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Wills was a poker player and a friend of Benny Binion, the founder of the World Series of Poker and former owner of Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wills participated in the first World Series, held in 1970, and is seated in the center of the picture.
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.
Chill Wills was an American actor and singer, who primarily played character roles in American Westerns. He started his career as a singer in the 'Avalon Boys Quartet,' which led him to his acting debut.
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.
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.
role in “The Alamo”. In The Alamo. …backlash mounted after Oscar nominee Chill Wills implied that voting for anyone else would be anti-American. In the end, the film won two Academy Awards, for sound and cinematography. Read More.
Dec 17, 1978 · Chill Wills, the raspy‐voiced character actor who appeared in hundreds of Westerns and other movies and who was most famous as the voice of Francis, the talking mule of the comedy series,...
Chill Wills. Highest Rated: 100% The Westerner (1940) Lowest Rated: 55% The Alamo (1960) Birthday: Jul 18, 1902. Birthplace: Seagoville, Texas, USA. No classic Western fan could mistake...
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.
Apr 30, 2021 · Theodore Childress “Chill” Wills, Western character actor and singer, was born on July 18, 1902, in Seagoville, Texas, to Robert Bruce Wills, a farmer, and Frances “Fanny” Elizabeth (Rublee) Wills. Wills was the youngest of six children and only five years old when his father died.
