Oral history interview with Chill Wills and Ray Whitley; 1975 March 30; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Mar. 30.

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Oral history interview with Chill Wills and Ray Whitley; 1975 March 30; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Mar. 30.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232361998

Chill Wills discusses the movies and music he's made. Discussion includes his background; being named after the doctor who delivered him; singing at church revivals with his brothers; working in medicine shows and vaudeville shows; meeting Ray Whitley and doing movies with him; appearing in "McClintock" with John Wayne; "Boom Town" with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy; his love of country music and his visit to Fan Fair; memories of Hank Worden and Cactus Mack; doing benefits for Spade Cooley after Cooley was imprisoned for murder; impressions of the Grand Ole Opry; his desire to write a hillbilly operetta. Wills also talks about his music. Whitley discusses his own motion picture earnings and comments on Wills's talent.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 20 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097833

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Green, Douglas B.

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Country music performer. Born March 20, 1946. Best-known as Ranger Doug from Riders in the Sky, a cowboy revival act he co-founded in 1977. Performed as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys during the late 1960s. Recording credits include a solo album, Songs of the Sage, released on the Warner Western label in 1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Douglas B. Green; 1993 November 23; interview with John W. Rumble. 1993 Nov. 23. (Country Music Foundation, Libra...

Wills, Chill, 1902-1978

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Actor. Died December 15, 1978. Real name: Chill Theodore Wills. Best remembered for his work in movie westerns. From the description of Oral history interview with Chill Wills and Ray Whitley; 1975 March 30; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Mar. 30. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 232361998 ...

Wills, Chill 1978- .

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Wills, Chill, 1902-1978

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Actor. Died December 15, 1978. Real name: Chill Theodore Wills. Best remembered for his work in movie westerns. From the description of Oral history interview with Chill Wills and Ray Whitley; 1975 March 30; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Mar. 30. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 232361998 ...

Whitley, Ray

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