Personal Info
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1902-07-18 (123 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Seagoville, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Theodore Childress Wills
Chill Wills
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2004 --
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
| Self (archive footage)
2001 --
Drive-In Movie Memories
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1994 --
That's Entertainment! III
| (archive footage)
1992 --
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
| Beekeeper
1978 --
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
| The Janitor
1977 --
Poco… Little Dog Lost
| Big Burt
1977 --
Mr. Billion
| Col. Clayton T. Winkle
1976 --
It's Showtime
| Self (archive footage)
1973 --
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
| Lemuel
1973 --
Guns of a Stranger
| Tom Duncan
1971 --
The Steagle
| Tall Guy McCoy
1970 --
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
| Gentleman George Agnew
1970 --
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
| Mr. Ike
1969 --
The Over the Hill Gang
| Gentleman George Agnew
1969 --
Big Daddy
|
1966 --
Fireball 500
| Big Jaw
1965 --
The Rounders
| Jim Ed Love
1963 --
The Cardinal
| Monsignor
1963 --
The Wheeler Dealers
| Jay Ray Spinelby
1963 --
McLintock!
| Drago
1962 --
Young Guns of Texas
| Preacher Sam Shelby
1961 --
The Deadly Companions
| Turk
1961 --
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
| Major Buford
1961 --
Gold of the Seven Saints
| Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.
1960 --
Where the Boys Are
| Police Captain
1960 --
The Alamo
| Beekeeper
1959 --
Disneyland '59
| Self
1959 --
The Sad Horse
| Capt. Connors
1958 --
From Hell to Texas
| Amos Bradley
1957 --
Gun Glory
| Preacher
1956 --
Gun for a Coward
| Loving
1956 --
Giant
| Uncle Bawley
1956 --
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
| Host
1956 --
Santiago
| Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones
1956 --
Kentucky Rifle
| Tobias Taylor
1955 --
Francis in the Navy
| Francis (voice) (uncredited)
1955 --
Timberjack
| Steve Riika
1954 --
Hell's Outpost
| Kevin Russell
1954 --
Ricochet Romance
| Tom Williams
1954 --
Francis Joins the WACS
| Francis (as Francis the Talking Muke)
1953 --
Tumbleweed
| Sheriff Murchoree
1953 --
The Man from the Alamo
| John Gage
1953 --
City That Never Sleeps
| Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
1953 --
Francis Covers the Big Town
| Francis (as Franis the Talking Mule)
1952 --
Ride the Man Down
| Ike Adams
1952 --
Francis Goes to West Point
| Francis (as Francis the Talking Mule)
1952 --
Bronco Buster
| Dan Bream
1951 --
The Sea Hornet
| Swede
1951 --
Cattle Drive
| Dallas
1951 --
Francis Goes to the Races
| Francis The Talking Mule (as Francis the Talking Mule)
1951 --
Oh! Susanna
| Sgt. Barhydt
1950 --
Rio Grande
| Dr. Wilkins
1950 --
High Lonesome
| Boatwhistle
1950 --
Stella
| Chief Clark
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
1949 --
Red Canyon
| Brackton
1949 --
Tulsa
| Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
1948 --
Loaded Pistols
| Sheriff Cramer
1948 --
Family Honeymoon
| Fred
1948 --
That Wonderful Urge
| Homer Beggs
1948 --
The Saxon Charm
| Captain Chatham
1948 --
Northwest Stampede
| Mileaway
1948 --
The Sainted Sisters
| Will Twitchell
1947 --
Heartaches
| 'Breezie' Mann
1946 --
The Yearling
| Buck Forrester
1946 --
Gallant Bess
| Chief Petty Officer
1946 --
The Harvey Girls
| H.H. Hartsey
1945 --
Leave Her to Heaven
| Leick Thome
1945 --
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
| Sgt. Cramp
1944 --
I'll Be Seeing You
| Swanson
1944 --
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
| Mr. York
1944 --
Meet Me in St. Louis
| Mr. Neely
1944 --
Barbary Coast Gent
| Sheriff Hightower
1944 --
See Here, Private Hargrove
| First Sgt. Cramp
1943 --
Best Foot Forward
| Chester Short
1943 --
A Stranger in Town
| Charles Craig
1942 --
Stand by for Action
| Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
1942 --
The Omaha Trail
| Henry Hawkins
1942 --
Apache Trail
| 'Pike' Skelton
1942 --
Her Cardboard Lover
| Judge
1942 --
Mr. Gardenia Jones
| Hotel Employee
1942 --
Tarzan's New York Adventure
| Manchester Montford
1942 --
The Bugle Sounds
| Sgt. Larry Dillon
1941 --
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
1940 --
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
| Shiftless
1940 --
Sky Murder
| Sheriff Beckwith
1940 --
The Westerner
| Southeast
1940 --
Wyoming
| Lafe
1940 --
Boom Town
| Harmony Jones
1939 --
Allegheny Uprising
| M'Cammon
1939 --
The Day the Bookies Wept
| Man on Bus (uncredited)
1939 --
Timber Stampede
| Whopper Hatch
1939 --
Racketeers of the Range
| Whopper Hatch
1939 --
Sorority House
| Mr. Johnson
1939 --
Trouble in Sundown
| Whopper
1939 --
Arizona Legion
| Whopper Hatch
1938 --
Lawless Valley
| Deputy Speedy McGow
1937 --
Nobody's Baby
| Amateur Hour Lead Quartet Singer (as The Avalon Boys)
1937 --
Way Out West
| Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)
1936 --
At Sea Ashore
| Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)
1936 --
Call of the Prairie
| Singing Cowhand
1935 --
Bar 20 Rides Again
| Henchman