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Acting

Chill Wills

Career: Active from 1937 to 1978, busiest in 1942 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Way Out West
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Chill Wills Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.5, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.0, average 2.5
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 15
Historical Setting 7
Historical Drama 6
Western 6
Nostalgic 5
American Frontier 4
Rural Setting 4
Moral Dilemma 4
Social Commentary 4
Action-Packed 3
Frontier Conflict 3
Wholesome Entertainment 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 88

That's Entertainment! III

88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

as Beekeeper

1970s

10 titles · average score 59

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

as The Janitor

Poco… Little Dog Lost

as Big Burt

Mr. Billion

40

as Col. Clayton T. Winkle

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

67

as Lemuel

Guns of a Stranger

as Tom Duncan

The Steagle

as Tall Guy McCoy

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

48

as Gentleman George Agnew

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

65

as Mr. Ike

1960s

18 titles · average score 60

The Rounders

TV show

Fireball 500

45

as Big Jaw

The Rounders

56

as Jim Ed Love

McLintock!

56

as Drago

The Wheeler Dealers

62

as Jay Ray Spinelby

Young Guns of Texas

46

as Preacher Sam Shelby

Frontier Circus

TV show · as Colonel Casey Thompson /Col. Casey Thompson

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

as Major Buford

The Deadly Companions

66

as Turk

Gold of the Seven Saints

68

as Doc Wilson Gates, M.D.

Where the Boys Are

63

as Police Captain

Route 66

48

TV show

1950s

37 titles · average score 59

The Sad Horse

as Capt. Connors

From Hell to Texas

52

as Amos Bradley

Gun Glory

51

as Preacher

Giant

81

as Uncle Bawley

Kentucky Rifle

33

as Tobias Taylor

The Man from the Alamo

82

as John Gage

Tumbleweed

64

as Sheriff Murchoree

Cattle Drive

53

as Dallas

Rio Grande

71

as Dr. Wilkins

The Sundowners

44

as Sam Beers

High Lonesome

54

as Boatwhistle

The Grass Is Always Greener

as Windy

1940s

40 titles · average score 63

Tulsa

56

as Pinky Jimpson (Narrator)

Loaded Pistols

as Sheriff Cramer

Heartaches

as 'Breezie' Mann

The Yearling

83

as Buck Forrester

See Here, Private Hargrove

63

as First Sgt. Cramp

I'll Be Seeing You

71

as Swanson

Tarzan's New York Adventure

73

as Manchester Montford

Stand by for Action

48

as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann

Belle Starr

53

as Blue Duck

Western Union

68

as Homer Kettle

Boom Town

68

as Harmony Jones

The Westerner

71

as Southeast

1930s

15 titles · average score 66

Racketeers of the Range

as Whopper Hatch

Timber Stampede

as Whopper Hatch

Trouble in Sundown

as Whopper

Arizona Legion

as Whopper Hatch

Allegheny Uprising

52

as M'Cammon

The Day the Bookies Wept

as Man on Bus (uncredited)

Sorority House

65

as Mr. Johnson

Way Out West

89

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

Hideaway Girl

as Lead Singer of Avalon Boys

Anything Goes

65

as Quartette Member

Call of the Prairie

60

as Singing Cowhand

Bar 20 Rides Again

65

as Henchman