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Bob Wills
Person

Bob Wills

Specialty
Acting
Birth
March 6, 1905 · 70 years
Death
May 13, 1975
Origin
Limestone County, Texas, USA

Technical Alias

James Robert WillsBob Wills and His Texas PlayboysThe King of Western Swing

Professional Trajectory

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.

Registered Filmography