Bob Wills

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.

Known For

Austin City Limits

This Is Pop

A Tornado in the Saddle

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

Go West, Young Lady

Rhythm Round-Up

Take Me Back to Oklahoma

Lawless Empire

All Movies (14)

• Lawless Empire1945 · as Bob
• Blazing the Western Trail1945 · as Bob
• Rhythm Round-Up1945 · as Bob Wills
• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys1944 · as Himself
• The Last Horseman1944 · as Bob
• Wyoming Hurricane1944 · as Bob
• The Vigilantes Ride1943 · as Bob
• Silver City Raiders1943 · as Sheriff Bob Halliday
• Saddles and Sagebrush1943 · as Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader
• Riders of the Northwest Mounted1943 · as Mountie Bob Wills
• A Tornado in the Saddle1942 · as Bob Wilson
• The Lone Prairie1942 · as Bob
• Go West, Young Lady1941 · as Bob
• Take Me Back to Oklahoma1940 · as Bob Wills

All TV Shows (2)

• This Is Pop2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Austin City Limits1975 · as Self