Nominated for
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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(1956)
(1960)
(1963)
(1973)
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Actor (130 credits)
1970
Night Gallery
(TV Series)
Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")
1962-1968
Gunsmoke
(TV Series)
Elihu Gorman
/ Red Conniston
/ Abe Blocker
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A Hat
(1967)
... Red Conniston
1968
Tarzan
(TV Series)
Ronald Montrose
1963-1965
Burke's Law
(TV Series)
General Hector Harder
/ Stanton Custer
/ Harry Riggs
1964
Rawhide
(TV Series)
Sheriff Asa Tanner
1964
Route 66
(TV Series)
Monty Musgrave
1950
Stella
Chief Clark
(uncredited)
1949
Tulsa
Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)
1938
Block-Heads
Midget in Elevator
(voice, uncredited)
1937
Nobody's Baby
Amateur Hour Lead Quartet Singer
(as The Avalon Boys)
1936
Hideaway Girl
Lead Singer of Avalon Boys
(as The Avalon Boys)
1936
At Sea Ashore
(Short)
Leader of The Avalon Four
(uncredited)
1960
The Alamo
(performer: "Here's to the Ladies")
1950
High Lonesome
("20 Miles From Carson") / (writer: "20 Miles From Carson")
1950
Francis
(performer: "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean")
1949
Tulsa
(performer: "TULSA", "Old Faithful", "Three O'Clock in the Morning")
1945
Leave Her to Heaven
(performer: "Chickens in the Garden", "Deedle Deedle Dum Dum" - uncredited)
1942
Stand by for Action
("The Oceana Roll" (1911), uncredited) / (lyrics: "The Blue-Eyed Sailor Man" - uncredited) / (music: "The Blue-Eyed Sailor Man" - uncredited) / (performer: "The Blue-Eyed Sailor Man" - uncredited)
1940
Boom Town
(performer: "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
1939
Racketeers of the Range
("Red River Valley") / (performer: "Caboose on the Red ball Train" (1939), "Red River Valley", "'Cause I'm the Man", "Sleepy Wrangler" (1939))
1939
Arizona Legion
(performer: "I'd Rather Be Footloose" - uncredited)
1937
Nobody's Baby
(writer: "The West Ain't Wild and Woolly Anymore")
1937
Way Out West
(performer: "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (1913) - uncredited)
1934
It's a Gift
(performer: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (1897) - uncredited)
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Self (12 credits)
1977
Dinah!
(TV Series)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Unsold pilot:
Starred in a pilot for a western TV series called "Old Man Coffee."
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Alternate Names:
The Avalon Boys | Chill Wills and His Avalon Boys
Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:
While campaigning for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1960, Wills took out a series of ads with the declaration "Win, lose or draw, you're all my cousins and I love you."It was signed "Your cousin, Chill Wills". One member of the Academy placed a response ad stating: "Dear Mr. Chill Wills, I am delighted to be your cousin but I voted for
Sal Mineo. "It was signed,
Groucho Marx.
Trivia:
Had two children: Jill Wills (born 1939) and Will Wills (born 1942).
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