Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Born April 25, 1899 (Age: 126)
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Decatur, Texas, USA
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.
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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Filmography
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Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
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Age: 62
The Comancheros
1961
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as Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
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Age: 62
The Alamo
1960
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as Lt. 'Irish' Finn
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Age: 61
Five Bold Women
1960
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as 'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
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Age: 61
Home from the Hill
1960
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as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Man from Del Rio
1956
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as Fred Jasper
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Age: 57
Hidden Guns
1956
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as Kingford
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Age: 56
Fremont: The Trailblazer
1956
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as Cassidy
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Age: 56
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
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as Moose, Deputy
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Age: 55
Massacre Canyon
1954
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as Pvt. Archibald Allen
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Age: 55
Southwest Passage
1954
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as Tall Tale
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Age: 54
Rocky Mountain
1950
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as Pap Dennison (CSA)
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Age: 51
Hoedown
1950
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as Small Potatoes
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Age: 51
Song of the Prairie
1945
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as Big Boy Jackson
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Age: 46
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
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as Zeke Winslow
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Age: 46
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
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as Champ
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Age: 45
Sing Me a Song of Texas
1945
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as Big Boy
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Age: 45
American Empire
1942
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as Sailaway
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Age: 43
Silver Queen
1942
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as Blackie
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Age: 43
Between Us Girls
1942
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as Father of the Boys
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Age: 43
Lure of the Islands
1942
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as Jinx
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Age: 43
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
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as Luke Manning
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Age: 42
The Bugle Sounds
1942
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as Sgt. Krims
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Age: 42
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
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as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Swamp Water
1941
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as Bud Dorson
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Age: 42
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
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as Kewpie Blain
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Age: 42
Riders of Death Valley
1941
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as Borax Bill
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Age: 42
Billy the Kid
1941
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as Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
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Age: 42
Country Fair
1941
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as Gunther Potts
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Age: 42
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
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as Alvin
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Age: 41
The Devil Is Driving
1932
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as Mac
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Age: 33
You Said a Mouthful
1932
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as Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
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Age: 33
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Boys Will Be Boys
1932
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as Butch
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Age: 33
Heritage of the Desert
1932
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as Lefty
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Age: 33
70,000 Witnesses
1932
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as Connors
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Age: 33
Drifting Souls
1932
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as Bing
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Age: 33
Polly of the Circus
1932
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as Eric
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Age: 32
Ladies of the Jury
1932
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as Steve Bromm (uncredited)
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Age: 32
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Running Hollywood
1932
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as Scratchface Henchman
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Age: 32
War Mamas
1931
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as Doughboy
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Age: 32
The Phantom
1931
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as Dick Mallory
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Age: 32
Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
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as Strangler Sullivan
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Age: 32
The Great Meadow
1931
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as Rubin Hall
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Age: 31
The Bachelor Father
1931
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as Dick Berney
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Age: 31
College Lovers
1930
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as Tiny Courtley
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Age: 31
Liliom
1930
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as Hollinger
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Age: 31
The Bad Man
1930
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as Red Giddings
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Age: 31
The Big Fight
1930
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as Tiger
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Age: 31
City Girl
1930
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as Reaper
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Age: 30