Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

• Born: Apr 26, 1899 in Decatur, Texas
• Died: Jun 06, 1962 in Hollywood, California
• Occupation: Actor, Writer
• Active: '20s-'40s
• Major Genres: Western, Drama
• Career Highlights: The Cowboy and the Senorita, My Man, Rocky Mountain
• First Major Screen Credit: Western Firebrands (1921)

Biography

Nicknamed "Big Boy" by his friend and frequent coworker Will Rogers, beefy Western star Guinn Williams was the son of a Texas congressman. After attending North Texas State College, Williams played pro baseball and worked as a rodeo rider before heading to Hollywood in his teens to try his luck in films. While he starred in several inexpensive silent and sound Westerns, Williams is better known for his comedy relief work in such films as Private Worlds (1935), A Star Is Born (1937), Professor Beware (1938), and Santa Fe Trail (1940). "Big Boy" Williams is also a familiar name to devotees of Orson Welles; it was Williams who once accosted Welles in a parking lot and cut off the "boy wonder's" necktie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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