Chill Wills
País: United States
Género: M
Cumpleaños: 1902-07-18
Fallecido: 1978-12-15
Biografía
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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, 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
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1. Laurel y Hardy en el Oeste (1937), película...Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
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2. La pequeña rebelión (1939), película...M'Cammon
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3. El forastero (1940), película...Southeast
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4. Boom Town (1940), película...Harmony Jones
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5. Belle Starr (1941), película...Blue Duck
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6. Espíritu de conquista (1941), película...Homer Kettle
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7. Honky Tonk (1941), película...The Sniper
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8. The Omaha Trail (1942), película...Henry Hawkins
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9. Cita en St. Louis (1944), película...Mr. Neely
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10. Que el cielo la juzgue (1945), película...Leick Thome
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11. El despertar (1946), película...Buck Forrester
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12. The Harvey Girls (1946), película...H.H. Hartsey
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13. Tulsa, ciudad de lucha (1949), película...Pinky Jimpson - Narrator
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14. Río Grande (1950), película...Dr. Wilkins
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15. Fuerte solitario (1950), película...Boatwhistle - Ranch Cook
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16. El cuatrero errante (1950), película...Sam Beers
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17. Ruedas de la conquista (1950), película...Hogger McCoy
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18. Amigos bajo el sol (1951), película...Dallas
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19. Buitres del mar (1951), película...Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
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20. Bronco Buster (1952), película...Dan Bream
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21. La batalla de los rancheros (1952), película...Ike Adams
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22. El desertor de El Álamo (1953), película...John Gage
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23. Sombras en el rancho (1953), película...Sheriff Murchoree
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24. La ciudad que nunca duerme (1953), película...Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
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25. Hell's Outpost (1954), película...Kevin Russel
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26. El rifle de Kentucky (1955), película...Tobias Taylor
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27. Gigante (1956), película...Uncle Bawley
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28. El rifle del forastero (1957), película...Preacher
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29. Una pistola para un cobarde (1957), película...Loving
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30. Del infierno a Texas (1958), película...Amos Bradley
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31. El Álamo (1960), película...Beekeeper
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32. Where the Boys Are (1960), película
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33. Compañeros mortales (1961), película...Turk
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34. El gran MacLintock (1963), película...Drago
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35. El cardenal (1963), película...Monsignor Whittle
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36. The Wheeler Dealers (1963), película...Jay Ray Spinelby
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37. Los desbravadores (1965), película...Jim Ed Love
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38. Los cuatro magníficos (1969), película...Gentleman George Agnew
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39. No se compra el silencio (1970), película...Mr. Ike
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40. El regreso de los cuatro magníficos (1970), película...Gentleman George Agnew
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41. Pat Garrett y Billy the Kid (1973), película...Lemuel
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42. El heredero del billón de dólares (1977), película...Col. Clayton T. Winkle
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1. Héroes de tachuela (1938), película...Midget in Elevator
