Chill Wills

actor

Land: United States

Geschlecht: M

Geburtstag: 1902-07-18

Ist gestorben: 1978-12-15

Biografie
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 featured prominently on-screen as blustery General Ben Kaye in the fourth entry, Francis Joins the WACS. He provided the deep voice for Stan Laurel's performance of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in Way Out West (1937), in which the Avalon Boys Quartet appeared. Wills was cast in numerous serious film roles, including as "the city of Chicago" as personified by a phantom police sergeant in the film noir City That Never Sleeps (1953), and that of Uncle Bawley in Giant (1956), which also features Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. Wills was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Davy Crockett's companion "Beekeeper" in the film The Alamo (1960). However, his aggressive campaign for the award was considered tasteless by many, including the film's star/director/producer John Wayne, who publicly apologized for Wills. Wills' publicity agent, W.S. "Bow-Wow" Wojciechowicz, accepted blame for the ill-advised effort, claiming that Wills had known nothing about it. The Oscar was instead won by Peter Ustinov for his role as Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus. In Rory Calhoun's CBS western series The Texan, Wills appeared in the lead role in the 1960 episode entitled "The Eyes of Captain Wylie". Wills starred in the short-run series Frontier Circus which aired for only one season (1961–62) on CBS. In 1966, he was cast in the role of a shady Texas rancher, Jim Ed Love, in the short-lived ABC comedy/western series The Rounders (reprising his role in the 1965 film The Rounders, starring Henry Fonda), with co-stars Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne and Walker Edmiston. in 1963-64, Wills joined William Lundigan, Walter Brennan and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee in the campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1968, Wills refused to support Richard Nixon for the presidency and served as master of ceremonies for George C. Wallace, former governor of Alabama, for the California campaign stops in Wallace's presidential campaign.[5] Wills was among the few Hollywood celebrities to endorse Wallace's bid against Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey; another was Walter Brennan. Also in 1968, he starred in the Gunsmoke episode "A Noose for Dobie Price", where he played Elihu Gorman, a former outlaw who joins forces with Marshal Matt Dillon, played by James Arness, to track down a member of his former gang who has escaped jail. His last role was in 1978, as a janitor in Stubby Pringle's Christmas. CLR Description above from the Wikipedia article Chill Wills, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Schauspieler:

