Chill Wills: movies and TV shows
Chill Wills has 134 credits in the archive: 115 films and 19 TV series, from 1935 to 2004. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 2004 · busiest year: 1939 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 101 |
| 2001 | Drive-In Movie Memories | Film | 8.0 | 98 | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 91 |
| 1992 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Beekeeper | Film | 8.3 | 89 |
| 1978 | Stubby Pringle's Christmas | The Janitor | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Col. Clayton T. Winkle | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 1977 | Poco… Little Dog Lost | Big Burt | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Lemuel | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1973 | Guns of a Stranger | Tom Duncan | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 1971 | The Steagle | Tall Guy McCoy | Film | 5.1 | 68 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag") | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Mr. Ike | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Gentleman George Agnew | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 1969 | Big Daddy | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Gentleman George Agnew | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 64 | |
| 1966 | Tarzan | TV | 6.9 | 63 | |
| 1966 | The Rounders | TV | 5.3 | 63 | |
| 1966 | Fireball 500 | Big Jaw | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1965 | The Rounders | Jim Ed Love | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Harry Riggs | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Stanton Custer | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | General Hector Harder | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Drago | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Monsignor | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Jay Ray Spinelby | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1962 | Young Guns of Texas | Preacher Sam Shelby | Film | 4.3 | 59 |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus | Colonel Casey Thompson /Col. Casey Thompson | TV | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1961 | The Deadly Companions | Turk | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1961 | Gold of the Seven Saints | Doc Wilson Gates, M.D. | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1961 | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Major Buford | Film | 4.3 | 58 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 57 | |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Beekeeper | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1960 | Where the Boys Are | Police Captain | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sheriff Asa Tanner | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1959 | Disneyland '59 | Self | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1959 | The Sad Horse | Capt. Connors | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1958 | The Texan | TV | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Amos Bradley | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1958 | The Western: A Lost TV Special | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | TV | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 1957 | Gun Glory | Preacher | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1956 | Giant | Uncle Bawley | Film | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1956 | Santiago | Captain 'Sidewheel' Jones | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Loving | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1956 | New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' | Host | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1956 | Kentucky Rifle | Tobias Taylor | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Abe Blocker | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Red Conniston | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Elihu Gorman | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Kilmer | TV | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Francis (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1955 | Timberjack | Steve Riika | Film | 4.2 | 52 |
| 1954 | Hell's Outpost | Kevin Russell | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1954 | Francis Joins the WACS | Francis (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1954 | Ricochet Romance | Tom Williams | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1953 | Small Town Girl | Happy | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1953 | The Man from the Alamo | John Gage | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago' | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1953 | Francis Covers the Big Town | Francis (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1953 | Tumbleweed | Sheriff Murchoree | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1952 | Francis Goes to West Point | Francis (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down | Ike Adams | Film | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1952 | Bronco Buster | Dan Bream | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Janitor | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive | Dallas | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna | Sgt. Barhydt | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1951 | Francis Goes to the Races | Francis (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet | Swede | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Dr. Wilkins | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1950 | Francis | Francis the Talking Mule (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1950 | The Sundowners | Sam Beers | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1950 | High Lonesome | Boatwhistle | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail | Hogger McCoy | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1950 | Stella | Chief Clark | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1950 | The Grass Is Always Greener | Windy | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1949 | Red Canyon | Marshal G.T. Brackton | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Pinky Jimpson (Narrator) | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon | Fred | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm | Captain Chatham | Film | 4.6 | 45 |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols | Sheriff Cramer | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1948 | That Wonderful Urge | Homer Beggs | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Sainted Sisters | Will Twitchell | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1948 | Northwest Stampede | Mileaway | Film | 3.3 | 45 |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Lars (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1947 | Heartaches | 'Breezie' Mann | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | H.H. Hartsey | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Buck Forrester | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess | Chief Petty Officer | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Leick Thome | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1945 | What Next, Corporal Hargrove? | Sgt. Cramp | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Mr. Neely | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Swanson | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | First Sgt. Cramp | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1944 | Sunday Dinner for a Soldier | Mr. York | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent | Sheriff Hightower | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1944 | The Immortal Blacksmith | Tom Davenport | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1943 | A Stranger in Town | Charles Craig | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1943 | Best Foot Forward | Chester Short | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Judge | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Manchester Montford | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1942 | Mr. Gardenia Jones | Hotel Employee | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1942 | The Omaha Trail | Henry Hawkins | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds | Sgt. Larry Dillon | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1942 | Apache Trail | 'Pike' Skelton | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Blue Duck | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1941 | Western Union | Homer Kettle | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | The Sniper | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Tom Patterson | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | 'Red' Giddings | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1940 | The Westerner | Southeast | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Harmony Jones | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Sheriff Beckwith | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Lafe | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Shiftless | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | M'Cammon | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Man on Bus (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1939 | Sorority House | Mr. Johnson | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown | Whopper | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range | Whopper Hatch | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1939 | Arizona Legion | Whopper Hatch | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1939 | Timber Stampede | Whopper Hatch | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1938 | Lawless Valley | Deputy Speedy McGow | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1937 | Way Out West | Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1937 | Nobody's Baby | Amateur Hour Quartet Singer | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1936 | Hideaway Girl | Lead Singer of Avalon Boys | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Quartette Member | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1936 | Call of the Prairie | Singing Cowhand | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1936 | At Sea Ashore | Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1935 | Bar 20 Rides Again | Henchman | Film | 6.7 | 32 |