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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Bob Wills, fiddler and band leader of Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys,... more
Trivia:
December 3, 1973 had a stroke that put him in a coma. He died 17 months... more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Legendary Band Asleep At The Wheel To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
(From iCelebz. 14 July 2009, 1:47 AM, PDT)
GetBack!, Colin Hay & More At The Lyric Theater March/April
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 13 March 2009, 10:40 AM, PDT)
(From iCelebz. 14 July 2009, 1:47 AM, PDT)
GetBack!, Colin Hay & More At The Lyric Theater March/April
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 13 March 2009, 10:40 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- Surf's Up (2007) (performer: "Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)")
- Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (2004) (V) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
- Secondhand Lions (2003) (writer: "Texas Playboy Rag")
- "Keen Eddie" (1 episode, 2003)
- Pilot (2003) TV episode ("Hawaiian War Chant") - A Guy Thing (2003) (performer: "Across The Alley From The Alamo", "Cherokee Maiden")
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) (performer: "Cowboy Stomp") ("Cowboy Stomp")
- Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) (performer: "Time Changes Everything")
- Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995) (TV) ("FADED LOVE")
... aka Love Can Build a Bridge - Harvest for the Heart (1994) (TV) (writer: "Take Me Back To Tulsa")
... aka Harvest for the Heart (Australia)
... aka Jacob's Harvest - A Perfect World (1993) (performer: "Ida Red", "South") (arranger: "Ida Red")
- The Right Stuff (1983) (performer: "Southwestern Waltz")
- Nashville Girl (1976) ("Faded Love")
... aka Country Music Daughter
... aka New Girl in Town - "The Lawrence Welk Show" (1 episode, 1971)
... aka Memories of Lawrence Welk (USA: repeat compilations title)
... aka The Dodge Dancing Party (USA: new title)
... aka The Plymouth Show (USA: alternative title)
- Everything's Coming Up Roses (1971) TV episode (writer: "San Antonio Rose") - "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (2 episodes, 1957-1960)
... aka The Ford Show
- Episode #5.4 (1960) TV episode (writer: "Stay a Little Longer" (uncredited))
- Episode #2.8 (1957) TV episode (writer: "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age" (uncredited), "Rose of San Antone" (uncredited)) - "Grand Ole Opry" (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 28 April 1956 (1956) TV episode (writer: "Stay a Little Longer" (uncredited)) - Square Dance Katy (1950) (writer: "Take Me Back To Tulsa")
- Roaring Rangers (1946) (writer: "The New Ten-Gallon Hat")
... aka False Hero - Texas Panhandle (1945) (writer: "Take Me Back to Tulsa")
- Lawless Empire (1945) (writer: "Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer") (performer: "Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer", "Home in San Antone", "Farther Along", "Young and Foolish")
... aka Power of Possession (UK) - Community Sing: Cowboy Hit Tunes (1945) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
- Blazing the Western Trail (1945) (performer: "Time Changes Everything", "Ida Red", "Goodbye, Liza Jane")
... aka Who Killed Waring? (UK) - Rhythm Round-Up (1945) (writer: "San Antonio Rose") (performer: "Corrine, Corrina", "San Antonio Rose")
... aka Honest John (UK) - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
- The Last Horseman (1944) (writer: "O. K., Oklahoma") (performer: "O. K., Oklahoma", "The Idaho Plains", "Trouble on the Range", "Ridin' On Down", "Dreamy-Eyed Waltz", "Camptown Races")
- The Vigilantes Ride (1943) (performer: "There's An Arizona Moon", "Westward Bound", "At the Old Ranger Post", "My Tucson Gal")
... aka Hunted (UK) - Saddles and Sagebrush (1943) (performer: "Hubbin' It", "Get Along My Pony":, "Ki Yi Yippe Yea", "Toodleumbo")
... aka The Pay Off (UK) - Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943) (performer: "Song of the Rippling Stream", "Bluebonnet Lane", "The Last Goodbye", "When You're a Mountie")
- A Tornado in the Saddle (1942) (performer: "You're From Texas", "He's A Barstool Cowboy", "Dusty Skies", "We're Rough And Ready")
... aka Ambushed (UK) - The Lone Prairie (1942) (writer: "Fiddlin' Man") (performer: "Fiddlin' Man", "Salt River Valley", "Yo Ho, I'm Riding")
... aka Inside Information (UK) - Go West, Young Lady (1941) ("Ida Red")
- San Antonio Rose (1941) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
- Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940) ("Good Old Oklahoma", "Take Me Back To Tulsa", "Going Indian", "Lone Star Rag", "Bob Wills Special")
Actor:
- Lawless Empire (1945) (as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) .... Bob
... aka Power of Possession (UK) - Blazing the Western Trail (1945) (as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) .... Bob
... aka Who Killed Waring? (UK) - Rhythm Round-Up (1945) .... Bob Wills, Texas Playboys Band Leader
... aka Honest John (UK) - The Last Horseman (1944) (as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) .... Bob
- Wyoming Hurricane (1944) .... Bob
... aka Proved Guilty (UK) - The Vigilantes Ride (1943) .... Bob
... aka Hunted (UK) - Silver City Raiders (1943) .... Sheriff Bob Halliday
... aka Legal Larceny (UK) - Saddles and Sagebrush (1943) .... Bob Merritt (Texas Playboys Band Leader)
... aka The Pay Off (UK) - Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943) .... Mountie Bob Wills (Texas Playboys Band Leader)
- A Tornado in the Saddle (1942) (as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) .... Bob Wilson (Texas Playboys Band Leader)
... aka Ambushed (UK) - The Lone Prairie (1942) (as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) .... Bob
... aka Inside Information (UK) - Go West, Young Lady (1941) .... Bandleader - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Self:
- Three Miles South of Cash in Arkansas (1951) .... Himself
- Yodel Mountain (1951) .... Himself
- Frontier Frolic (1946) .... Himself
- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944) .... Himself
- Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940) .... Himself, leader Texas Playboys
Archive Footage:
- CMT: Class of 1975 (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- Asleep at the Wheel: The Making of 'Ride with Bob' (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- "Century of Country" (1999) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
CD (with Asleep at the Wheel): "Back to Back" (SSP)
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Publicity Listings:
1 Portrayal | 3 Print Biographies
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