Guinn Williams
Age: 63 | From: Decatur, Texas, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1899-04-26 11:08:21
Death: 1962-06-06 11:08:21
Aliases: Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. , Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams , 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
(1955) Prairie Dog
Wagon Train
(1957) Calvin Bryngelson
Gunsmoke
(1955) Groat
Sugarfoot
(1957) Moose McKlintock
Tales of Wells Fargo
(1957) Mike Forbes
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(1954) Sgt. Muldoon
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1951) Tulsa Jack
The Restless Gun
(1957) Jeff BonsellActing
| 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
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Story | |
| 1925 | Story | |
| 1921 | Story | |
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |