury Joseph Britt 1936-08-07
Movie The Champ's a Chump Spike 1936-06-20
Movie The Vigilantes Are Coming Salvation 1936-08-21
Movie The Big Game Pete Jenkins 1936-10-09
Movie North of Nome Haage 1936-11-14
Movie Career Woman Bede Sanders 1936-12-18
Movie End of the Trail Bob Hildreth 1936-10-10
Movie The Glass Key Jeff 1935-06-15
Movie Private Worlds Jerry Stone 1935-04-19
Movie Big Boy Rides Again Tom Duncan 1935-01-05
Movie Danger Trails Bob Wilson 1935-08-02
Movie One in a Million Spike McGafferty 1935-03-21
Movie Society Fever Edgar Prouty 1935-07-15
Movie Miss Pacific Fleet Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend 1935-12-14
Movie Here Comes Cookie Big Boy 1935-09-10
Movie The Law of 45's Tucson Two-Gun Smith 1935-12-01
Movie Gun Play Bill Williams 1935-12-02
Movie The Littlest Rebel Sgt. Dudley 1935-12-27
Movie Powdersmoke Range Lullaby Joslin 1935-09-27
Movie Half a Sinner 'Bull' Moran 1934-06-01
Movie Palooka Slats (uncredited) 1934-01-26
Movie Romance in the Rain Panya Mankiewicz 1934-08-13
Movie The Undie-World Bugsy McHugh 1934-04-03
Movie Here Comes the Navy Dance-Floor Manager 1934-07-21
Movie Thunder Over Texas Ted Wright 1934-10-18
Movie The Silver Streak Higgins 1934-12-21
Movie Cowboy Holiday Buck Sawyer 1934-12-14
Movie Flirtation Walk Sleepy 1934-12-01
Movie The Phantom Broadcast Sandy Higgins 1933-03-14
Movie Man of the Forest Big Boy 1933-08-24
Movie College Coach Matthews 1933-11-04
Movie Rafter Romance Fritzie 1933-09-01
Movie The Mystery Squadron Bill 'Jellybean' Cook 1933-12-21
Movie Polly of the Circus Eric 1932-02-27
Movie 70,000 Witnesses Connors 1932-09-09
Movie Ladies of the Jury Steve Bromm (uncredited) 1932-02-02
Movie The Devil Is Driving Mac 1932-12-09
Movie Heritage of the Desert Lefty 1932-09-30
Movie Boys Will Be Boys 1932-11-30
Movie You Said a Mouthful Swimming Champion Joe Holt (uncredited) 1932-11-18
Movie The Bachelor Father Dick Berney 1931-01-10
Movie Catch-As Catch-Can Strangler Sullivan 1931-08-22
Movie War Mamas Doughboy 1931-11-14
Movie The Phantom Dick Mallory 1931-11-01
Movie The Big Fight Tiger 1930-05-11
Movie The Bad Man Red Giddings 1930-09-11
Movie Liliom Hollinger 1930-09-27
Movie From Headquarters Gunnery Sgt. Wilmer (as Guinn Williams) 1929-04-27
Movie Lucky Star Sgt. Martin Wrenn 1929-08-18
Movie The Forward Pass 1929-11-10
Movie Burning Daylight 1928-03-10
Movie Vamping Venus Mars (as Big Boy Williams) 1928-05-13
Movie My Man 1928-12-15
Movie Noah's Ark Al Wilson / Ham 1928-11-01
Movie Snowbound Bull Morgan 1927-05-01
Movie Babe Comes Home Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams) 1927-05-22
Movie The College Widow Don White (as Big Boy Williams) 1927-10-15
Movie The Desert's Toll 1926-11-14
Movie Wolfheart's Revenge Jack Stanley 1925-03-04
Movie Black Cyclone Jim Lawson 1925-09-26
Movie The Eagle's Claw 1924-02-10
Movie The Trail of Hate Silent Kerry 1922-09-30
Movie The Cowboy King Dud Smiley 1922-05-01
Movie Rounding Up the Law Larry Connell 1922-04-15
Movie Across the Border Andy Fowler 1922-02-15
Movie Blaze Away Big Boy 1922-10-01
Movie Remembrance 1922-10-01
Movie The Freshie Charles Taylor 1922-12-19
Movie The Ropin' Fool The Foreman 1922-10-29
Movie The Jack Rider Frank Stevens 1921-09-15
Movie Western Firebrands Billy Fargo 1921-11-01
Movie The Vengeance Trail Big Boy Bronson 1921-10-14
Movie Cupid the Cowpuncher Hairoil Johnson 1920-07-25
Movie Godless Men Seaman 1920-11-06