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Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

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 professiona... more

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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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The Alamo
(1960)
Western
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Runtime:
167 min
Director:
John Wayne
Cast:
John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne
6.8
52%
N/A
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A Star Is Born
(1937)
Drama, Romance
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chroni...
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
William A. Wellman
Cast:
Janet Gaynor, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
7.3
100%
77
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Dodge City
(1939)
Action, Western
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh
7.1
100%
N/A
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You Only Live Once
(1937)
Crime, Drama, Romance
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and ...
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Fritz Lang
Cast:
Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan
7.4
100%
N/A
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Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Action, Western
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Olivia de Havilland, Alan Hale, Ronald Reagan
6.3
63%
N/A
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Home from the Hill
(1960)
Drama, Romance
Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and o...
Runtime:
150 min
7.5
100%
N/A
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Virginia City
(1940)
Action, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh
6.8
N/A
N/A
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You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Comedy, Music, Romance
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Sidney Lanfield
Cast:
Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Swamp Water
(1941)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Jean Renoir
Cast:
Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Virginia Gilmore
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Lucky Star
(1929)
Drama, Romance
Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring hi...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Frank Borzage
Cast:
Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn Williams, Paul Fix
8.0
N/A
N/A
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The Bachelor Father
(1931)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money....
Runtime:
90 min
7.8
N/A
N/A
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Springfield Rifle
(1952)
War, Western
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trus...
Runtime:
93 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Littlest Rebel
(1935)
Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, War
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
David Butler
Cast:
Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson
7.0
88%
N/A
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Polly of the Circus
(1932)
Comedy, Drama
When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly deci...
Runtime:
69 min
7.4
N/A
N/A
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Hangman's Knot
(1952)
Action, Western
In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry and the soldiers are killed. The only wounded survivor tells that the war ended one month ago, and the group decides to take the gold and meet their liaison that knew that the war ended but did not inform the troop. The...
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Roy Huggins
Cast:
Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Lee Marvin, Frank Faylen, Claude Jarman Jr.
6.8
N/A
N/A
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You and Me
(1938)
Crime, Romance
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Fritz Lang
Cast:
Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Robert Cummings, Barton MacLane, Roscoe Karns
7.0
100%
N/A
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Rocky Mountain
(1950)
Adventure, Western
A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West for the faltering Confederacy. Because the patrol saves a stagecoach, with Johanna Carterr as one of the passengers, from an Indian attack, and is marooned on a rocky mountain...
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
William Keighley
Cast:
Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Slim Pickens, Guinn Williams, Dickie Jones
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Man in the Saddle
(1951)
Western
A small farmer and rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerfull neighbour. When the neighbour even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
André De Toth
Cast:
Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Rober
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Station West
(1948)
Action, Mystery, Romance, Western
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Sidney Lanfield
Cast:
Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Burl Ives, Tom Powers
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Wise Girl
(1937)
Comedy
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids ...
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
Leigh Jason
Cast:
Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson, Alec Craig
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Rafter Romance
(1933)
Comedy, Romance
A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.
Runtime:
73 min
Director:
William A. Seiter
Cast:
Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, George Sidney, Robert Benchley, Laura Hope Crews
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Here Comes the Navy
(1934)
Drama, War
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Runtime:
87 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Noah's Ark
(1929)
Drama, War
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
Runtime:
135 min
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
George O'Brien, Dolores Costello, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda, Guinn Williams
6.6
57%
N/A
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Billy the Kid
(1941)
Drama, Western
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
David Miller, Frank Borzage
Cast:
Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney Jr., Ian Hunter
5.7
N/A
N/A
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Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
Crime, Drama
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Runtime:
77 min
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Cast:
John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Burgess Meredith, Henry O'Neill
6.8
N/A
N/A
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Blackmail
(1939)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
Runtime:
81 min
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Big City
(1937)
Drama
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Frank Borzage
Cast:
Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Janet Beecher, Charley Grapewin, William Demarest
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Mr. Wise Guy
(1942)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby, a henchm...
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
William Nigh
Cast:
Leo Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert
5.8
N/A
N/A
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The Glass Key
(1935)
Drama, Thriller
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on.
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Frank Tuttle
Cast:
George Raft, Edward Arnold, Claire Dodd, Rosalind Keith, Charles Richman
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Palooka
(1934)
Comedy, Music
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Benjamin Stoloff
Cast:
Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Thelma Todd
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Flirtation Walk
(1934)
Music, Romance
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
Runtime:
97 min
5.8
100%
N/A
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College Coach
(1933)
Drama
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
William A. Wellman
Cast:
Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Private Worlds
(1935)
Drama
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns that Charles has a sister, Claire, with a mysterious past.
Runtime:
84 min
6.8
N/A
N/A
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American Empire
(1942)
Western
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton's wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that h...
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
William C. McGann
Cast:
Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Robert Barrat
5.6
N/A
N/A
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
(1937)
Comedy, Drama
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
Runtime:
74 min
Director:
George B. Seitz
Cast:
Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Janet Beecher
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Brimstone
(1949)
Western
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Joseph Kane
Cast:
Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Walter Brennan, Forrest Tucker, Jack Holt
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Belle of the Yukon
(1944)
Comedy, Western
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
William A. Seiter
Cast:
Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, Charles Winninger
5.4
N/A
N/A
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Nevada
(1944)
Western
Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.
Runtime:
62 min
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Southwest Passage
(1954)
Western
Director Ray Nazarro's 1954 western, originally filmed in 3-D, stars John Ireland and Joanne Dru as fugitive bank robbers who hide out by joining a government expedition bound for California.
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
Ray Nazarro
Cast:
Rod Cameron, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, Darryl Hickman, Guinn Williams
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Cowboy and the Senorita
(1944)
Western
Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to buy it. Roy suspects the mine may be valuable and using a clue left by Chip's father, investigates. He finds the hidden shaft that contains the gold and with the posse chasing him on a trumped up robbery charge, races to town with ore sample...
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Joseph Kane
Cast:
Roy Rogers, Trigger, Mary Lee, Dale Evans, John Hubbard
6.0
N/A
N/A