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Chill Wills. Actor: Giant. Colorful character actor of American Westerns. Named "Chill" as an ironic comment on his birth date being the hottest day of 1902. A musician from his youth, he performed from the age of 12 with tent shows, in vaudeville, and with stock companies. While performing in vaudeville in Kansas City, he married ballet dancer Betty Chappelle, with whom he had two children. He formed a musical...
Nov 6, 2023 · Francis Joins the WACS is a 1954 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Ted Richmond, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, ZaSu Pitts, Mamie Van Doren, and Chill Wills in two roles, including the distinctive voice of Francis in voice-over.
Chill Wills was my great uncle. I was born after he died, but I grew up hearing stories from my great-grandpa about him and his amazing sense of humor and talent. From what I know about him, whether from watching his movies or from the hundreds of family stories I've heard about him,I can't help but feel that his star is well deserved.
Chill Wills. Chill Theodore Wills was an American film actor and singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet. Wills was born in Seagoville in Dallas County, Texas. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s. After appearing with them in a few westerns, he disbanded the group in 1938 and struck ...
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. Loaded Pistols. The Steagle. A Stranger in Town. The Liberation of L.B. Jones. Sorority House. Tarzan's New York Adventure. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ...
Chill Wills was my great uncle. I was born after he died, but I grew up hearing stories from my great-grandpa about him and his amazing sense of humor and talent. From what I know about him, whether from watching his movies or from the hundreds of family stories I've heard about him,I can't help but feel that his star is well deserved.
No classic Western fan could mistake character actor Chill Wills for anyone else. First there was the name, then his unforgettable foghorn bellow of a voice. Starting out as a leader of the singing cowboy group the Avalon Boys Quartet, he appeared with the quartet in a number of oaters in the 1930s, most memorably the Laurel and Hardy Western...
