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Aliases: Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. , Big Boy Williams , Gwinn Williams , Gwynn Williams , Tex Williams

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Decatur, Texas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 140

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Cheyenne
Average
6

Cheyenne

(1955) Prairie Dog
Wagon Train
Average
6

Wagon Train

(1957) Calvin Bryngelson
Gunsmoke
Average
7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Groat
Sugarfoot
Average
4

Sugarfoot

(1957) Moose McKlintock
Tales of Wells Fargo
Average
7

Tales of Wells Fargo

(1957) Mike Forbes
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Average
7

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

(1954) Sgt. Muldoon
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Average
5
The Restless Gun
Average
4

The Restless Gun

(1957) Jeff Bonsell

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1962 N/A
1961 Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
1960 Lt. 'Irish' Finn
'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
1957 Jeff Bonsell
Elby Kirby
Calvin Bryngelson
Moose McKlintock
Mike Forbes
1956 Fred Jasper
N/A
Jones
Kingford
Cassidy
1955 Jeb Taylor
Prairie Dog
Groat
1954 Moose, Deputy
Buffalo
Sgt. Muldoon
Pvt. Archibald Allen
Tall Tale
1953 Finnegan
1952 Smitty
Sgt. Snow
1951 Bourke Prine
Tulsa Jack
Lon Tuttle
1950 Pap Dennison (CSA)
Small Potatoes
1949 Art Benson
Red Fisk
1948 Saddle Grease Williams
Mick Marion
1947 Butch McQuinn
Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams)
Big Boy Jackson
1946 Hank
Big Boy Webster
Big Boy Stover
Big Boy Frazer
Big Boy
1945 Big Boy Jackson
Zeke Winslow
Champ
Big Boy
1944 Sheriff Mervin Maitland
Dusty
'Tiny' Baldwin
'Teddy' Bear
Spud Harrigan
Teddy Bear
1943 CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
Nitro Rankin
N/A
1942 Sailaway
Blackie
Father at Soda Fountain
Jinx
Luke Manning
Sgt. Krims
1941 Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bud Dorson
Kewpie Blain
Borax Bill
Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
Gunther Potts
Alvin
1940 Windy Brody
Henry
Chuck Brenner
Mr. Adle
Jake Hardman
Bull Gumbatz
Marblehead
Mike Cagle
Paddy Dolan
1939 Conway (as Guinn Williams)
Jake Halley
Moose McCarthy
Billy Sweet
Blake - the First Mate
Maxie
T-Bone
Tex Baird
Samson Smith
1938 Happy Crofton
Juble Butler
Mike Wurgerski
Slim
Ross
Motorcycle Cop
Sgt. Gibbons
Text (as Guinn Williams)
'Softy' Blane
1937 Mike
Vulch McCreedy
An Attendant
Danny Devlin
Jeff
Dopey
Slug Cassidy
Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
Duke Edwards
Posture Coach
Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
Rogers
1936 Bede Sanders
Haage
Bob Hildreth
Pete Jenkins
Cecil Joseph Callahan
Salvation
Joseph Britt
Spike
Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
'Red' Cable
1935 Sgt. Dudley
Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
Bill Williams
Tucson Two-Gun Smith
Lullaby Joslin
Big Boy
Bob Wilson
Edgar Prouty
Jeff
Ben Roberts
Jerry Stone
Spike McGafferty
Tom Duncan
1934 Higgins
Buck Sawyer
Sleepy
Ted Wright
Panya Mankiewicz
Dance-Floor Manager
'Bull' Moran
Detective Sweeney
Bugsy McHugh
Slats (uncredited)
1933 Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
Matthews
Fritzie
Big Boy
Jones
Sandy Higgins
1932 Mac
Butch
Swimming Champion Joe Holt (uncredited)
Lefty
Connors
Bing
Eric
Steve Bromm (uncredited)
Scratchface Henchman
1931 Doughboy
Dick Mallory
Strangler Sullivan
Rubin Hall
Dick Berney
1930 Tiny Courtley
Hollinger
Red Giddings
Tiger
Reaper
1929 Sgt. Martin Wrenn
Gunnery Sgt. Wilmer (as Guinn Williams)
Honey Smith
1928 Joe Halsey
Al Wilson / Ham
Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
Mars
Sweeney
English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
1927 Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
Ed Holden
Cuth Stewart
Lars
Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
Bull Morgan
Cowboy
Mike Donovan
McLean
Joe, the plumber
1926 Henchman
Hal Walter
1925 N/A
Jim Lawson
N/A
The Cowboy
Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
Whistling Jim
N/A
N/A
Jack Stanley
Tom Butler
N/A
1924 Dan Carson
Nat Sherwood
1923 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cyclone Jones
1922 Charles Taylor
The Foreman
Big Boy
N/A
Silent Kerry
Dud Smiley
Larry Connell
Andy Fowler
1921 Billy Fargo
Big Boy Bronson
Frank Stevens
1920 Seaman
Hairoil Johnson
1919 Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing


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