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Hank Williams (I) (1923–1953)

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Hank Williams was born in September 1923 in a small Alabama farming community about 70 miles south of Montgomery. His father was a railroad engineer who was also a victim of shell shock after a year of fighting in France in 1918 during World War I and spent many years in veterans hospitals. Hank's mother... See full bio »

Born:

Hiram King Williams
in Georgiana, Alabama, USA

Died:

(age 29) in Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA
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2012 Deuce and a Quarter (short) (writer: "Why Don't You Love Me" / performer: "Why Don't You Love Me") (completed)
 
2013 42 (writer: "Move It On Over" / performer: "Move It On Over")
 
2012 Seven Psychopaths (writer: "Angel of Death" / performer: "Angel of Death")
 
2012 Musikrausch - Der Konzertsommer (TV series)
– HMBC beim Woodstock der Blasmusik (2012) (writer: "Jambalaya")
 
2012 The Last Ride (writer: "I Can't Help It if I am still in love with you")
 
2012 Moonrise Kingdom (writer: "Kaw-Liga", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" / performer: "Kaw-Liga", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", "Take These Chains From My Heart")
 
2011 Born to Be Wild (documentary short) (writer: "Jambalaya On the Bayou" / as Hank Williams Sr. / performer: "Jambalaya On the Bayou" / as Hank Williams Sr.)
 
2011 Rango (performer: "COOL WATER" / as Hank Williams, Sr.)
 
2011 CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (TV movie) (writer: "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" / performer: "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You")
 
2010 Country Strong (writer: "Honky Tonk Blues" / as Hank Williams, Sr.)
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video) (writer: "Hey Good Lookin'/Your Cheatin' Heart/Cold, Cold Heart/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry/I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You/You Win Again/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry/I Saw The Light/Jambalaya")
 
2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? (writer: "Why Don't You Love Me" / as Hank Williams, Sr. / performer: "Why Don't You Love Me")
 
2009 Zombieland (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" / as Hank Williams, Sr. / performer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart" / performer: "Your Cheatin' Heart")
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
– Episode dated 11 June 2009 (2009) (writer: "Jambalaya On the Bayou")
 
2009 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (TV series)
– Rosanne Cash/Norah Jones/Kris Kristofferson/John Mellencamp (2009) ("How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart")
 
2008 The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice (documentary) (writer: "I Saw The Light")
 
2008/II Crazy (writer: "Honky Tonk Blues")
 
2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (writer: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" / as Hank Williams, Sr.)
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (video) (writer: "Kaw-Liga")
 
2001-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) (writer: "Cold, Cold Heart" / performer: "Cold, Cold Heart")
– No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (writer: "Cold, Cold Heart", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" / performer: "Cold, Cold Heart")
– Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (writer: "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It")
 
2007 Honeydripper (writer: "Move It on Over" / performer: "Move It on Over")
 
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks (writer: "I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes" / as Hank Williams, Sr. / performer: "I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes" / as Hank Williams, Sr.)
 
2006 Cold Case (TV series)
– Sandhogs (2006) ("Move It On Over")
 
2006 Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (video) (writer: "Cold, Cold Heart")
 
2006 All the King's Men (writer: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" / as Hank Williams, Sr. / performer: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues")
 
2006 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (documentary) (writer: "Honky Tonkin'" / performer: "Honky Tonkin'")
 
2006 Aloha from Sweden (video) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary) (performer: "Lost Highway")
 
2006 Leroy & Stitch (video) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
2006 Cars (writer: "My Heart Would Know" / performer: "My Heart Would Know")
 
2006 Glory Road (writer: "Kaw Liga", "Jambalaya On the Bayou" / performer: "Kaw Liga")
 
2005 Almost Heaven (writer: "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" / performer: "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive")
 
2005 Down in the Valley (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" / performer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
2005 The Wendell Baker Story (performer: "Thank God", "Settin' the Woods on Fire")
 
2004 White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (video documentary) (writer: "I Can't Help it if I'm Still in Love With You" / performer: "I Can't Help it if I'm Still in Love With You")
 
2004 The Wire (TV series)
– Moral Midgetry (2004) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" / performer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
2003 Six Feet Under (TV series)
– I'm Sorry, I'm Lost (2003) ("Move It On Over", "Jambalaya On the Bayou")
 
2002 Sweet Home Alabama (writer: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues")
 
2000 Grand Ole Opry 75th: A Celebration (TV special) (writer: "Wabash Cannonball/Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain/Night Train to Memphis/I Saw The Light" Medley, "Hey, Good Lookin'")
 
2000 Nurse Betty (writer: "I Won't Be Home No More" / as Hank Williams, Sr. / performer: "I Won't Be Home No More")
 
1999 A Room for Romeo Brass (writer: "Move It on Over" / performer: "Move It on Over")
 
1998 King of the Hill (TV series)
– And They Call It Bobby Love (1998) ("I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "There's a Tear in My Beer")
 
1997 U Turn (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart")
 
1997 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
– Parte 41 (1997) (performer: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" - uncredited)
 
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina (writer: "The Angel Of Death" / as Hank Williams Sr. / performer: "The Angel Of Death")
 
1996 Frau Pepi und die Buben (TV series)
– Episode dated 15 April 1996 (1996) (performer: "A Mansion On The Hill")
 
1996 Mr. Wrong (writer: "I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY")
 
1996 Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating (video documentary) (writer: "Hey Good Lookin'")
 
1995 Apollo 13 (writer: "HONKY TONKIN'" / performer: "HONKY TONKIN'")
 
1994 The Shawshank Redemption (performer: "Lovesick Blues")
 
1994 Forrest Gump (performer: "Lovesick Blues" 1991)
 
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies (writer: "I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY", "I'M SO LONELY I COULD CRY" / performer: "I'M SO LONELY I COULD CRY")
 
1993 Morning Glory (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart" / as Hank Williams Sr.)
 
1993 Son in Law (writer: "Hey Good Lookin'" / as Hank Williams Sr.)
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.6 (1993) (writer: "Your Cheating Heart" / performer: "Your Cheating Heart")
– Episode #1.4 (1993) (writer: "Your Cheating Heart" / performer: "Your Cheating Heart")
– Episode #1.2 (1993) (writer: "Your Cheating Heart" / performer: "Your Cheating Heart")
 
1992 Dust Devil (writer: "Ramblin' Man" / performer: "Ramblin' Man")
 
1992 Radio Flyer (writer: "Jambalaya On the Bayou", "Why Don't You Love Me" / performer: "Jambalaya On the Bayou", "Why Don't You Love Me")
 
1992 Memphis (TV movie) (writer: "YOU WIN AGAIN")
 
1992 Black Hearts Bleed Red (short) (performer: "Calling You", "Angel of Death", "I just told mama Goodbye")
 
1992 Blue Black Permanent (performer: "Half as Much")
 
1991 Dutch (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
1990 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World (1990) (writer: "Hey, Good Lookin'" - uncredited / performer: "Hey, Good Lookin'" - uncredited)
 
1990 Texasville (writer: "Kaw-Liga" / performer: "Kaw-Liga")
 
1990 Another 48 Hrs. ("I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE")
 
1990 Dolly and Her Lover (writer: "Jambalaya")
 
1989 Steel Magnolias (writer: "JAMBALAYA", "JAMBALAYA" 1952)
 
1989 Pink Cadillac (writer: "There's a Tear in My Beer" / performer: "There's a Tear in My Beer" / as Hank Williams Sr.)
 
1989 Scandal (writer: "Jambalaya" - uncredited)
 
1989/I True Love (writer: "Move It On Over")
 
1986-1988 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Bad Timing (1988) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - uncredited / performer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - uncredited)
– Killshot (1986) (writer: "You're Gonna Change" - uncredited)
 
