Bob Wills

1905-03-06 – 1975-05-13 (age 70) Limestone County, Texas, USA

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.

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Known For

Silver City Raiders

1943

as Sheriff Bob Halliday

Lawless Empire

1945

as Bob

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

1944

as Himself

Blazing the Western Trail

1945

as Bob

A Tornado in the Saddle

1942

as Bob Wilson

Rhythm Round-Up

1945

as Bob Wills

Saddles and Sagebrush

1943

as Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader

Go West, Young Lady

1941

as Bob

The Vigilantes Ride

1943

as Bob

The Last Horseman

1944

as Bob

Wyoming Hurricane

1944

as Bob

Take Me Back to Oklahoma

1940

as Bob Wills

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

1943

as Mountie Bob Wills

The Lone Prairie

1942

as Bob