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Chill Wills

Acting

Born July 18, 1902 · Seagoville, Texas, USA

Died December 15, 1978

Also known as Theodore Childress Wills

Biography

Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1961 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Drive-In Movie Memories

2001

Night Gallery

1969as Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Mr. Kilmer

Giant

1956as Uncle Bawley

Leave Her to Heaven

1945as Leick Thome

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973as Lemuel

Rawhide

1959as Sheriff Asa Tanner

The Alamo

1960as Beekeeper

Stand by for Action

1942as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann

The Westerner

1940as Southeast

Way Out West

1937as Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)

That's Entertainment! III

1994as (archive footage)

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944as Mr. Neely

Boom Town

1940as Harmony Jones

Rio Grande

1950as Dr. Wilkins

Best Foot Forward

1943as Chester Short

Route 66

1960

Gunsmoke

1955as Elihu Gorman

The Yearling

1946as Buck Forrester

Bar 20 Rides Again

1935as Henchman

McLintock!

1963as Drago

The Man from the Alamo

1953as John Gage

The Harvey Girls

1946as H.H. Hartsey

Francis Goes to the Races

1951as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Loaded Pistols

1948as Sheriff Cramer

Tulsa

1949as Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Tarzan's New York Adventure

1942as Manchester Montford

Honky Tonk

1941as The Sniper

The Wheeler Dealers

1963as Jay Ray Spinelby

Tumbleweed

1953as Sheriff Murchoree

Rock Island Trail

1950as Hogger McCoy

Francis Joins the WACS

1954as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Poco… Little Dog Lost

1977as Big Burt

Where the Boys Are

1960as Police Captain

From Hell to Texas

1958as Amos Bradley

The Texan

1958

Gun for a Coward

1956as Loving

City That Never Sleeps

1953as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'

Western Union

1941as Homer Kettle

Nobody's Baby

1937as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer

Belle Starr

1941as Blue Duck

The Over the Hill Gang

1969as Gentleman George Agnew

Santiago

1956as Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones

Kentucky Rifle

1956as Tobias Taylor

Francis Goes to West Point

1952as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Francis

1950as Francis the Talking Mule (voice)

Red Canyon

1949as Marshal G.T. Brackton

Allegheny Uprising

1939as M'Cammon

Call of the Prairie

1936as Singing Cowhand

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

1970as Gentleman George Agnew