Chill Wills
Држава: United States
Пол: M
Роденден: 1902-07-18
Умре: 1978-12-15
Биографија
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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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Актерот:
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1. It's a Gift (1934), филм...Campfire Singer (uncredited)
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...Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
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3. Први бунтовник (1939), филм...M'Cammon
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4. Закон дивљег запада (1940), филм...Southeast
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5. Boom Town (1940), филм...Harmony Jones
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6. Краљица бандита (1941), филм...Blue Duck
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7. На Дивљем Западу (1941), филм...Homer Kettle
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8. Billy the Kid (1941), филм...Tom Patterson
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9. Honky Tonk (1941), филм...The Sniper
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10. Apache Trail (1942), филм...'Pike' Skelton
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11. The Omaha Trail (1942), филм...Henry Hawkins
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12. Тарзан у Њујорку (1942), филм...Manchester Montford
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13. Срест ќемо се у Ст. Лоуису (1944), филм...Mr. Neely
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14. I'll Be Seeing You (1944), филм...Swanson
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15. Бог нека јој буде судија (1945), филм...Leick Thome
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16. The Yearling (1946), филм...Buck Forrester
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17. The Harvey Girls (1946), филм...H.H. Hartsey
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18. Heartaches (1947), филм...'Breezie' Mann
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19. Northwest Stampede (1948), филм...M'Cammon
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20. Тулса (1949), филм...Pinky Jimpson - Narrator
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21. Црвени кањон (1949), филм...Turk
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22. Рио Гранде (1950), филм...Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon)
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23. Усамљена брда (1950), филм...Boatwhistle - Ranch Cook
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24. У смирај дана (1950), филм...Sam Beers
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25. Пруга преко Роцк Исланда (1950), филм...Hogger McCoy
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26. Са гоничима стада (1951), филм...Dallas
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27. The Sea Hornet (1951), филм...Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
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28. Кротитељ коња (1952), филм...Dan Bream
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29. Храбра насљедница (1952), филм...Ike Adams
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30. Човек из Алама (1953), филм...John Gage
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31. Тумблеwеед (1953), филм...Sheriff Murchoree
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32. City That Never Sleeps (1953), филм...Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
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33. Hell's Outpost (1954), филм...Kevin Russel
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34. Kentucky Rifle (1955), филм...Tobias Taylor
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35. Timberjack (1955), филм...Steve Riika
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36. Див (1956), филм...Uncle Bawley
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37. Славни револвераш (1957), филм...Preacher
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38. Оружје за кукавицу (1957), филм...Loving
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39. Од пакла до Тексаса (1958), филм...Amos Bradley
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40. Аламо (1960), филм...Beekeeper
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41. Where the Boys Are (1960), филм
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42. Смртоносна дружина (1961), филм...Turk
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43. Злато седам брезуљака (1961), филм...Doc Wilson Gates, MD
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44. Young Guns of Texas (1962), филм...Preacher Sam Shelby
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45. Меклинток (1963), филм...Drago
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46. The Wheeler Dealers (1963), филм...Jay R. Spinelby
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47. Кардинал (1963), филм...Monsignor Whittle
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48. The Rounders (1965), филм...Jim Ed Love
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49. Стари ренџери јашу (1969), филм...Gentleman George Agnew
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50. Ослободувањето на Л. Б. Џонс (1970), филм...Mr. Ike
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51. Стари Ренџери Опет Јашу (1970), филм...Gentleman George
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52. Пат Гарет и Били Кид (1973), филм...Lemuel
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53. Милијардер (1977), филм...Col. Clayton T. Winkle
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1. Станлио и Олио: Тиквани (1938), филм...Midget in Elevator
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2. Francis Goes to West Point (1952), филм...Francis the Talking Mule
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3. Francis Joins the WACS (1954), филм...Gen. Benjamin Kaye / Francis the Talking Mule
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4. Francis in the Navy (1955), филм...Francis the Talking Mule