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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Actor
Died June 6, 1962 (63 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2017 | The Forsaken Westerns (TV Series) · as Cassidy |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Bob |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Alamo · as Lt. 'Irish' Finn |
| 1960 | Home from the Hill · as Hugh Macauley (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Jeff Bonsell |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Mike Forbes |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Moose McKlintock |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Calvin Bryngelson |
| 1956 | Man from Del Rio · as Fred Jasper |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as Jones |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Groat |
| 1955 | My Friend Flicka (TV Series) · as Jeb Taylor |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Prairie Dog |
| 1954 | Southwest Passage · as Tall Tale |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Sgt. Muldoon |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Buffalo |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Finnegan |
| 1952 | Springfield Rifle · as Sgt. Snow |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot · as Smitty |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle · as Bourke Prine |
| 1950 | Rocky Mountain · as Pap Dennison (CSA) |
| 1948 | Station West · as Mick Marion |
| 1945 | The Man Who Walked Alone · as Champ |
| 1944 | Belle of the Yukon · as Sheriff Mervin Maitland |
| 1944 | Hands Across the Border · as Teddy Bear |
| 1944 | Cowboy and the Senorita · as 'Teddy' Bear |
| 1944 | Nevada · as Dusty |
| 1943 | Minesweeper · as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes · as Nitro Rankin |
| 1942 | American Empire · as Sailaway |
| 1942 | Mr. Wise Guy · as Luke Manning |
| 1942 | Lure of the Islands · as Jinx |
| 1941 | Mr. Bug Goes to Town · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Swamp Water · as Bud Dorson |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid · as Ed Bronson (blacksmith) |
| 1941 | Riders of Death Valley · as Borax Bill |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich · as Kewpie Blain |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail · as Windy Brody |
| 1940 | Virginia City · as Marblehead |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson · as Mike Cagle |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th · as Paddy Dolan |
| 1939 | Bad Lands · as Billy Sweet |
| 1939 | Dodge City · as Tex Baird |
| 1938 | You and Me · as Text (as Guinn Williams) |
| 1938 | I Demand Payment · as Happy Crofton |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born · as Posture Coach |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once · as Rogers |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich · as An Attendant |
| 1936 | Love on a Bet · as Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted) |
| 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming · as Salvation |
| 1936 | Crashing Through Danger · as Slim |
| 1935 | The Littlest Rebel · as Sgt. Dudley |
| 1935 | Big Boy Rides Again · as Tom Duncan |
| 1935 | The Law of the 45's · as Tucson Two-Gun Smith |
| 1935 | Gun Play · as Bill Williams |
| 1935 | Danger Trails · as Bob Wilson |
| 1934 | Palooka · as Slats (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy · as Dance-Floor Manager |
| 1934 | Thunder Over Texas · as Ted Wright |
| 1934 | Western Racketeers · as Rodeo Cowboy |
| 1933 | The Phantom Broadcast · as Sandy Higgins |
| 1933 | Laughing at Life · as Jones |
| 1933 | Man of the Forest · as Big Boy |
| 1932 | Polly of the Circus · as Eric |
| 1931 | The Phantom · as Dick Mallory |
| 1930 | City Girl · as Reaper |
| 1929 | Lucky Star · as Sgt. Martin Wrenn |
| 1928 | Beggars of Life · as Baker's Cart Driver |
| 1928 | Noah's Ark · as Al Wilson / Ham |
| 1925 | Black Cyclone · as Jim Lawson |