Chill Wills

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Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet.

Birth Name

Theodore Childress Wills

Born

Friday, 18 July 1902

Died

Friday, 15 December 1978

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade	Himself (archive footage)	2004
Drive-In Movie Memories	Himself (archive footage)	2001
That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	1994
American Masters	Actor 'Giant'	1986
Poco... Little Dog Lost	Big Burt	1977
Mr. Billion	Col. Clayton T. Winkle	1977
Dinah!	Himself	1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Lemuel	1973
Guns of a Stranger	Tom Duncan	1973
Hec Ramsey	Sam McDade	1972

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade	Himself (archive footage)	2004
Drive-In Movie Memories	Himself (archive footage)	2001
That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	1994
American Masters	Actor 'Giant'	1986
Poco... Little Dog Lost	Big Burt	1977
Mr. Billion	Col. Clayton T. Winkle	1977
Dinah!	Himself	1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Lemuel	1973
Guns of a Stranger	Tom Duncan	1973
Hec Ramsey	Sam McDade	1972
The Steagle	Tall-Guy McCoy	1971
Alias Smith and Jones	Bixby	1971
Night Gallery	Heppelwhite	1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again	Gentleman George Agnew	1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones	Mr. Ike	1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang	Gentleman George Agnew	1969
Hee Haw	Himself	1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.	Sam Hill	1969
Judd for the Defense	Simpson Youngert	1967
Tarzan	Ronald Montrose	1966
The Rounders	Jim Ed Love	1966
Fireball 500	Big Jaw Harris	1966
The Rounders	Jim Ed Love	1965
That Regis Philbin Show	Himself	1964
The Cardinal	Monsignor Whittle	1963
The Wheeler Dealers	Jay Ray Spinelby	1963
McLintock!	Drago	1963
Burke's Law	General Hector Harder, Harry Riggs, Stanton Custer	1963
Young Guns of Texas	Charlie	1962
The Virginian	Pat Reedy	1962
Frontier Circus	Colonel Casey Thompson, Col. Casey Thompson	1961
The Deadly Companions	Turk	1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come	Major Buford	1961
Gold Of The Seven Saints	Doc Wilson Gates, MD	1961
The Porter Wagoner Show	Himself - Guest, Himself	1961
Where The Boys Are	Police Captain	1960
The Alamo	Beekeeper	1960
Route 66	Monty Musgrave	1960
Here's Hollywood	Himself	1960
Assignment: Underwater	Boyd Crosby	1960
The Sad Horse	Capt Connors	1959
Rawhide	Sheriff Asa Tanner	1959
The Texan	Captain Wylie	1958
From Hell to Texas	Amos Bradley	1958
Trackdown	Zebulon Hunt	1957
Wagon Train	Bije Wilcox	1957
Gun Glory	Preacher	1957
Gun For A Coward	Loving	1957
Giant	Uncle Bawley	1956
Playhouse 90	Ed Pruitt	1956
Santiago	Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones	1956
Kentucky Rifle	Tobias Taylor	1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mr. Kilmer	1955
Gunsmoke	Abe Blocker, Elihu Gorman, Red Conniston	1955
Francis in the Navy	Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited)	1955
Timberjack	Steve Riika	1955
Hell's Outpost	Kevin Russell	1954
Ricochet Romance	Tom Williams	1954
Francis Joins the WACS	Gen. Benjamin Kaye / Francis the Talking Mule (voice)	1954
Tumbleweed	Sheriff Murchoree	1953
The Man from the Alamo	John Gage	1953
Francis Covers the Big Town	Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited)	1953
City That Never Sleeps	Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'	1953
Small Town Girl	Happy	1953
Ride the Man Down	Ike Adams	1952
Francis Goes to West Point	Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited)	1952
Bronco Buster	Dan Bream	1952
The Sea Hornet	Swede	1951
Cattle Drive	Dallas	1951
Francis Goes to the Races	Francis the Talking Mule (voice)	1951
Oh! Susanna	Sergeant Barhydt	1951
Rio Grande	Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon)	1950
High Lonesome	Boatwhistle, Ranch Cook	1950
Stella	Chief Clark	1950
The Gene Autry Show	Sheriff Chill Wills	1950
Rock Island Trail	Hogger McCoy	1950
Francis	Francis the Talking Mule (voice)	1950
The Sundowners	Sam Beers	1950
The Grass Is Always Greener	Windy	1950
Tulsa	Pinky Jimpson - Narrator	1949
Red Canyon	Marshal G.T. Brackton	1949
Family Honeymoon	Fred	1949
That Wonderful Urge	Homer Beggs - Justice of the Peace - Monroe Township	1948
Loaded Pistols	Sheriff Cramer	1948
The Saxon Charm	Captain Chatham	1948
Northwest Stampede	Mileaway	1948
The Sainted Sisters	Will Twitchell	1948
Heartaches	'Breezie' Mann	1947
The Yearling	Buck Forrester	1947
Gallant Bess	Chief Petty Officer	1947
The Harvey Girls	H.H. Hartsey	1946
Leave Her To Heaven	Leick Thome	1946
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?	Sgt. Cramp	1945
I'll Be Seeing You	Swanson	1945
Meet Me In St. Louis	Mr. Neely	1945
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier	Mr. York	1944
Barbary Coast Gent	Sheriff Hightower	1944
Rationing	Bus Driver (scenes deleted)	1944
See Here, Private Hargrove	First Sgt. Cramp	1944
Best Foot Forward	Chester Short	1943
A Stranger in Town	Charles Craig	1943
Stand By For Action	Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks	1942
The Omaha Trail	Henry Hawkins	1942
Apache Trail	'Pike' Skelton	1942
Her Cardboard Lover	Judge	1942
Mister Gardenia Jones	Hotel Employee	1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure	Manchester Montford	1942
The Bugle Sounds	Sgt. Larry Dillon	1942
Honky Tonk	The Sniper	1941
Belle Starr	Blue Duck	1941
Billy The Kid	Tom Patterson	1941
The Bad Man	'Red' Giddings	1941
Western Union	Homer Kettle	1941
Tugboat Annie Sails Again	Shiftless	1940
Sky Murder	Sheriff Beckwith	1940
The Westerner	Southeast	1940
Wyoming	Lafe	1940
Boom Town	Harmony Jones	1940
Allegheny Uprising	M'Cammon	1939
The Day the Bookies Wept	Man on Bus	1939
Timber Stampede	Whopper Hatch	1939
Racketeers of the Range	Whopper Hatch	1939
Sorority House	Mr. Johnson	1939
Lawless Valley	Deputy Speedy McGow	1939
Trouble in Sundown	Whopper	1939
Arizona Legion	Whopper Hatch	1939
Nobody's Baby	Amateur Hour Lead Quartet Singer (as The Avalon Boys)	1937
Way Out West	Stan's Bass Singing	1937
At Sea Ashore	Leader of The Avalon Four	1936
Call of the Prairie	Singing Cowhand	1936
Bar 20 Rides Again	Henchman (as Chill Wills and His Avalon Boys)	1935