
Henry Wills
Highest Rated: 97% Shane (1953)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Sep 14, 1921
Birthplace: Florence, Arizona, USA
Henry Wills was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Wills kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Lumberjack" (1944), the Alan Ladd western "Shane" (1953) and the Alan Ladd action flick "Saskatchewan" (1954). He also appeared in the adaptation "Black Horse Canyon" (1954) with Joel McCrea, the drama "Run For Cover" (1955) with James Cagney and the biopic "Chief Crazy Horse" (1955) with Victor Mature. He continued to work steadily in film throughout the sixties, appearing in the western "Six Black Horses" (1962) with Audie Murphy, "Shenandoah" (1965) and "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965). He also appeared in the Howard Keel western "Red Tomahawk" (1967). Wills had a number of different projects under his belt in the seventies and the eighties, including "F.I.S.T." with Sylvester Stallone (1978), "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" (1979) starring Michael Caine and "Coast to Coast" (1980). His credits also expanded to "Melvin and Howard" with Paul Le Mat (1980) and "The Mountain Men" with Charlton Heston (1980). Wills more recently worked on "Pump Up the Volume" (1990) with Christian Slater.



Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 36% | Coast to Coast | Chef (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Oklahoma Crude | Walker (Character) | - | 1973 |
0% | 27% | Night of the Lepus | Frank (Character) | - | 1972 |
68% | 52% | In Like Flint | Cooper (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Eye for an Eye | Charley Beetson (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Posse From Hell | Chunk (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Saskatchewan | Merrill (Character) | - | 1954 |
97% | 81% | Shane | Ryker man (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Plainsman and the Lady | Indian (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Pecos | Mute Henchman Arizona (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riders of the Santa Fe | Barfly (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunset on the Desert | Deputy Ed (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | South of Santa Fe | Felton (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Old Colorado | Henchman Jim (Character) | - | 1941 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 92% | Little House on the Prairie | Turner (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Chinook (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Man with Sunglasses (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 1964 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Weston (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Jean (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Jim Manning (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Stagecoach Driver (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zorro | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Dick Little (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Roy Rogers Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1952 |