1987-1988 Dolly (TV series)
– Nashville Memories (1988) (writer: "I Saw The Light")
– Episode #1.1 (1987) (writer: "Hey, Good Lookin'")
 
1988 Falcon Crest (TV series)
– The Key to Angela (1988) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time" - uncredited)
 
1988 The Telephone (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
1988 Sapphire Man (short) (writer: "She's Got you")
 
1987 Matlock (TV series)
– The Country Boy (1987) (writer: "Hey Good Lookin", "Cold Cold Heart")
 
1987 Made in Heaven (writer: "Why Should We Try Anymore" / performer: "Why Should We Try Anymore")
 
1987 Made in U.S.A. (writer: "Ramblin' Man")
 
1985 Sweet Dreams (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart")
 
1983 Beats of the Heart: Chase the Devil - Religious Music of the Appalachian Mountains (TV documentary) (writer: "I Saw the Light")
 
1982 M*A*S*H (TV series)
– Hey, Look Me Over (1982) (writer: "Hey Good Lookin'")
 
1982 Porky's ("Lovesick Blues", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Cold, Cold Heart")
 
1978 Lipps & McCain ("Where the Soul of Man Never Dies" - uncredited, "Baby, We're Really in Love" - uncredited, "I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time" - uncredited, "Lost Highway" - uncredited)
 
1978 Take Off (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart" - uncredited)
 
1978 Renaldo and Clara (writer: "Kaw-Liga")
 
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" 1949)
 
1974 Countdown (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (1974) (writer: "Honky Tonkin'")
 
1974 Columbo (TV series)
– Swan Song (1974) (writer: "I Saw the Light" - uncredited)
 
1973 Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert (TV movie) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
1973 Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (TV special documentary) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
1971 The Last Picture Show (writer: "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to Do?" / writer: "Cold, Cold Heart" / as Hank Williams Sr. / performer: "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to Do?", "Half As Much")
 
1969-1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.23 (1971) (writer: "These Men with Broken Hearts")
– History of Country Music: Part 2 (1971) (writer: "I Could Cry")
– Episode #2.7 (1970) (writer: "Jambalaya")
– Episode #1.32 (1970) (writer: "Kaw-Liga")
– Episode #1.15 (1969) (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart")
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1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 February 1970 (1970) (writer: "Hey, Good Lookin'")
 
1969 From Nashville with Music (music: "Kaw-Liga" / lyrics: "Kaw-Liga")
 
1967 Music City USA (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1967) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #2.28 (1965) (writer: "Jambalaya")
 
1964-1965 The Virginian (TV series)
– Legend for a Lawman (1965) (writer: "Just Waitin'")
– First to Thine Own Self (1964) (writer: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
– The Stone Guest (1963) (writer: "You're Cheatin' Heart")
 
1957-1960 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
– Episode #4.12 (1960) (writer: "Hey Good Lookin'")
– Episode #2.13 (1958) (writer: "I Saw the Light")
– Episode #1.12 (1957) (writer: "Hey, Good Lookin'")
– Episode #1.8 (1957) (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart" - uncredited)
 
1959 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
– The Treasurer's Son (1959) (writer: "I Can't Help It")
 
1957 Home (TV series)
– Episode dated 25 March 1957 (1957) (writer: "Lonesome Whistle" - uncredited)
 
1953 Your Hit Parade (TV series)
– Episode dated 2 May 1953 (1953) (writer: "Your Cheatin' Heart")
 
1952 Apache Country (writer: "Cold, Cold Heart")
 
Show ShowComposer (3 titles)
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1952 The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer
– Episode dated 23 April 1952 (1952) … Himself - Singer
– Episode dated 26 March 1952 (1952) … Himself
 
1951 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #4.29 (1951) … Himself - Singer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2011 The Joy of Country (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Century of Country (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1997 The Fifties
Himself (sings Hey Good Lookin') (uncredited)
 
1997 Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Country Music on Broadway
Himself
 
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Alternate Names:

Hank Williams Sr.

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Star Sign:

Virgo