Chill Wills

actor

Zemlja: United States

Pol: M

Rođendan: 1902-07-18

Umro: 1978-12-15

Biografija
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.

Glumac:

  1. ...
    Campfire Singer (uncredited)
  2. ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  3. ...
    M'Cammon
  4. ...
    Southeast
  5. ...
    Harmony Jones
  6. ...
    Blue Duck
  7. ...
    Homer Kettle
  8. ...
    Tom Patterson
  9. ...
    The Sniper
  10. ...
    'Pike' Skelton
  11. ...
    Henry Hawkins
  12. ...
    Manchester Montford
  13. ...
    Mr. Neely
  14. ...
    Swanson
  15. ...
    Leick Thome
  16. ...
    Buck Forrester
  17. ...
    H.H. Hartsey
  18. ...
    'Breezie' Mann
  19. ...
    M'Cammon
  20. 20. Tulsa (1949), film
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    Pinky Jimpson - Narrator
  21. ...
    Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon)
  22. ...
    Boatwhistle - Ranch Cook
  23. ...
    Sam Beers
  24. ...
    Hogger McCoy
  25. ...
    Dallas
  26. ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  27. ...
    Dan Bream
  28. ...
    Ike Adams
  29. ...
    John Gage
  30. ...
    Sheriff Murchoree
  31. ...
    Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass
  32. ...
    Kevin Russel
  33. ...
    Tobias Taylor
  34. ...
    Steve Riika
  35. 35. Div (1956), film
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    Uncle Bawley
  36. ...
    Preacher
  37. ...
    Loving
  38. ...
    Amos Bradley
  39. 39. Alamo (1960), film
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    Beekeeper
  40. ...
    Turk
  41. ...
    Doc Wilson Gates, MD
  42. ...
    Preacher Sam Shelby
  43. 44. Meklintok (1963), film
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    Drago
  44. ...
    Jay R. Spinelby
  45. 46. Kardinal (1963), film
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    Monsignor Whittle
  46. ...
    Jim Ed Love
  47. ...
    Gentleman George Agnew
  48. ...
    Mr. Ike
  49. ...
    Gentleman George Agnew
  50. ...
    Lemuel
  51. ...
    Col. Clayton T. Winkle

Glas:

  1. ...
    Midget in Elevator
  2. ...
    Francis the Talking Mule
  3. ...
    Gen. Benjamin Kaye / Francis the Talking Mule
  4. ...
    Francis the Talking Mule

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