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.
Known For
The Comancheros
(1961)
Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Dodge City
(1939)
Tex Baird
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Nitro Rankin
The Alamo
(1960)
Lt. 'Irish' Finn
A Star Is Born
(1937)
Posture Coach
Big City
(1937)
Danny Devlin
Rocky Mountain
(1950)
Pap Dennison (CSA)
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Windy Brody
Noah's Ark
(1928)
Al Wilson / Ham
Home from the Hill
(1960)
Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
Station West
(1948)
Mick Marion
City Girl
(1930)
Reaper
Man from Del Rio
(1956)
Fred Jasper
Beggars of Life
(1928)
Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Kewpie Blain
Brimstone
(1949)
Art Benson
Full Filmography
Acting
Jubilo
(1919)
Man Shooting Pool with Bert (uncredited)
Almost a Husband
(1919)
Cupid the Cowpuncher
(1920)
Hairoil Johnson
Godless Men
(1920)
Seaman
The Jack Rider
(1921)
Frank Stevens
The Vengeance Trail
(1921)
Big Boy Bronson
Western Firebrands
(1921)
Billy Fargo
The Ropin' Fool
(1922)
The Foreman
The Trail of Hate
(1922)
Silent Kerry
Across the Border
(1922)
Andy Fowler
Rounding Up the Law
(1922)
Larry Connell
The Cowboy King
(1922)
Dud Smiley
Remembrance
(1922)
Blaze Away
(1922)
Big Boy
The Freshie
(1922)
Charles Taylor
Cyclone Jones
(1923)
Cyclone Jones
Riders at Night
(1923)
End of the Rope
(1923)
Uncensored Movies
(1923)
$1,000 Reward
(1923)
The Eagle's Claw
(1924)
Dan Carson
The Avenger
(1924)
Nat Sherwood
Black Cyclone
(1925)
Jim Lawson
Wolfheart's Revenge
(1925)
Jack Stanley
Fangs of Wolfheart
(1925)
Bad Man from Bodie
(1925)
Rose of the Desert
(1925)
Cowboy (as Big Boy Williams)
Courage of Wolfheart
(1925)
The Big Stunt
(1925)
Red Blood and Blue
(1925)
Tom Butler
Sporting West
(1925)
Whistling Jim
(1925)
Whistling Jim
Riders of the Sand Storm
(1925)
The Cowboy
The Desert's Toll
(1926)
Henchman
Brown of Harvard
(1926)
Hal Walter
The College Widow
(1927)
Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
Snowbound
(1927)
Bull Morgan
Babe Comes Home
(1927)
Baseball Player (as Big Boy Williams)
Arizona Bound
(1927)
Cowboy
Lightning
(1927)
Cuth Stewart
The Woman Who Did Not Care
(1927)
Lars
Slide, Kelly, Slide
(1927)
McLean
Quarantined Rivals
(1927)
Joe, the plumber
Backstage
(1927)
Mike Donovan
The Down Grade
(1927)
Ed Holden
Noah's Ark
(1928)
Al Wilson / Ham
My Man
(1928)
Joe Halsey
Vamping Venus
(1928)
Mars
Burning Daylight
(1928)
English Harry (as Big Boy Williams)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
(1928)
Sweeney
Beggars of Life
(1928)
Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
Lucky Star
(1929)
Sgt. Martin Wrenn
The Forward Pass
(1929)
Honey Smith
From Headquarters
(1929)
Gunnery Sgt. Wilmer (as Guinn Williams)
The Big Fight
(1930)
Tiger
The Bad Man
(1930)
Red Giddings
Liliom
(1930)
Hollinger
City Girl
(1930)
Reaper
College Lovers
(1930)
Tiny Courtley
The Phantom
(1931)
Dick Mallory
War Mamas
(1931)
