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 semipro 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 Borzages 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 Browns 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 mid1940s Williams appeared in supporting roles in a number of Apictures sometimes with high billing such as You Only Live Once and in Columbias 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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