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Theodore Childress Wills
Chill Wills
Acting
Biography
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Drive-In Movie Memories
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Beekeeper
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as The Janitor
Mr. Billion
as Col. Clayton T. Winkle
Poco… Little Dog Lost
as Big Burt
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Lemuel
Guns of a Stranger
as Tom Duncan
TV Shows
Alias Smith and Jones
1 ep.
Night Gallery
as Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag") · 1 ep.
Judd, for the Defense
1 ep.
Tarzan
1 ep.
The Rounders
18 ep.
Burke's Law
as General Hector Harder · 1 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 2 ep.
Frontier Circus
as Colonel Casey Thompson /Col. Casey Thompson · 26 ep.
Route 66
2 ep.
Rawhide
as Sheriff Asa Tanner · 2 ep.