Doughboy
Catch-As Catch-Can
(1931)
Strangler Sullivan
The Bachelor Father
(1931)
Dick Berney
The Great Meadow
(1931)
Rubin Hall
The Devil Is Driving
(1932)
Mac
Heritage of the Desert
(1932)
Lefty
You Said a Mouthful
(1932)
Swimming Champion Joe Holt (uncredited)
Polly of the Circus
(1932)
Eric
Ladies of the Jury
(1932)
Steve Bromm (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
(1932)
Connors
Boys Will Be Boys
(1932)
Butch
Running Hollywood
(1932)
Scratchface Henchman
Drifting Souls
(1932)
Bing
Rafter Romance
(1933)
Fritzie
The Mystery Squadron
(1933)
Bill 'Jellybean' Cook
Man of the Forest
(1933)
Big Boy
College Coach
(1933)
Matthews
The Phantom Broadcast
(1933)
Sandy Higgins
Laughing at Life
(1933)
Jones
Flirtation Walk
(1934)
Sleepy
Cowboy Holiday
(1934)
Buck Sawyer
The Silver Streak
(1934)
Higgins
Here Comes the Navy
(1934)
Dance-Floor Manager
Thunder Over Texas
(1934)
Ted Wright
Palooka
(1934)
Slats (uncredited)
The Undie-World
(1934)
Bugsy McHugh
Half a Sinner
(1934)
'Bull' Moran
Romance in the Rain
(1934)
Panya Mankiewicz
Cheaters
(1934)
Detective Sweeney
The Glass Key
(1935)
Jeff
The Littlest Rebel
(1935)
Sgt. Dudley
Private Worlds
(1935)
Jerry Stone
Big Boy Rides Again
(1935)
Tom Duncan
Miss Pacific Fleet
(1935)
Nicholas 'Nick', Annie's Boyfriend
The Law of 45's
(1935)
Tucson Two-Gun Smith
Here Comes Cookie
(1935)
Big Boy
Gun Play
(1935)
Bill Williams
One in a Million
(1935)
Spike McGafferty
Danger Trails
(1935)
Bob Wilson
Society Fever
(1935)
Edgar Prouty
Powdersmoke Range
(1935)
Lullaby Joslin
Village Tale
(1935)
Ben Roberts
Kelly the Second
(1936)
Cecil Joseph Callahan
Grand Jury
(1936)
Joseph Britt
The Vigilantes Are Coming
(1936)
Salvation
The Big Game
(1936)
Pete Jenkins
End of the Trail
(1936)
Bob Hildreth
North of Nome
(1936)
Haage
Career Woman
(1936)
Bede Sanders
The Champ's a Chump
(1936)
Spike
Muss 'em Up
(1936)
'Red' Cable
Love on a Bet
(1936)
Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
A Star Is Born
(1937)
Posture Coach
Big City
(1937)
Danny Devlin
You Only Live Once
(1937)
Rogers
Wise Girl
(1937)
Mike
Dangerous Holiday
(1937)
Duke Edwards
Flying Fists
(1937)
Slug Cassidy
The Bad Man of Brimstone
(1937)
Vulch McCreedy
She's No Lady
(1937)
Jeff
My Dear Miss Aldrich
(1937)
An Attendant
The Singing Marine
(1937)
Dopey
Don't Tell the Wife
(1937)
Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal
Girls Can Play
(1937)
Det. Lt. Ed Flannagan
Army Girl
(1938)
Ross
Hold That Co-ed
(1938)
Mike Wurgerski
Crashing Through Danger
(1938)
Slim
Everybody's Doing It
(1938)
'Softy' Blane
Professor Beware
(1938)
Motorcycle Cop
Down in 'Arkansaw'
(1938)
Juble Butler
The Marines Are Here
(1938)
Sgt. Gibbons
I Demand Payment
(1938)
Happy Crofton
You and Me
(1938)
Text (as Guinn Williams)
Dodge City
(1939)
Tex Baird
Street of Missing Men
(1939)
T-Bone
Blackmail
(1939)
Moose McCarthy
Bad Lands
(1939)
Billy Sweet
6,000 Enemies
(1939)
Maxie
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
(1939)
