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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' deep, rough voice, with its Western twang, was matched to the personality of the cynical,...
Highest rated appearances
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Beekeeper

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as The Janitor

Poco… Little Dog Lost
as Big Burt

Mr. Billion
as Col. Clayton T. Winkle

It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Lemuel

Guns of a Stranger
as Tom Duncan

The Steagle
as Tall Guy McCoy

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Gentleman George Agnew

The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Mr. Ike

The Over the Hill Gang
as Gentleman George Agnew

Big Daddy

Fireball 500
as Big Jaw

The Rounders
as Jim Ed Love

The Cardinal
as Monsignor

The Wheeler Dealers
as Jay Ray Spinelby

McLintock!
as Drago

Young Guns of Texas
as Preacher Sam Shelby

The Deadly Companions
as Turk

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Major Buford

Gold of the Seven Saints
as Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.

Where the Boys Are
as Police Captain

The Alamo
as Beekeeper

Disneyland '59
as Self

The Sad Horse
as Capt. Connors

The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self

From Hell to Texas
as Amos Bradley

Gun Glory
as Preacher

Gun for a Coward
as Loving

Giant
as Uncle Bawley

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
as Host

Santiago
as Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones

Kentucky Rifle
as Tobias Taylor

Francis in the Navy
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Timberjack
as Steve Riika

Hell's Outpost
as Kevin Russell

Ricochet Romance
as Tom Williams

Francis Joins the WACS
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Tumbleweed
as Sheriff Murchoree

The Man from the Alamo
as John Gage

City That Never Sleeps
as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'

Francis Covers the Big Town
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Small Town Girl
as Happy

Ride the Man Down
as Ike Adams

Francis Goes to West Point
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Bronco Buster
as Dan Bream

The Sea Hornet
as Swede

Cattle Drive
as Dallas

Francis Goes to the Races
as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Oh! Susanna
as Sgt. Barhydt

Rio Grande
as Dr. Wilkins

High Lonesome
as Boatwhistle

Stella
as Chief Clark

Rock Island Trail
as Hogger McCoy

Francis
as Francis the Talking Mule (voice)

The Sundowners
as Sam Beers

The Grass Is Always Greener
as Windy

Red Canyon
as Marshal G.T. Brackton

Tulsa
as Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Loaded Pistols
as Sheriff Cramer

Family Honeymoon
as Fred

That Wonderful Urge
as Homer Beggs

The Saxon Charm
as Captain Chatham

Northwest Stampede
as Mileaway

The Sainted Sisters
as Will Twitchell

Heartaches
as 'Breezie' Mann

High Barbaree
as Lars (uncredited)

The Yearling
as Buck Forrester

Gallant Bess
as Chief Petty Officer

The Harvey Girls
as H.H. Hartsey

Leave Her to Heaven
as Leick Thome

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
as Sgt. Cramp

I'll Be Seeing You
as Swanson

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
as Mr. York

Meet Me in St. Louis
as Mr. Neely

Barbary Coast Gent
as Sheriff Hightower

The Immortal Blacksmith
as Tom Davenport

See Here, Private Hargrove
as First Sgt. Cramp

Best Foot Forward
as Chester Short

A Stranger in Town
as Charles Craig

Stand by for Action
as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann

Apache Trail
as 'Pike' Skelton

The Omaha Trail
as Henry Hawkins

Her Cardboard Lover
as Judge

Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Hotel Employee

Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Manchester Montford

The Bugle Sounds
as Sgt. Larry Dillon

Honky Tonk
as The Sniper

Belle Starr
as Blue Duck

Billy the Kid
as Tom Patterson

The Bad Man
as 'Red' Giddings

Western Union
as Homer Kettle

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Shiftless

Sky Murder
as Sheriff Beckwith

The Westerner
as Southeast

Wyoming
as Lafe

Boom Town
as Harmony Jones

Allegheny Uprising
as M'Cammon

The Day the Bookies Wept
as Man on Bus (uncredited)

Timber Stampede
as Whopper Hatch

Racketeers of the Range
as Whopper Hatch

Sorority House
as Mr. Johnson

Trouble in Sundown
as Whopper

Arizona Legion
as Whopper Hatch

Lawless Valley
as Deputy Speedy McGow

Nobody's Baby
as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer

Way Out West
as Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)

Hideaway Girl
as Lead Singer of Avalon Boys

At Sea Ashore
as Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)

Call of the Prairie
as Singing Cowhand

Anything Goes
as Quartette Member

Bar 20 Rides Again
as Henchman