Chill Wills
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1902, Seagoville, Texas, USA
- Died
- December 15, 1978
- Movies
- 115
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Drive-In Movie Memories | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Beekeeper |
| 1978 | Stubby Pringle's Christmas | The Janitor |
| 1977 | Poco… Little Dog Lost | Big Burt |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Col. Clayton T. Winkle |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Lemuel |
| 1973 | Guns of a Stranger | Tom Duncan |
| 1971 | The Steagle | Tall Guy McCoy |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Gentleman George Agnew |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Mr. Ike |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Gentleman George Agnew |
| 1969 | Big Daddy | |
| 1966 | Fireball 500 | Big Jaw |
| 1965 | The Rounders | Jim Ed Love |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Monsignor |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Jay Ray Spinelby |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Drago |
| 1962 | Young Guns of Texas | Preacher Sam Shelby |
| 1961 | The Deadly Companions | Turk |
| 1961 | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Major Buford |
| 1961 | Gold of the Seven Saints | Doc Wilson Gates, M.D. |
| 1960 | Where the Boys Are | Police Captain |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Beekeeper |
| 1959 | Disneyland '59 | Self |
| 1959 | The Sad Horse | Capt. Connors |
| 1958 | The Western: A Lost TV Special | Self |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Amos Bradley |
| 1957 | Gun Glory | Preacher |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Loving |
| 1956 | Giant | Uncle Bawley |
| 1956 | New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' | Host |
| 1956 | Santiago | Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones |
| 1956 | Kentucky Rifle | Tobias Taylor |
| 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Francis (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Timberjack | Steve Riika |
| 1954 | Hell's Outpost | Kevin Russell |
| 1954 | Ricochet Romance | Tom Williams |
| 1954 | Francis Joins the WACS | Francis (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Tumbleweed | Sheriff Murchoree |
| 1953 | The Man from the Alamo | John Gage |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago' |
| 1953 | Francis Covers the Big Town | Francis (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Small Town Girl | Happy |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down | Ike Adams |
| 1952 | Francis Goes to West Point | Francis (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Bronco Buster | Dan Bream |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet | Swede |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive | Dallas |
| 1951 | Francis Goes to the Races | Francis (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna | Sgt. Barhydt |
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Dr. Wilkins |
| 1950 | High Lonesome | Boatwhistle |
| 1950 | Stella | Chief Clark |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail | Hogger McCoy |
| 1950 | Francis | Francis the Talking Mule (voice) |
| 1950 | The Sundowners | Sam Beers |
| 1950 | The Grass Is Always Greener | Windy |
| 1949 | Red Canyon | Marshal G.T. Brackton |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Pinky Jimpson (Narrator) |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols | Sheriff Cramer |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon | Fred |
| 1948 | That Wonderful Urge | Homer Beggs |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm | Captain Chatham |
| 1948 | Northwest Stampede | Mileaway |
| 1948 | The Sainted Sisters | Will Twitchell |
| 1947 | Heartaches | 'Breezie' Mann |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Lars (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Buck Forrester |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess | Chief Petty Officer |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | H.H. Hartsey |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Leick Thome |
| 1945 | What Next, Corporal Hargrove? | Sgt. Cramp |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Swanson |
| 1944 | Sunday Dinner for a Soldier | Mr. York |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Mr. Neely |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent | Sheriff Hightower |
| 1944 | The Immortal Blacksmith | Tom Davenport |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | First Sgt. Cramp |
| 1943 | Best Foot Forward | Chester Short |
| 1943 | A Stranger in Town | Charles Craig |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann |
| 1942 | Apache Trail | 'Pike' Skelton |
| 1942 | The Omaha Trail | Henry Hawkins |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Judge |
| 1942 | Mr. Gardenia Jones | Hotel Employee |
| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Manchester Montford |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds | Sgt. Larry Dillon |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | The Sniper |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Blue Duck |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Tom Patterson |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | 'Red' Giddings |
| 1941 | Western Union | Homer Kettle |
| 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Shiftless |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Sheriff Beckwith |
| 1940 | The Westerner | Southeast |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Lafe |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Harmony Jones |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | M'Cammon |
| 1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Man on Bus (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Timber Stampede | Whopper Hatch |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range | Whopper Hatch |
| 1939 | Sorority House | Mr. Johnson |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown | Whopper |
| 1939 | Arizona Legion | Whopper Hatch |
| 1938 | Lawless Valley | Deputy Speedy McGow |
| 1937 | Nobody's Baby | Amateur Hour Quartet Singer |
| 1937 | Way Out West | Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Hideaway Girl | Lead Singer of Avalon Boys |
| 1936 | At Sea Ashore | Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Call of the Prairie | Singing Cowhand |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Quartette Member |
| 1935 | Bar 20 Rides Again | Henchman |
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