Blake - the First Mate
Pardon Our Nerve
(1939)
Samson Smith
Legion of Lost Flyers
(1939)
Jake Halley
Fugitive at Large
(1939)
Conway (as Guinn Williams)
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Windy Brody
Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
Mike Cagle
Money and the Woman
(1940)
Mr. Adle
The Fighting 69th
(1940)
Paddy Dolan
Alias the Deacon
(1940)
Bull Gumbatz
Virginia City
(1940)
Marblehead
Pleased to Mitt You
(1940)
Chuck Brenner
Wagons Westward
(1940)
Jake Hardman
Dulcy
(1940)
Henry
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Kewpie Blain
Swamp Water
(1941)
Bud Dorson
Billy the Kid
(1941)
Ed Bronson (blacksmith)
Country Fair
(1941)
Gunther Potts
Riders of Death Valley
(1941)
Borax Bill
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
(1941)
Alvin
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
(1941)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
American Empire
(1942)
Sailaway
Mr. Wise Guy
(1942)
Luke Manning
Lure of the Islands
(1942)
Jinx
Between Us Girls
(1942)
Father at Soda Fountain
Silver Queen
(1942)
Blackie
The Bugle Sounds
(1942)
Sgt. Krims
Minesweeper
(1943)
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Nitro Rankin
Stars on Horseback
(1943)
Belle of the Yukon
(1944)
Sheriff Mervin Maitland
Cowboy and the Senorita
(1944)
'Teddy' Bear
Hands Across the Border
(1944)
Teddy Bear
Nevada
(1944)
Dusty
Swing in the Saddle
(1944)
'Tiny' Baldwin
Cowboy Canteen
(1944)
Spud Harrigan
Song of the Prairie
(1945)
Big Boy Jackson
The Man Who Walked Alone
(1945)
Champ
Rhythm Round-Up
(1945)
Zeke Winslow
Sing Me a Song of Texas
(1945)
Big Boy
That Texas Jamboree
(1946)
Big Boy Frazer
Singing on the Trail
(1946)
Big Boy Webster
Cowboy Blues
(1946)
Big Boy Stover
Throw a Saddle on a Star
(1946)
Big Boy
Singin' in the Corn
(1946)
Hank
Road to the Big House
(1947)
Butch McQuinn
Smoky River Serenade
(1947)
Wagon Wheel (as Big Boy Williams)
King of the Wild Horses
(1947)
Jed Acker (as Big Boy Williams)
Over the Santa Fe Trail
(1947)
Big Boy Jackson
Station West
(1948)
Mick Marion
Smoky Mountain Melody
(1948)
Saddle Grease Williams
Brimstone
(1949)
Art Benson
Bad Men of Tombstone
(1949)
Red Fisk
Rocky Mountain
(1950)
Pap Dennison (CSA)
Hoedown
(1950)
Small Potatoes
Man in the Saddle
(1951)
Bourke Prine
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
(1951)
Lon Tuttle
Hangman's Knot
(1952)
Smitty
Springfield Rifle
(1952)
Sgt. Snow
Southwest Passage
(1954)
Tall Tale
Massacre Canyon
(1954)
Pvt. Archibald Allen
The Outlaw's Daughter
(1954)
Moose, Deputy
Man from Del Rio
(1956)
Fred Jasper
Hidden Guns
(1956)
Kingford
Fremont: The Trailblazer
(1956)
Cassidy
The Hired Gun
(1957)
Elby Kirby
Five Bold Women
(1960)
'Big Foot' - the wagon driver
The Alamo
(1960)
Lt. 'Irish' Finn
Home from the Hill
(1960)
Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
The Comancheros
(1961)
Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Buttons and Her Beaus
(1962)
Writing