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Guinn Williams

Guinn Williams

Birthday: 1899-04-26 | Place of Birth: Decatur, Texas, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1960
Five Bold Women

as    'Big Foot' - the wagon driver

1957
The Hired Gun

as    Elby Kirby

1956
Man from Del Rio

as    Fred Jasper

1954
The Outlaw's Daughter

as    Moose, Deputy

1954
Southwest Passage

as    Tall Tale

1952
Springfield Rifle

as    Sgt. Snow

1951
Man in the Saddle

as    Bourke Prine

1950
Rocky Mountain

as    Pap Dennison (CSA)

1949
Brimstone

as    Art Benson

1948
Station West

as    Mick Marion

1946
Singing on the Trail

as    Big Boy Webster

1944
Cowboy and the Senorita

as    'Teddy' Bear

1944
Swing in the Saddle

as    'Tiny' Baldwin

1944
Nevada

as    Dusty

1944
Belle of the Yukon

as    Sheriff Mervin Maitland

1944
Cowboy Canteen

as    Spud Harrigan

1944
Hands Across the Border

as    Teddy Bear

1943
Minesweeper

as    CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith

1943
The Desperadoes

as    Nitro Rankin

1942
Silver Queen

as    Blackie

1942
Lure of the Islands

as    Jinx

1942
Mr. Wise Guy

as    Luke Manning

1942
American Empire

as    Sailaway

1941
Riders of Death Valley

as    Borax Bill

1941
Swamp Water

as    Bud Dorson

1941
Billy the Kid

as    Ed Bronson (blacksmith)

1941
You'll Never Get Rich

as    Kewpie Blain

1940
Virginia City

as    Marblehead

1940
Santa Fe Trail

as    Windy Brody