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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

1899-04-25

The 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.

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in

Movies

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American Empire

3.8 average rating
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The Alamo

7.077 average rating
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The Comancheros

6.6 average rating
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A Star Is Born

7.149 average rating
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Santa Fe Trail

5.7 average rating
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Lucky Star

7.6 average rating
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Dodge City

6.9 average rating
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The Desperadoes

5.7 average rating
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Springfield Rifle

6.1 average rating
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You'll Never Get Rich

6.5 average rating
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Man from Del Rio

6.227 average rating
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Home from the Hill

6.8 average rating
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Swamp Water

6.3 average rating
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You Only Live Once

7.108 average rating
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The Silver Streak

6.75 average rating
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Noah's Ark

6.3 average rating
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Virginia City

6.1 average rating
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Brimstone

6.3 average rating
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Southwest Passage

5.4 average rating
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College Coach

4.2 average rating