Bob Wills
Date of birth: 1905-03-06
Place of birth: Limestone County, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: James Robert Wills, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, The King of Western Swing
Biography
Bob Wills, fiddler and band leader of Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, was an influential developer of the western swing music style in the late 1930s through the 1940s. He appeared on over a dozen Western films.
Movie Credits
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
1940-11-11
Storm is out to wreck Ace's stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer M
Go West, Young Lady
1941-11-27
A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of outla
Saddles and Sagebrush
1943-04-26
Krag Sabine has aroused the wrath of all the ranchers by stealing their land with the aid of his hen
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943-02-15
Fur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy the
Lawless Empire
1945-11-15
In the lawless town of Dusty Gulch, the Durango Kid comes to the aid of Reverend Harding in his figh
Blazing the Western Trail
1945-09-08
Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of it,
Silver City Raiders
1943-11-04
With Silver City Raiders, perennial western sidekick Russell Hayden launched his own starring series
The Vigilantes Ride
1943-12-23
When Rangers Lucky and his brother chase outlaws, the brother is killed. To find the killer Lucky qu
A Tornado in the Saddle
1942-12-15
A Tornado in the Saddle starred Russell Hayden as the new sheriff of Crestview. Hot on the trail of
The Lone Prairie
1942-10-15
Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent
Wyoming Hurricane
1944-04-20
Trailing outlaws, Lucky runs into a trap and loses his horse. The outlaws then use his horse to fram
The Last Horseman
1944-06-22
Former Hopalong Cassidy sidekick Russell Hayden retains his nickname of Lucky in this average entry
Rhythm Round-Up
1945-09-06
Arriving in Arizona, the band members discover that the hotel is haunted and that it properly belong
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
1944-09-02
In this short, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys perform popular western musical numbers.