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American Film & Theater Personalities. Cancer Men. Family, Personal Life & Death. Chill got married to dancer Hattie Elizabeth "Betty" Chappelle on December 4, 1928, and remained married to her until her death in November 1971. They had two children, Jill Wills, born in 1939, and Will Wills, born in 1942.
Wills was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s. He provided the deep voice for Stan Laurel 's performance of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in Way Out West (1937), in which the Avalon Boys Quartet appeared. After appearing in a few Westerns, he disbanded the group in 1938, and struck ...
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19 September 1966. JILL WILLS DEBUTS. Desert Sun, Volume 40, Number 39, 19 September 1966 — JILL WILLS DEBUTS [ARTICLE] Back. JILL WILLS DEBUTS. HOLLYWOOD (UPI) —Chill Wills’ daughter, Jill, will make her acting debut with her father in “The Rounders.” California Digital Newspaper Collection.
Chill Wills. Actor: Giant. Colorful character actor of American Westerns. Named "Chill" as an ironic comment on his birth date being the hottest day of 1902. A musician from his youth, he performed from the age of 12 with tent shows, in vaudeville, and with stock companies. While performing in vaudeville in Kansas City, he married ballet dancer Betty Chappelle, with whom he had two children ...
- July 18, 1902
- December 15, 1978
She married Wills in 1928 in Kansas City, Mo., and their marriage endured while Wills, now 70, appeared in 130 movies. She also is survived by a daughter, Jill Wills of Encino; a son, Will of Dallas, Tex., and three grandchildren. Services will be private.
Apr 30, 2021 · Wills, Theodore Childress [Chill] (1902–1978). Theodore Childress “Chill” Wills, Western character actor and singer, was born on July 18, 1902, in Seagoville, Texas, to Robert Bruce Wills, a farmer, and Frances “Fanny” Elizabeth (Rublee) Wills. Wills was the youngest of six children and only five years old when his father died.
