Bob Wills

Known for

Acting

Born

March 6, 1905

Birthplace

Limestone County, Texas, USA

Died

May 13, 1975 (aged 70)

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.

Best known work

This Is Pop

2021

Austin City Limits

1975

Go West, Young Lady

1941

Saddles and Sagebrush

1943

Blazing the Western Trail

1945

A Tornado in the Saddle

1942

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

1943

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

1944

Take Me Back to Oklahoma

1940

The Lone Prairie

1942

Filmography

2021
This Is PopTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1978
50 Years of Country Music
as Self
1975
Austin City LimitsTV
as Self (1 episode)
1945
Lawless Empire
as Bob
1945
Blazing the Western Trail
as Bob
1945
Rhythm Round-Up
as Bob Wills
1944
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
as Himself
1944
The Last Horseman
as Bob
1944
Wyoming Hurricane
as Bob
1943
The Vigilantes Ride
as Bob
1943
Silver City Raiders
as Sheriff Bob Halliday
1943
Saddles and Sagebrush
as Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader
1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Mountie Bob Wills
1942
A Tornado in the Saddle
as Bob Wilson
1942
The Lone Prairie
as Bob
1941
Go West, Young Lady
as Bob
1940
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
as Bob Wills