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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 6, 1905
Died
May 13, 1975
Place of Birth
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- James Robert Wills
- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- The King of Western Swing
Bob Wills
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.8
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021
6.2
Self
Austin City Limits
1975
0.0
Bob
Lawless Empire
1945
5.6
Bob
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
0.0
Bob Wills
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
2.0
Himself
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
1944
0.0
Bob
The Last Horseman
1944
0.0
Bob
Wyoming Hurricane
1944
0.0
Bob
The Vigilantes Ride
1943
0.0
Sheriff Bob Halliday
Silver City Raiders
1943
Credits
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.8
Austin City Limits
as Self
1975
6.2
Lawless Empire
as Bob
1945
0.0
Blazing the Western Trail
as Bob
1945
5.6
Rhythm Round-Up
as Bob Wills
1945
0.0
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
as Himself
1944
2.0
The Last Horseman
as Bob
1944
0.0
Wyoming Hurricane
as Bob
1944
0.0
The Vigilantes Ride
as Bob
1943
0.0
Silver City Raiders
as Sheriff Bob Halliday
1943
0.0
Saddles and Sagebrush
as Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader
1943
4.3
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Mountie Bob Wills
1943
6.5
A Tornado in the Saddle
as Bob Wilson
1942
2.3
The Lone Prairie
as Bob
1942
0.0
Go West, Young Lady
as Bob
1941
6.9
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
as Bob Wills
1940
6.0