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Actor (129 credits)
1970
Night Gallery
(TV Series)
Heppelwhite (segment "The Little Black Bag")
1962-1968
Gunsmoke
(TV Series)
Elihu Gorman / Red Conniston / Abe Blocker
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A Hat
(1967)
... Red Conniston
1968
Tarzan
(TV Series)
Ronald Montrose
1963-1965
Burke's Law
(TV Series)
General Hector Harder / Stanton Custer / Harry Riggs
1964
Rawhide
(TV Series)
Sheriff Asa Tanner
1964
Route 66
(TV Series)
Monty Musgrave
1961-1962
Frontier Circus
(TV Series)
Colonel Casey Thompson / Col. Casey Thompson
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The Race
(1962)
... Colonel Casey Thompson
1950
Stella
Chief Clark (uncredited)
1950
Francis
Francis the Talking Mule (voice, uncredited)
1949
Tulsa
Pinky Jimpson - Narrator
1938
Block-Heads
Midget in Elevator (voice, uncredited)
1937
Nobody's Baby
Amateur Hour Lead Quartet Singer (as The Avalon Boys)
1937
Way Out West
Lead Singer of the Singing Quartette / Stan's Bass Singing (as The Avalon Boys)
1936
Hideaway Girl
Lead Singer of Avalon Boys (as The Avalon Boys)
1936
At Sea Ashore
(Short)
Leader of The Avalon Four (uncredited)
The Porter Wagoner Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1970) (writer - 1 episode, 1970)
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Chill Wills: Part 2
(1970)
... (performer: "Little Darlin'", "Will Rogers") / (writer: "Little Darlin'", "Will Rogers")
1960
The Alamo
(performer: "Here's to the Ladies")
1959
Trackdown
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
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The Samaritan
(1959)
... (performer: "Sweet Betsy from Pike" - uncredited)
1950
Francis
(performer: "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" - uncredited)
1949
Tulsa
(performer: "Tulsa", "Old Faithful" (uncredited), "Three O'Clock in the Morning" (uncredited))
1945
Leave Her to Heaven
(performer: "Chickens in the Garden", "Deedle Deedle Dum Dum" - uncredited)
1942
Stand by for Action
("The Oceana Roll" (1911), uncredited) / (lyrics: "The Blue-Eyed Sailor Man" - uncredited) / (music: "The Blue-Eyed Sailor Man" - uncredited) / (performer: "The Blue-Eyed Sailor Man" - uncredited)
1940
Boom Town
(performer: "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
1939
Racketeers of the Range
("Red River Valley") / (performer: "Caboose on the Red ball Train" (1939), "Red River Valley", "'Cause I'm the Man", "Sleepy Wrangler" (1939))
1939
Arizona Legion
(performer: "I'd Rather Be Footloose" - uncredited)
1937
Nobody's Baby
(writer: "The West Ain't Wild and Woolly Anymore")
1937
Way Out West
(performer: "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (1913) - uncredited)
1934
It's a Gift
(performer: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (1897) - uncredited)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Voiced Saddle Sore Swanson (a turkey) in the Disneyland show "America Sings" singing "The Old Chisholm Trail". He never actually saw the show on account of being afraid of the rotating theater.
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Alternate Names:
The Avalon Boys | Chill Wills and His Avalon Boys
Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Spouse:
Novadeen Googe
(his death)
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Nickname:
The Avalon Boys