Chill Wills

Actor Jul 18 (died age 76) Seagoville, Texas, USA 1935–2004 (69 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Chill Theodore Wills (July 18, 1902 – December 15, 1978) was an American film actor, and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s. After appearing in a few westerns he disbanded the group in 1938, and struck out on a solo acting career. One of his more memorable roles was that of the distinctive voice of Francis the Mule in a series of popular films. Wills…

Known For

Film

Giant

Uncle Bawley

Film

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Lemuel

Film

Meet Me in St. Louis

Mr. Neely

Film

The Alamo

Beekeeper

Film

Leave Her to Heaven

Leick Thome

Film

Rio Grande

Dr. Wilkins

Film

Way Out West

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

Film

McLintock!

Drago

Filmography

Acting (129)

Movies (114)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Drive-In Movie Memories

2001

7.3

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992

as Beekeeper

6.0

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

1978

as The Janitor

Poco… Little Dog Lost

1977

as Big Burt

4.0

Mr. Billion

1977

as Col. Clayton T. Winkle

5.5

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Lemuel

Guns of a Stranger

as Tom Duncan

The Steagle

as Tall Guy McCoy

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

as Mr. Ike

5.8

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

1970

as Gentleman George Agnew

5.0

Big Daddy

1969

The Over the Hill Gang

1969

as Gentleman George Agnew

Fireball 500

as Big Jaw

The Rounders

as Jim Ed Love

The Cardinal

as Monsignor

McLintock!

as Drago

The Wheeler Dealers

as Jay Ray Spinelby

Young Guns of Texas

as Preacher Sam Shelby

3.8

The Deadly Companions

1961

as Turk

5.6

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

as Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.

7.0

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

as Major Buford

The Alamo

as Beekeeper

Where the Boys Are

as Police Captain

The Sad Horse

as Capt. Connors

Disneyland '59

as Self

From Hell to Texas

as Amos Bradley

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958

as Self

Gun Glory

as Preacher

Giant

as Uncle Bawley

Santiago

as Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones

Gun for a Coward

as Loving

Kentucky Rifle

as Tobias Taylor

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

1956

as Host

6.0

Francis in the Navy

1955

as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Timberjack

as Steve Riika

Hell's Outpost

as Kevin Russell

Ricochet Romance

as Tom Williams

Francis Joins the WACS

1954

as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

5.8

Small Town Girl

1953

as Happy

5.4

City That Never Sleeps

1953

as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'

5.9

Tumbleweed

1953

as Sheriff Murchoree

6.1

The Man from the Alamo

1953

as John Gage

6.5

Francis Covers the Big Town

1953

as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Ride the Man Down

as Ike Adams

Bronco Buster

as Dan Bream

Francis Goes to West Point

1952

as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

The Sea Hornet

as Swede

Oh! Susanna

as Sgt. Barhydt

Cattle Drive

as Dallas

Francis Goes to the Races

1951

as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Rio Grande

as Dr. Wilkins

Francis

as Francis the Talking Mule (voice)

High Lonesome

as Boatwhistle

Rock Island Trail

as Hogger McCoy

The Sundowners

as Sam Beers

The Grass Is Always Greener

1950

as Windy

4.9

Stella

1950

as Chief Clark

Tulsa

1949

as Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

6.3

Red Canyon

1949

as Marshal G.T. Brackton

The Saxon Charm

as Captain Chatham

Family Honeymoon

as Fred

Loaded Pistols

as Sheriff Cramer

That Wonderful Urge

as Homer Beggs

The Sainted Sisters

as Will Twitchell

Northwest Stampede

as Mileaway

High Barbaree

as Lars (uncredited)

Heartaches

as 'Breezie' Mann

Gallant Bess

as Chief Petty Officer

The Harvey Girls

as H.H. Hartsey

The Yearling

as Buck Forrester

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?

as Sgt. Cramp

Leave Her to Heaven

as Leick Thome

The Immortal Blacksmith

1944

as Tom Davenport

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

as Mr. Neely

7.0

See Here, Private Hargrove

as First Sgt. Cramp

I'll Be Seeing You

as Swanson

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

as Mr. York

Barbary Coast Gent

as Sheriff Hightower

Best Foot Forward

as Chester Short

A Stranger in Town

as Charles Craig

The Bugle Sounds

as Sgt. Larry Dillon

Tarzan's New York Adventure

1942

as Manchester Montford

The Omaha Trail

as Henry Hawkins

Mr. Gardenia Jones

as Hotel Employee

Her Cardboard Lover

as Judge

Stand by for Action

as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann

Apache Trail

as 'Pike' Skelton

The Bad Man

as 'Red' Giddings

Billy the Kid

as Tom Patterson

Western Union

as Homer Kettle

Belle Starr

as Blue Duck

Honky Tonk

as The Sniper

Wyoming

as Lafe

The Westerner

as Southeast

Boom Town

as Harmony Jones

Sky Murder

as Sheriff Beckwith

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940

as Shiftless

5.5

Racketeers of the Range

as Whopper Hatch

Allegheny Uprising

as M'Cammon

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939

as Man on Bus (uncredited)

Sorority House

as Mr. Johnson

Trouble in Sundown

as Whopper

Arizona Legion

1939

as Whopper Hatch

5.0

Timber Stampede

1939

as Whopper Hatch

Lawless Valley

1938

as Deputy Speedy McGow

5.0

Nobody's Baby

1937

as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer

5.7

Way Out West

1937

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

7.1

Hideaway Girl

1936

as Lead Singer of Avalon Boys

Call of the Prairie

1936

as Singing Cowhand

4.7

At Sea Ashore

1936

as Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)

Bar 20 Rides Again

1935

as Henchman

5.0

Television (15)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

7.0

Night Gallery

1970

as Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")

Judd for the Defense

Tarzan

The Rounders

Burke's Law

as Harry Riggs

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Frontier Circus

1961

as Colonel Casey Thompson /Col. Casey Thompson

Route 66

Rawhide

as Sheriff Asa Tanner

The Texan

Trackdown

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mr. Kilmer

Gunsmoke

as Abe Blocker

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as The Janitor

8.6