  1. 1. It's a Gift (1934), film
    ...
    Campfire Singer (uncredited)
  2. 2. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935), film
    ...
    Background Singer
  3. 3. Zwei ritten nach Texas (1937), film
    ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  4. 4. Der Mann vom schwarzen Fluß (1939), film
    ...
    M'Cammon
  5. 5. Der Draufgänger (1940), film
    ...
    Harmony Jones
  6. 6. In die Falle gelockt (1940), film
    ...
    Southeast
  7. 7. Belle Starr (1941), film
    ...
    Blue Duck
  8. 8. Western Union - Der Überfall der Ogalalla (1941), film
    ...
    Homer Kettle
  9. 9. Der letzte Bandit (1941), film
    ...
    Tom Patterson
  10. 10. Ein toller Bursche (1941), film
    ...
    The Sniper
  11. 11. Apache Trail (1942), film
    ...
    'Pike' Skelton
  12. 12. The Omaha Trail (1942), film
    ...
    Henry Hawkins
  13. 13. Tarzans Abenteuer in New York (1942), film
    ...
    Manchester Montford
  14. 14. Her Cardboard Lover (1942), film
    ...
    Judge
  15. 15. Ein Fremder in der Stadt (1943), film
    ...
    Charles Craig
  16. 16. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), film
    ...
    Mr. Neely
  17. 17. I'll Be Seeing You (1944), film
    ...
    Swanson
  18. 18. Todsünde (1945), film
    ...
    Leick Thome
  19. 19. Die Wildnis ruft (1946), film
    ...
    Buck Forrester
  20. 20. The Harvey Girls (1946), film
    ...
    H.H. Hartsey
  21. 21. Heartaches (1947), film
    ...
    'Breezie' Mann
  22. 22. Silberkönig (1948), film
    ...
    M'Cammon
  23. 23. Ich heirate dich doch (1948), film
    ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  24. 24. Geladene Pistolen (1948), film
    ...
    Sheriff Cramer
  25. 25. Erde in Flammen (1949), film
    ...
    Pinky Jimpson - Narrator
  26. 26. Hurrikan (1949), film
    ...
    Turk
  27. 27. Rio Grande (1950), film
    ...
    Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon)
  28. 28. Der Tiger von Texas (1950), film
    ...
    Boatwhistle - Ranch Cook
  29. 29. Zweikampf bei Sonnenuntergang (1950), film
    ...
    Sam Beers
  30. 30. Mississippi Express (1950), film
    ...
    Hogger McCoy
  31. 31. Der große Zug nach Santa Fe (1951), film
    ...
    Dallas
  32. 32. Der Seewolf von Barracuda (1951), film
    ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  33. 33. Apachenschlacht am schwarzen Berge (1951), film
    ...
    Sergeant Barhydt
  34. 34. Rivalen im Sattel (1952), film
    ...
    Dan Bream
  35. 35. Der Tiger von Utah (1952), film
    ...
    Ike Adams
  36. 36. Der Mann vom Alamo (1953), film
    ...
    John Gage
  37. 37. Drei waren Verräter (1953), film
    ...
    Sheriff Murchoree
  38. 38. Chicago - 12 Uhr Mitternacht (1953), film
    ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  39. 39. Small Town Girl (1953), film
    ...
    Happy
  40. 40. Die Hölle von Silver Rock (1954), film
    ...
    Kevin Russel
  41. 41. Kentucky Rifle (1955), film
    ...
    Tobias Taylor
  42. 42. Der Rächer vom Silbersee (1955), film
    ...
    Steve Riika
  43. 43. Giganten (1956), film
    ...
    Uncle Bawley
  44. 44. Schlucht des Verderbens (1957), film
    ...
    Preacher
  45. 45. Schieß oder stirb! (1957), film
    ...
    Loving
  46. 46. Schiess zurück, Cowboy (1958), film
    ...
    Amos Bradley
  47. 47. Alamo (1960), film
    ...
    Beekeeper
  48. 48. Dazu gehören zwei (1960), film
    ...
    Police Captain
  49. 49. Gefährten des Todes (1961), film
    ...
    Turk
  50. 50. Das Gold der sieben Berge (1961), film
    ...
    Doc Wilson Gates, MD
  51. 51. Young Guns of Texas (1962), film
    ...
    Preacher Sam Shelby
  52. 52. MacLintock! (1963), film
    ...
    Drago
  53. 53. Getrennte Betten (1963), film
    ...
    Jay R. Spinelby
  54. 54. Der Kardinal (1963), film
    ...
    Monsignor Whittle
  55. 55. Nebraska (1965), film
    ...
    Jim Ed Love
  56. 56. Morgen holt euch der Teufel (1966), film
    ...
    Big Jaw Harris
  57. 57. The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969), film
    ...
    Gentleman George Agnew
  58. 58. Die Glut der Gewalt (1970), film
    ...
    Mr. Ike
  59. 59. The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970), film
    ...
    Gentleman George
  60. 60. Pat Garrett jagt Billy the Kid (1973), film
    ...
    Lemuel
  61. 61. Mr. Billion (1977), film
    ...
    Col. Clayton T. Winkle
  62. 62. Vier treue Pfoten (1977), film
    ...
    Big Burt
  63. 63. Drive-In Movie Memories (2001), film
    ...
    Self (archive footage)

Stimme:

  1. 1. Lange Leitung (1938), film
    ...
    Midget in Elevator
  2. 2. Francis Goes to West Point (1952), film
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    Francis the Talking Mule
  3. 3. Francis Joins the WACS (1954), film
    ...
    Gen. Benjamin Kaye / Francis the Talking Mule
  4. 4. Francis in the Navy (1955), film
    ...
    Francis the Talking Mule

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