Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (1899–1962) was an American actor who appeared numerous B-Westerns during a career that span more than four decades. 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.
His Santa Susana locations filmography includes:
Noah's Ark (1928) - Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery (Iverson Ranch) Vitaphone Corp
Cowboy Holiday (1934) - Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Janet Chandler, Julian Rivero (Iverson Ranch) Beacon Prod.
Vigilantes Are Coming, The (1936) - Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Raymond Hatton (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Army Girl (1938) - Madge Evans, Preston Foster, James Gleason (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Wagons Westward (1940) - Chester Morris, Anita Louise, Buck Jones (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Riders of Death Valley (1941) - Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo and Buck Jones (Iverson Ranch) Universal
Desperadoes, The (1943) - Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford (Corriganville) Columbia
Hands Across the Border (1944) - Roy Rogers, Trigger, Ruth Terry (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) - Roy Rogers, Trigger and Mary Lee (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Republic
King of the Wild Horses (1947) - Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Billy Sheffield (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) - Ken Curtis, Jennifer Holt, Guy Kibbee (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) - Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford (Iverson Ranch) Allied Artists
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951) starring Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
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Man in the Saddle (1951) - Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Hangman's Knot (1952) - Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman Jr. (Corriganville) Columbia
Massacre Canyon (1954) - Philip Carey, Audrey Totter, Douglas Kennedy (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Columbia
"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951) TV Series - episode: Blake's Kid (1955)
Hidden Guns (1956) - Bruce Bennett, Richard Arlen, John Carradine (Corriganville) Republic
"Gunsmoke" (1955) TV Series - episode: Skid Row (1957)
"Circus Boy" (1956) TV Series - starred Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Pete (49 episodes, 1956-1957)
"Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The" (1954) TV Series - episode: The New C.O. (1958)
"Tales of Wells Fargo" (1957) TV Series - episode: Cow Town (1958)
"Wagon Train" (1957) TV Series - episode: The Vincent Eaglewood Story (1959)
"Restless Gun, The" (1957) TV Series - episode: A Trial for Jenny May (1959)
Many thanks for remembering Mr. Williams.
ReplyDeleteAs an "N.Y.C." kid I attended many a rodeo at Madison Square Garden with Roy Rogers as the host.
We lived on Staten Island,which was lightly populated and so had plenty of woods to be Roy or" Hoppy" or The Lone Ranger in with our deadly cap pistols.
I fully believe my Father's generation, "Hoot" Gibson, William Boyd, and mine grew up with a social conscience and a sense of fair play and an aversion to bullying because of the standards instilled in us with those Westerns.
Thanks again and best to your Grandchildren.
Jim Clark, a Son of Roy Rogers
Many thanks for remembering Mr. Williams.
ReplyDeleteAs an "N.Y.C." kid I attended many a rodeo at Madison Square Garden with Roy Rogers as the host.
We lived on Staten Island,which was lightly populated and so had plenty of woods to be Roy or" Hoppy" or The Lone Ranger in with our deadly cap pistols.
I fully believe my Father's generation, "Hoot" Gibson, William Boyd, and mine grew up with a social conscience and a sense of fair play and an aversion to bullying because of the standards instilled in us with those Westerns.
Thanks again and best to your Grandchildren.
Jim Clark, a Son of Roy Rogers