Guinn Terrell "Big Boy" Williams Jr.,     "Big Boy" and Dorothy Peterson Simpson
circa 1954                                               Williams circa 1954.

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (26 April 1899 – 6 June 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 muscular from years of working on ranches and playing semi-pro and pro
baseball.

Williams made his screen debut in the 1919 comedy
Almost A Husband opposite 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 1920's Williams would have a string of successful films, mostly
westerns.

He then starred in The Great Meadow alongside Johnny Mack Brown, which was Brown's breakout film.
Throughout the 1930's Williams starred in several supporting cast roles, mostly in either 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 titled
Riders of Death Valley.

His father, Guinn Williams Sr, 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. His
last role was opposite John Wayne, with whom Williams had a close friendship, and Stuart Whitman in The
Comancheros.

Williams died unexpectedly of uremic poisoning on June 6th, 1962, at the age of sixty three. He had
married three actresses in his lifetime, 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 had first met
in the 1940's