Chill Wills
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Beekeeper
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as The Janitor
Mr. Billion
1977
as Col. Clayton T. Winkle
Poco… Little Dog Lost
1977
as Big Burt
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Lemuel
Guns of a Stranger
1973
as Tom Duncan
The Steagle
1971
as Tall Guy McCoy
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
as Gentleman George Agnew
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
as Mr. Ike
Night Gallery
1970
as Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")
Big Daddy
1969
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
as Gentleman George Agnew
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Fireball 500
1966
as Big Jaw
Tarzan
1966
The Rounders
1966
The Rounders
1965
as Jim Ed Love
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
as Jay Ray Spinelby
McLintock!
1963
as Drago
The Cardinal
1963
as Monsignor
Burke's Law
1963
as Harry Riggs
Burke's Law
1963
as Stanton Custer
Burke's Law
1963
as General Hector Harder
Young Guns of Texas
1962
as Preacher Sam Shelby
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Deadly Companions
1961
as Turk
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
as Major Buford
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
as Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.
Frontier Circus
1961
as Colonel Casey Thompson /Col. Casey Thompson
The Alamo
1960
as Beekeeper
Where the Boys Are
1960
as Police Captain
Route 66
1960
The Sad Horse
1959
as Capt. Connors
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff Asa Tanner
From Hell to Texas
1958
as Amos Bradley
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
The Texan
1958
Gun Glory
1957
as Preacher
Trackdown
1957
Giant
1956
as Uncle Bawley
Santiago
1956
as Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Loving
Kentucky Rifle
1956
as Tobias Taylor
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
as Host
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Timberjack
1955
as Steve Riika
Gunsmoke
1955
as Abe Blocker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mr. Kilmer
Gunsmoke
1955
as Red Conniston
Gunsmoke
1955
as Elihu Gorman
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Ricochet Romance
1954
as Tom Williams
Hell's Outpost
1954
as Kevin Russell
City That Never Sleeps
1953
as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
The Man from the Alamo
1953
as John Gage
Tumbleweed
1953
as Sheriff Murchoree
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
1953
as Happy
Bronco Buster
1952
as Dan Bream
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Ike Adams
Francis Goes to West Point
1952
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Cattle Drive
1951
as Dallas
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Sgt. Barhydt
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Swede
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Janitor
Rio Grande
1950
as Dr. Wilkins
The Sundowners
1950
as Sam Beers
High Lonesome
1950
as Boatwhistle
The Grass Is Always Greener
1950
as Windy
Rock Island Trail
1950
as Hogger McCoy
Stella
1950
as Chief Clark
Francis
1950
as Francis the Talking Mule (voice)
Tulsa
1949
as Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
Red Canyon
1949
as Marshal G.T. Brackton
Family Honeymoon
1948
as Fred
The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Will Twitchell
Northwest Stampede
1948
as Mileaway
That Wonderful Urge
1948
as Homer Beggs
Loaded Pistols
1948
as Sheriff Cramer
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Captain Chatham
Heartaches
1947
as 'Breezie' Mann
High Barbaree
1947
as Lars (uncredited)
The Yearling
1946
as Buck Forrester
Gallant Bess
1946
as Chief Petty Officer
The Harvey Girls
1946
as H.H. Hartsey
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Leick Thome
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1945
as Sgt. Cramp
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
as Mr. Neely
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Swanson
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
1944
as Mr. York
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Sheriff Hightower
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as First Sgt. Cramp
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944
as Tom Davenport
A Stranger in Town
1943
as Charles Craig
Best Foot Forward
1943
as Chester Short
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
as Manchester Montford
The Bugle Sounds
1942
as Sgt. Larry Dillon
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
as Judge
Apache Trail
1942
as 'Pike' Skelton
The Omaha Trail
1942
as Henry Hawkins
Stand by for Action
1942
as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
as Hotel Employee
Western Union
1941
as Homer Kettle
Belle Starr
1941
as Blue Duck
Honky Tonk
1941
as The Sniper
Billy the Kid
1941
as Tom Patterson
The Bad Man
1941
as 'Red' Giddings
The Westerner
1940
as Southeast
Sky Murder
1940
as Sheriff Beckwith
Boom Town
1940
as Harmony Jones
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as Shiftless
Wyoming
1940
as Lafe
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as M'Cammon
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Whopper Hatch
Sorority House
1939
as Mr. Johnson
Arizona Legion
1939
as Whopper Hatch
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Man on Bus (uncredited)
Timber Stampede
1939
as Whopper Hatch
Trouble in Sundown
1939
as Whopper
Lawless Valley
1938
as Deputy Speedy McGow
Way Out West
1937
as Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)
Nobody's Baby
1937
as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer
At Sea Ashore
1936
as Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Singing Cowhand
Hideaway Girl
1936
as Lead Singer of Avalon Boys
Anything Goes
1936
as Quartette Member
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Henchman