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Died Dec. 15, 1978 in Encino, Calif. A n experienced motion picture performer with upward of 300 film credits, Chill Wills played a variety of roles but was most noted for those in westerns. One of his earliest roles was with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy in "Boom Town" in 1940, a film in which he began nine years under contract to MGM.
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Dec 17, 1978 · Chill Wills began making movies in the late 1930's in “Lawless Valley,” with George O'Brien. Two years later as the tall, lanky deputy sheriff in “Boom Town,” a film that included Clark ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Francis Joins the WACS is a 1954 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Ted Richmond, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, ZaSu Pitts, Mamie Van Doren, and Chill Wills in two roles, including the distinctive voice of Francis in voice-over.
Chill Wills. Chill Theodore Wills was an American film actor and singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet. Wills was born in Seagoville in Dallas County, Texas. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s. After appearing with them in a few westerns, he disbanded the group in 1938 and struck ...
Died Dec. 15, 1978 in Encino, Calif. A n experienced motion picture performer with upward of 300 film credits, Chill Wills played a variety of roles but was most noted for those in westerns. One of his earliest roles was with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy in "Boom Town" in 1940, a film in which he began nine years under contract to MGM.
No classic Western fan could mistake character actor Chill Wills for anyone else. First there was the name, then his unforgettable foghorn bellow of a voice. Starting out as a leader of the singing cowboy group the Avalon Boys Quartet, he appeared with the quartet in a number of oaters in the 1930s, most memorably the Laurel and Hardy Western...
