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Guinn "Big Boy" Williams is a Actor American born on 25 april 1899 at Decatur (USA)
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.
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).
His father, Guinn Williams, represented the 13th Texas Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1922 to 1932. 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.
He was married to three actresses, the first being silent film actress Kathleen Collins. For a time, he was married to B-movie actress Barbara Weeks. His last wife was Dorothy Peterson, whom he first met in the 1940s.
Williams died unexpectedly of uremic poisoning on June 6, 1962, aged 63.
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Birth name Guinn Terrell Williams Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 25 april 1899 at Decatur (USA)
Death 6 june 1962 (at 63 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 april 1899 at Decatur (USA)
Death 6 june 1962 (at 63 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
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).
His father, Guinn Williams, represented the 13th Texas Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1922 to 1932. 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.
He was married to three actresses, the first being silent film actress Kathleen Collins. For a time, he was married to B-movie actress Barbara Weeks. His last wife was Dorothy Peterson, whom he first met in the 1940s.
Williams died unexpectedly of uremic poisoning on June 6, 1962, aged 63.
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The Comancheros (1961)
, 1h47Directed by John Wayne, Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot
Roles Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Rating67%
In 1843 roguish gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) escapes a death penalty after killing in a duel Emil Bouvier (Gregg Palmer), the son of a Louisiana judge. Regret claimed that he would have only wounded Bouvier if he hadn't sidestepped. He is captured by Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) after a tryst with a mysterious lady, Pilar Graile (Ina Balin). Regret manages to escape, but is subsequently recaptured after a chance encounter with Cutter in a saloon.
The Alamo (1960)
, 2h47Directed by John Wayne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal
Roles Lt. 'Irish' Finn
Rating68%
The film depicts the Battle of the Alamo and the events leading up to it. Sam Houston leads the forces fighting for Texas independence and needs time to build an army. The opposing Mexican forces, led by General Santa Anna, are numerically stronger and also better armed and trained. Nevertheless, the Texans have spirit and morale remains generally high.
Home from the Hill (1960)
, 2h30Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Everett Sloane, Luana Patten
Roles Hugh Macauley (uncredited)
Rating73%
In the beginning, Captain Wade Hunnicutt (Robert Mitchum), the wealthiest and most powerful person in his East Texas town, is wounded by a jealous husband. Wade is a notorious womanizer, who lives with his beautiful wife Hannah (Eleanor Parker) who scorns him. She has raised their son Theron (George Hamilton) to be dependent upon her, but as he reaches adulthood Theron seeks his father’s help in becoming a man.
The Hired Gun (1957)
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Vince Edwards, John Litel, Chuck Connors, Robert Burton
Roles Elby Kirby
Rating58%
Ellen Beldon is about to be hanged in Texas for the cold-blooded murder of her husband. Her ranch foreman, Judd Farrow, busts her out of jail and escorts Ellen to a safe hideout in New Mexico.
Man from Del Rio (1956)
, 1h22Directed by Harry Horner
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney, Douglas Fowley, John Larch, Whit Bissell
Roles Fred Jasper
Rating63%
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Southwest Passage (1954)
, 1h15Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rod Cameron, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Dehner, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Darryl Hickman
Roles Tall Tale
Rating57%
This script must be run from the command line
Hangman's Knot (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Claude Jarman Jr., Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Harry Joe Brown, Roy Huggins
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman Jr., Frank Faylen, Richard Denning, Lee Marvin
Roles Smitty
Rating66%
In the spring of 1865 in Nevada, a small band of Confederate soldiers disguised as civilians intercept a shipment of gold escorted by Union cavalry troops. Following a heated battle that results in losses on both sides, Confederate Major Matt Stewart (Randolph Scott) learns from a dying Union officer that the war ended a month earlier. Matt and his men transport the gold as planned to the scheduled rendezvous with Captain Petersen (Glenn Langan) who has been scouting the area disguised as a traveling peddler. When Petersen confirms that the war is indeed over and admits that he knew of Lee's surrender but made no attempt to tell the men, hot-headed Rolph Bainter (Lee Marvin) shoots him dead. The men briefly debate what to do with the gold. As ranking officer, Matt decides they will take the gold back to the South to help finance their country's reconstruction.
Springfield Rifle (1952)
, 1h29Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney, Jr., Philip Carey
Roles Sgt. Snow
Rating65%
Charged with wartime cowardice, Major Lex Kearney is drummed out of the Union Army with a dishonorable discharge. His disgrace is complete, wife Erin even informing him that their ashamed son has run away.
Man in the Saddle (1951)
, 1h27Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Steven Rauber, John Russell
Roles Bourke Prine
Rating62%
Owen Merritt, petit propriétaire d'un ranch, se fait voler la femme qu'il aime par un important propriétaire terrien, Will Isham. Mais quand celui-ci apprend que c'est un mariage d'intérêt, il décide de se débarrasser définitivement de celui qui reste son rival. Merritt ne réagit pas, jusqu'au jour où ses deux amis et associés sont assassinés par l'homme de main de Isham.
