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Chill Wills

Chill Wills
  • Name: Chill Wills
  • Birthday: 1902-07-18
  • Also known as: Theodore Childress Wills
  • Place of birth: Seagoville, Texas, USA
  • Popularity: 3.545
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' 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade   as  Self (archive footage) 2004-07-25
Drive-In Movie Memories 2001-08-31
That's Entertainment! III   as  (archive footage) 1994-07-01
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'   as  Beekeeper 1992-06-06
Stubby Pringle's Christmas   as  The Janitor 1978-12-17
Poco… Little Dog Lost   as  Big Burt 1977-11-23
Mr. Billion   as  Col. Clayton T. Winkle 1977-03-03
It's Showtime   as  Self (archive footage) 1976-03-31
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid   as  Lemuel 1973-05-23
Guns of a Stranger   as  Tom Duncan 1973-05-01
The Steagle   as  Tall Guy McCoy 1971-09-15
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again   as  Gentleman George Agnew 1970-11-16
The Liberation of L.B. Jones   as  Mr. Ike 1970-03-18
The Over the Hill Gang   as  Gentleman George Agnew 1969-07-06
Big Daddy 1969-06-11
Fireball 500   as  Big Jaw 1966-06-07
The Rounders   as  Jim Ed Love 1965-01-08
The Cardinal   as  Monsignor 1963-12-12
The Wheeler Dealers   as  Jay Ray Spinelby 1963-11-14
McLintock!   as  Drago 1963-11-12
Young Guns of Texas   as  Preacher Sam Shelby 1962-11-30
The Deadly Companions   as  Turk 1961-06-06
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come   as  Major Buford 1961-06-01
Gold of the Seven Saints   as  Doc Wilson Gates, M.D. 1961-02-18
Where the Boys Are   as  Police Captain 1960-12-28
The Alamo   as  Beekeeper 1960-10-23
Disneyland '59   as  Self 1959-06-15
The Sad Horse   as  Capt. Connors 1959-03-01
From Hell to Texas   as  Amos Bradley 1958-04-29
Gun Glory   as  Preacher 1957-07-19
Gun for a Coward   as  Loving 1956-12-30
Giant   as  Uncle Bawley 1956-11-08
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'   as  Host 1956-10-09
Santiago   as  Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones 1956-07-13
Kentucky Rifle   as  Tobias Taylor 1956-07-01
Francis in the Navy   as  Francis (voice) (uncredited) 1955-08-24
Timberjack   as  Steve Riika 1955-02-18
Hell's Outpost   as  Kevin Russell 1954-12-15
Ricochet Romance   as  Tom Williams 1954-11-01
Francis Joins the WACS   as  Francis (as Francis the Talking Muke) 1954-07-30
Tumbleweed   as  Sheriff Murchoree 1953-12-01
The Man from the Alamo   as  John Gage 1953-08-07
City That Never Sleeps   as  Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago' 1953-06-12
Francis Covers the Big Town   as  Francis (as Franis the Talking Mule) 1953-06-10
Ride the Man Down   as  Ike Adams 1952-11-25
Francis Goes to West Point   as  Francis (as Francis the Talking Mule) 1952-07-01
Bronco Buster   as  Dan Bream 1952-05-01
The Sea Hornet   as  Swede 1951-11-06
Cattle Drive   as  Dallas 1951-08-01
Francis Goes to the Races   as  Francis The Talking Mule (as Francis the Talking Mule) 1951-05-01
Oh! Susanna   as  Sgt. Barhydt 1951-03-01
Rio Grande   as  Dr. Wilkins 1950-11-15
High Lonesome   as  Boatwhistle 1950-09-01
Stella   as  Chief Clark 1950-07-20
Rock Island Trail   as  Hogger McCoy 1950-05-18
Francis   as  Francis the Talking Mule (voice) 1950-02-08
The Sundowners   as  Sam Beers 1950-02-02
The Grass Is Always Greener   as  Windy 1950-01-07
Red Canyon   as  Brackton 1949-04-27
Tulsa   as  Pinky Jimpson (Narrator) 1949-04-13
Loaded Pistols   as  Sheriff Cramer 1948-12-15
Family Honeymoon   as  Fred 1948-12-06
That Wonderful Urge   as  Homer Beggs 1948-11-20
The Saxon Charm   as  Captain Chatham 1948-09-28
Northwest Stampede   as  Mileaway 1948-07-28
The Sainted Sisters   as  Will Twitchell 1948-04-30
Heartaches   as  'Breezie' Mann 1947-06-28
The Yearling   as  Buck Forrester 1946-12-18
Gallant Bess   as  Chief Petty Officer 1946-12-05
The Harvey Girls   as  H.H. Hartsey 1946-01-18
Leave Her to Heaven   as  Leick Thome 1945-12-25
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?   as  Sgt. Cramp 1945-11-21
I'll Be Seeing You   as  Swanson 1944-12-31
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier   as  Mr. York 1944-12-08
Meet Me in St. Louis   as  Mr. Neely 1944-11-28
Barbary Coast Gent   as  Sheriff Hightower 1944-09-01
See Here, Private Hargrove   as  First Sgt. Cramp 1944-03-18
Best Foot Forward   as  Chester Short 1943-10-08
A Stranger in Town   as  Charles Craig 1943-04-01
Stand by for Action   as  Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann 1942-12-31
Apache Trail   as  'Pike' Skelton 1942-09-01
The Omaha Trail   as  Henry Hawkins 1942-09-01
Her Cardboard Lover   as  Judge 1942-07-16
Mr. Gardenia Jones   as  Hotel Employee 1942-05-29
Tarzan's New York Adventure   as  Manchester Montford 1942-05-01
The Bugle Sounds   as  Sgt. Larry Dillon 1942-01-30
Honky Tonk   as  The Sniper 1941-10-01
Belle Starr   as  Blue Duck 1941-09-12
Billy the Kid   as  Tom Patterson 1941-05-30
The Bad Man   as  'Red' Giddings 1941-03-28
Western Union   as  Homer Kettle 1941-02-21
Tugboat Annie Sails Again   as  Shiftless 1940-10-26
Sky Murder   as  Sheriff Beckwith 1940-09-27
The Westerner   as  Southeast 1940-09-18
Wyoming   as  Lafe 1940-09-13
Boom Town   as  Harmony Jones 1940-08-30
Allegheny Uprising   as  M'Cammon 1939-11-10
The Day the Bookies Wept   as  Man on Bus (uncredited) 1939-09-13
Timber Stampede   as  Whopper Hatch 1939-06-29
Racketeers of the Range   as  Whopper Hatch 1939-05-26
Sorority House   as  Mr. Johnson 1939-05-05
Trouble in Sundown   as  Whopper 1939-03-23
Arizona Legion   as  Whopper Hatch 1939-01-20
Lawless Valley   as  Deputy Speedy McGow 1938-11-03
Nobody's Baby   as  Amateur Hour Lead Quartet Singer (as The Avalon Boys) 1937-04-23
Way Out West   as  Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited) 1937-04-16
At Sea Ashore   as  Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited) 1936-04-04
Call of the Prairie   as  Singing Cowhand 1936-03-06
Bar 20 Rides Again   as  Henchman 1935-12-06