Bob Wills

Bob Wills

  • Birthday: 3/6/1905
  • Deathday: 5/13/1975
  • Place of birth: Limestone County, Texas, USA
  • Fame 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.

Filmography

Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Release date: 11/11/1940

Take Me Back to Oklahoma

Role(s): Bob Wills

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Go West, Young Lady
Release date: 11/27/1941

Go West, Young Lady

Role(s): Bob

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Saddles and Sagebrush
Release date: 4/26/1943

Saddles and Sagebrush

Role(s): Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader

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Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Release date: 2/15/1943

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

Role(s): Mountie Bob Wills

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Lawless Empire
Release date: 11/15/1945

Lawless Empire

Role(s): Bob

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