Chill Wills
Theodore Childress Wills · The Avalon Boys
- Туған күні:
- 1902-07-18
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1978-12-15
- Туған жері:
- Seagoville, Texas, USA
Өмірбаяны
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' deep, rough voice, with its Western twang, was matched to the personality of the cynical, sardonic mule. As was customary at the time, Wills was given no billing for his vocal work, though he was featured prominently on-screen as blustery General Ben Kaye in the fourth entry, Francis Joins the WACS. 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. Wills was cast in numerous serious film roles, including as "the city of Chicago" as personified by a phantom police sergeant in the film noir City That Never Sleeps (1953), and that of Uncle Bawley in Giant (1956), which also features Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. Wills was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Davy Crockett's companion "Beekeeper" in the film The Alamo (1960). However, his aggressive campaign for the award was considered tasteless by many, including the film's star/director/producer John Wayne, who publicly apologized for Wills. Wills' publicity agent, W.S. "Bow-Wow" Wojciechowicz, accepted blame for the ill-advised effort, claiming that Wills had known nothing about it. The Oscar was instead won by Peter Ustinov for his role as Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus. In Rory Calhoun's CBS western series The Texan, Wills appeared in the lead role in the 1960 episode entitled "The Eyes of Captain Wylie". Wills starred in the short-run series Frontier Circus which aired for only one season (1961–62) on CBS. In 1966, he was cast in the role of a shady Texas rancher, Jim Ed Love, in the short-lived ABC comedy/western series The Rounders (reprising his role in the 1965 film The Rounders, starring Henry Fonda), with co-stars Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne and Walker Edmiston. in 1963-64, Wills joined William Lundigan, Walter Brennan and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee in the campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1968, Wills refused to support Richard Nixon for the presidency and served as master of ceremonies for George C. Wallace, former governor of Alabama, for the California campaign stops in Wallace's presidential campaign.[5] Wills was among the few Hollywood celebrities to endorse Wallace's bid against Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey; another was Walter Brennan. Also in 1968, he starred in the Gunsmoke episode "A Noose for Dobie Price", where he played Elihu Gorman, a former outlaw who joins forces with Marshal Matt Dillon, played by James Arness, to track down a member of his former gang who has escaped jail. His last role was in 1978, as a janitor in Stubby Pringle's Christmas. CLR Description above from the Wikipedia article Chill Wills, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Фильмографиясы
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Вот это развлечение! Часть 3
1994
TMDb 7.1 / 10
(archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Beekeeper
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Janitor
Poco… Little Dog Lost
1977
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Big Burt
Мистер Миллиард
1977
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Col. Clayton T. Winkle
It's Showtime
1976
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Пэт Гэрретт и Билли Кид
1973
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Lemuel
Guns of a Stranger
1973
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Tom Duncan
The Steagle
1971
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Tall Guy McCoy
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Gentleman George Agnew
Освобождение Л. Б. Джонса
1970
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mr. Ike
Банда стариков
1969
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Gentleman George Agnew
Big Daddy
1969
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Поворотный пункт
1966
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Big Jaw
Пропойцы
1965
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Jim Ed Love
Кардинал
1963
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Monsignor
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Jay Ray Spinelby
МакЛинток!
1963
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Drago
Young Guns of Texas
1962
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Preacher Sam Shelby
Смертельные компаньоны
1961
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Turk
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Major Buford
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.
Where the Boys Are
1960
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Police Captain
Аламо
1960
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Beekeeper
Disneyland '59
1959
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Self
The Sad Horse
1959
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Capt. Connors
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Self
From Hell to Texas
1958
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Amos Bradley
Gun Glory
1957
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Preacher
Gun for a Coward
1956
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Loving
Гигант
1956
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Uncle Bawley
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Host
Santiago
1956
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones
Kentucky Rifle
1956
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Tobias Taylor
Фрэнсис на флоте
1955
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Timberjack
1955
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Steve Riika
Hell's Outpost
1954
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Kevin Russell
Ricochet Romance
1954
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Tom Williams
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Перекати-поле
1953
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sheriff Murchoree
Человек из Аламо
1953
TMDb 6.6 / 10
John Gage
City That Never Sleeps
1953
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Девчонка из городка
1953
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Happy
Ride the Man Down
1952
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ike Adams
Francis Goes to West Point
1952
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Bronco Buster
1952
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dan Bream
The Sea Hornet
1951
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Swede
Cattle Drive
1951
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dallas
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
1951
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sgt. Barhydt
Рио Гранде
1950
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dr. Wilkins
High Lonesome
1950
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Boatwhistle
Stella
1950
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Chief Clark
Rock Island Trail
1950
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hogger McCoy
Francis
1950
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Francis the Talking Mule (voice)
The Sundowners
1950
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Sam Beers
The Grass Is Always Greener
1950
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Windy
Red Canyon
1949
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Marshal G.T. Brackton
Tulsa
1949
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
Loaded Pistols
1948
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sheriff Cramer
Family Honeymoon
1948
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fred
Такой восхитительный порыв
1948
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Homer Beggs
The Saxon Charm
1948
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Captain Chatham
Northwest Stampede
1948
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Mileaway
The Sainted Sisters
1948
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Will Twitchell
Heartaches
1947
TMDb 5.3 / 10
'Breezie' Mann
High Barbaree
1947
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Lars (uncredited)
Оленёнок
1946
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Buck Forrester
Gallant Bess
1946
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Chief Petty Officer
Девушки Харви
1946
TMDb 6.6 / 10
H.H. Hartsey
Бог ей судья
1945
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Leick Thome
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1945
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Sgt. Cramp
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Swanson
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
1944
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Mr. York
Встреть меня в Сент-Луисе
1944
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Neely
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sheriff Hightower
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Tom Davenport
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
TMDb 6.5 / 10
First Sgt. Cramp
Best Foot Forward
1943
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Chester Short
A Stranger in Town
1943
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Charles Craig
Приготовиться к бою
1942
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
Apache Trail
1942
TMDb 6.9 / 10
'Pike' Skelton
The Omaha Trail
1942
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Henry Hawkins
Ее картонный любовник
1942
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Judge
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Hotel Employee
Приключения Тарзана в Нью-Йорке
1942
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Manchester Montford
The Bugle Sounds
1942
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sgt. Larry Dillon
Honky Tonk
1941
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Sniper
Belle Starr
1941
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Blue Duck
Billy the Kid
1941
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Tom Patterson
The Bad Man
1941
TMDb 5.9 / 10
'Red' Giddings
Вестерн Юнион
1941
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Homer Kettle
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Shiftless
Sky Murder
1940
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sheriff Beckwith
Человек с запада
1940
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Southeast
Wyoming
1940
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lafe
Шумный город
1940
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Harmony Jones
Восстание в Аллеганах
1939
TMDb 5.9 / 10
M'Cammon
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Man on Bus (uncredited)
Timber Stampede
1939
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Whopper Hatch
Racketeers of the Range
1939
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Whopper Hatch
Sorority House
1939
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Mr. Johnson
Trouble in Sundown
1939
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Whopper
Arizona Legion
1939
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Whopper Hatch
Lawless Valley
1938
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Deputy Speedy McGow
Nobody's Baby
1937
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Amateur Hour Quartet Singer
Путь с Запада
1937
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)
Hideaway Girl
1936
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lead Singer of Avalon Boys
At Sea Ashore
1936
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
1936
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Singing Cowhand
Anything Goes
1936
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Quartette Member
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Henchman