Chill Wills
Born in Seagoville, Texas, USA — Jul 18 1902• Died Dec 15 1978
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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…
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Burke's Law
Harry Riggs
Route 66
Rawhide
Sheriff Asa Tanner
Night Gallery
Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Kilmer
Trackdown
Gunsmoke
Abe Blocker
The Texan
Tarzan
Alias Smith and Jones
Judd for the Defense
Giant
Uncle Bawley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Janitor
The Rounders
Frontier Circus
Colonel Casey Thompson /Col. Casey Thompson
Rio Grande
Dr. Wilkins
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Lemuel
McLintock!
Drago
Meet Me in St. Louis
Mr. Neely
The Alamo
Beekeeper
The Harvey Girls
H.H. Hartsey
The Rounders
Jim Ed Love
The Man from the Alamo
John Gage
Tulsa
Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
The Westerner
Southeast
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Stand by for Action
Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
Way Out West
Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)
Belle Starr
Blue Duck
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Gentleman George Agnew
A Stranger in Town
Charles Craig
The Cardinal
Monsignor
Small Town Girl
Happy
The Sundowners
Sam Beers
Leave Her to Heaven
Leick Thome
Apache Trail
'Pike' Skelton
Call of the Prairie
Singing Cowhand
Honky Tonk
The Sniper
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Mr. Ike
The Steagle
Tall Guy McCoy
Mr. Billion
Col. Clayton T. Winkle
Trouble in Sundown
Whopper
The Wheeler Dealers
Jay Ray Spinelby
Tumbleweed
Sheriff Murchoree
Western Union
Homer Kettle
The Over the Hill Gang
Gentleman George Agnew
Rock Island Trail
Hogger McCoy
The Yearling
Buck Forrester
The Deadly Companions
Turk
Boom Town
Harmony Jones
Kentucky Rifle
Tobias Taylor
Red Canyon
Marshal G.T. Brackton
That Wonderful Urge
Homer Beggs
Timberjack
Steve Riika
The Sainted Sisters
Will Twitchell
High Lonesome
Boatwhistle
Best Foot Forward
Chester Short
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Manchester Montford
Fireball 500
Big Jaw
Ride the Man Down
Ike Adams
The Bad Man
'Red' Giddings
The Omaha Trail
Henry Hawkins
Billy the Kid
Tom Patterson
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
From Hell to Texas
Amos Bradley
Francis
Francis the Talking Mule (voice)
The Saxon Charm
Captain Chatham
Where the Boys Are
Police Captain
The Bugle Sounds
Sgt. Larry Dillon
The Day the Bookies Wept
Man on Bus (uncredited)
High Barbaree
Lars (uncredited)
Cattle Drive
Dallas
Gold of the Seven Saints
Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.
Santiago
Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones
Disneyland '59
Self
Francis in the Navy
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Northwest Stampede
Mileaway
Gun for a Coward
Loving
Wyoming
Lafe
Family Honeymoon
Fred
Gun Glory
Preacher
Hell's Outpost
Kevin Russell
Bar 20 Rides Again
Henchman
See Here, Private Hargrove
First Sgt. Cramp
Heartaches
'Breezie' Mann
Big Daddy
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Mr. York
Stella
Chief Clark
The Sea Hornet
Swede
Barbary Coast Gent
Sheriff Hightower
Gallant Bess
Chief Petty Officer
Arizona Legion
Whopper Hatch
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Beekeeper
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Host
Racketeers of the Range
Whopper Hatch
Drive-In Movie Memories
Oh! Susanna
Sgt. Barhydt
Francis Covers the Big Town
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Sgt. Cramp
Sky Murder
Sheriff Beckwith
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Major Buford
Francis Joins the WACS
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Loaded Pistols
Sheriff Cramer
Francis Goes to the Races
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
I'll Be Seeing You
Swanson
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Ricochet Romance
Tom Williams
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
The Janitor
Bronco Buster
Dan Bream
Sorority House
Mr. Johnson
At Sea Ashore
Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)
Lawless Valley
Deputy Speedy McGow
The Sad Horse
Capt. Connors
Poco… Little Dog Lost
Big Burt
Her Cardboard Lover
Judge
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
The Grass Is Always Greener
Windy
Allegheny Uprising
M'Cammon
City That Never Sleeps
Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Shiftless
Timber Stampede
Whopper Hatch
Hideaway Girl
Lead Singer of Avalon Boys
Francis Goes to West Point
Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Hotel Employee
Nobody's Baby
Amateur Hour Quartet Singer
The Immortal Blacksmith
Tom Davenport
Young Guns of Texas
Preacher Sam Shelby
Guns of a Stranger
Tom Duncan