Man in the Saddle (1951)
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Steven Rauber, John Russell
Roles Bourke Prine
Rating62%
Owen Merritt, petit propriétaire d'un ranch, se fait voler la femme qu'il aime par un important propriétaire terrien, Will Isham. Mais quand celui-ci apprend que c'est un mariage d'intérêt, il décide de se débarrasser définitivement de celui qui reste son rival. Merritt ne réagit pas, jusqu'au jour où ses deux amis et associés sont assassinés par l'homme de main de Isham.
Rocky Mountain (1950)
, 1h23Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie
Roles Pap Dennison (CSA)
Rating66%
ROCKY MOUNTAIN, also known as Ghost Mountain. On March 26, 1865, a detachment of Confederate cavalry crossed the state line into California under secret orders from Gen. Robert E. Lee to rendezvous at Ghost Mountain with one Cole Smith, with instructions to place the flag atop the mountain, and though their mission failed, the heroism displayed by these gallant men honored the cause for which they fought so valiantly. In 1865m eight horsemen trek across the California desert, arriving at Ghost Mountain. Led by Captain Lafe Barstow (Errol Flynn) of the Mississippi Mounted Rifles. The eight soldiers encounter a man who calls himself California Beal (Howard Petrie). As a last desperate effort to turn the tide of the war, Barstow's mission is to persuade Cole Smith and his 500 men to raid California on behalf of the Confederacy. From their vantage point on the mountain, the men see a Shoshone war party attack a stagecoach. Barstow's men charge and drive off the Shoshone after the stage overturns, rescuing driver Gil Craigie (Chubby Johnson ) and the only surviving passenger, Johanna Carter (Patrice Wymore), traveling to join her fiancé, Union Army officer Lt. Rickey (Scott Forbes).
Station West (1948)
, 1h20Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Burl Ives, Tom Powers, Gordon Oliver
Roles Mick Marion
Rating65%
Two soldiers have been robbed and murdered while guarding a shipment of gold. Into town rides Haven, a military intelligence officer traveling incognito.
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
, 1h11Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Walter Catlett, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Isabel Randolph, Charles Williams
Roles Champ
Rating57%
During the final months of World War II, Marion Scott is hitchhiking towards the small town of Plainfield (a common American town name, although fictional in the context of this film). He is offered a ride by a young woman who turns out to be Wilhelmina "Willie" Hammond, a member of a wealthy society family, running from an arranged marriage to another socially prominent type, stolid Alvin Bailey. Acting on the reported theft of Bailey's car, the police stop the pair and, after identifying the stolen car, put the pair in jail. Willie arranges their bail and takes Marion to the family mansion where, having left her keys, she tries to crawl through the window, causing the pair to be arrested again and the story to land in the headlines of the local papers. Willie initially thinks that Marion is an Army deserter, but after he explains his discharge for medical reasons, she gives him a job as the family chauffeur, even though Wiggins, the eccentric old caretaker of the estate, has misgivings. Learning of the "scandal", Willie's widowed mother, Mrs. Hammond, "old maid" Aunt Harriet, younger sister Patricia as well as family dressmaker Camille, all return from New York, along with Alvin Bailey and Alvin's physical trainer and sidekick, the big "dumb" Champ. After a series of family arguments and complications, Alvin willingly gives up Willie so she can marry Marion, who modestly did not disclose that he was a national hero as a result of wartime valor, that he was hitchhiking simply to maintain anonymity, and was now being welcomed by the mayor and the governor, and honored with a parade by Plainfield, the birthplace of his killed-in-battle wartime best friend, which will now become his adopted hometown.
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
, 1h23Directed by Randolph Scott, William A. Seiter, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, Bob Burns, Charles Winninger
Roles Sheriff Mervin Maitland
Rating53%
In a Yukon town called Malemute, a saloon owned by "Honest" John Calhoun gets a new star performer, Belle De Valle, while he's away. A stranger in town, Sam Slade, offers to keep an eye on things until the boss returns, while saloon manager Pop Candless and crooked town marshal Maitland keep a suspicious eye on him.
Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
, 1h18Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Mary Lee, Dale Evans, John Hubbard, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, George McFarland
Roles 'Teddy' Bear
Rating57%
Roy and his sidekick Teddy Bear are mistaken for the kidnappers of a runaway teenager. After escaping from a posse the two find the teenager, Chip who explains their innocence and has her sister Ysobel and her soon to be husband the rich Craig Allen give the pair jobs. Chip tells Roy she is sure her late father had riches hidden away that the unscrupulous Craig Allen tries to take for himself. The film opens and closes with musical numbers.