Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 6, 1905
Died
May 13, 1975
Age
70
Place of Birth
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Popularity
0.5
Bob Wills
Acting
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.
Also known as
James Robert Wills · Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys · The King of Western Swing
Latest News
Known For
6.3
Austin City Limits
1975 · TV
5.9
This Is Pop
2021 · TV
7.1
Go West, Young Lady
1941 · Movie
9.0
The Vigilantes Ride
1943 · Movie
5.0
Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 · Movie
6.5
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
1940 · Movie
8.5
The Lone Prairie
1942 · Movie
8.0
The Last Horseman
1944 · Movie
8.0
Rhythm Round-Up
1945 · Movie
7.5
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 · Movie
7.0
Wyoming Hurricane
1944 · Movie
3.0
A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 · Movie
Filmography
2021
This Is Pop
TV · Self (archive footage)
5.9
1975
Austin City Limits
TV · Self
6.3
1945
Lawless Empire
Movie · Bob
10.0
1945
Blazing the Western Trail
Movie · Bob
6.3
1945
Rhythm Round-Up
Movie · Bob Wills
8.0
1944
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Movie · Himself
5.5
1944
The Last Horseman
Movie · Bob
8.0
1944
Wyoming Hurricane
Movie · Bob
7.0
1943
The Vigilantes Ride
Movie · Bob
9.0
1943
Silver City Raiders
Movie · Sheriff Bob Halliday
8.0
1943
Saddles and Sagebrush
Movie · Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader
5.0
1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Movie · Mountie Bob Wills
7.5
1942
A Tornado in the Saddle
Movie · Bob Wilson
3.0
1942
The Lone Prairie
Movie · Bob
8.5
1941
Go West, Young Lady
Movie · Bob
7.1
1940
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Movie · Bob Wills
6.5