Chill Wills
Acting
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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,…
Filmography
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Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
That's Entertainment! III
1994
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
Poco… Little Dog Lost
1977
Mr. Billion
1977
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Guns of a Stranger
1973
The Steagle
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
Big Daddy
1969
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Tarzan
1966
The Rounders
1966
Fireball 500
1966
The Rounders
1965
The Cardinal
1963
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
McLintock!
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Young Guns of Texas
1962
Frontier Circus
1961
The Deadly Companions
1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
Where the Boys Are
1960
The Alamo
1960
Route 66
1960
The Sad Horse
1959
Rawhide
1959
The Texan
1958
From Hell to Texas
1958
Trackdown
1957
Gun Glory
1957
Gun for a Coward
1956
Giant
1956
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
Santiago
1956
Kentucky Rifle
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Francis in the Navy
1955
Timberjack
1955
Hell's Outpost
1954
Ricochet Romance
1954
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
Tumbleweed
1953
The Man from the Alamo
1953
City That Never Sleeps
1953
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
Small Town Girl
1953
Ride the Man Down
1952
Francis Goes to West Point
1952
Bronco Buster
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Sea Hornet
1951
Cattle Drive
1951
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
Oh! Susanna
1951
Rio Grande
1950
High Lonesome
1950
Stella
1950
Rock Island Trail
1950
Francis
1950
The Sundowners
1950
The Grass Is Always Greener
1950
Red Canyon
1949
Tulsa
1949
Loaded Pistols
1948
Family Honeymoon
1948
That Wonderful Urge
1948
The Saxon Charm
1948
Northwest Stampede
1948
The Sainted Sisters
1948
Heartaches
1947
High Barbaree
1947