Acting

Tex Williams

Born September 23, 1917 · Ramsey, Illinois, USA

Died October 11, 1985 · aged 68

Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held the number one position on the Billboard chart for sixteen weeks in 1947. "Smoke" was the No. 5 song on Billboard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was No. 1 on the …

Known For

Devil Riders

Devil Riders · 1943

MovieWesternAction

A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them.

The Pecos Pistol

The Pecos Pistol · 1949

The Pecos Pistol

A partial remake of and using footage from 1941's "Rawhide Rangers" this Western short is about a ranger who pretends to turn outlaw in order to track down the gang who killed his brother, also a ranger.

Born Reckless

Born Reckless · 1958

MovieWesternDrama

Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. One night he rescues trick rider Jackie Adams from the clutches of an amorous rodeo promoter and they form a team and hit the circuit along with sidekick Cool Man.

Gold Strike

Gold Strike · 1950

Musical western short

Silver Butte

Silver Butte · 1949

Shipments of silver are going astray after leaving the mine, and Tex and his pals investigate. With 3 songs.

The Fargo Phantom

The Fargo Phantom · 1950

The Fargo Phantom

This entry in Universal's series of "Musical Westerns" shorts has Tex Williams, assisted by Deuce Spriggins and Smokey Rogers, bringing his six guns, fists and singing abilities against a gang of stage-robbing bandits. This film was combined with another Tex Williams short, Coyote Canyon, and reissued as the feature-length "Tales of the West No.2.)

Coyote Canyon

Coyote Canyon · 1949

This film and the 1950 short "The Fargo Phantom" were edited together and released as a feature called "Tales of the West #2" in 1950.

Cheyenne Cowboy

Cheyenne Cowboy · 1949

Cheyenne Cowboy

Cheyenne Jones comes to the Blue River Ranch and asks for a job as a cowpuncher. Actually, Jones's real name is Buck McCloud and he's the new owner of the spread, having inherited it when his uncle died a year earlier. He's roaming the range incognito while trying to identify who's behind the cattle rustling that is afflicting his new business.

Filmography

Sort

Devil Riders

Devil Riders · 1943

MovieWesternAction

A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them.

Bass Player

The Pecos Pistol

The Pecos Pistol · 1949

The Pecos Pistol

A partial remake of and using footage from 1941's "Rawhide Rangers" this Western short is about a ranger who pretends to turn outlaw in order to track down the gang who killed his brother, also a ranger.

Ranger Tex Williams

Born Reckless

Born Reckless · 1958

MovieWesternDrama

Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. One night he rescues trick rider Jackie Adams from the clutches of an amorous rodeo promoter and they form a team and hit the circuit along with sidekick Cool Man.

Tex Williams

Gold Strike

Gold Strike · 1950

Musical western short

Tex

Silver Butte

Silver Butte · 1949

Shipments of silver are going astray after leaving the mine, and Tex and his pals investigate. With 3 songs.

Tex Williams

The Fargo Phantom

The Fargo Phantom · 1950

The Fargo Phantom

This entry in Universal's series of "Musical Westerns" shorts has Tex Williams, assisted by Deuce Spriggins and Smokey Rogers, bringing his six guns, fists and singing abilities against a gang of stage-robbing bandits. This film was combined with another Tex Williams short, Coyote Canyon, and reissued as the feature-length "Tales of the West No.2.)

Tex Williams

Coyote Canyon

Coyote Canyon · 1949

This film and the 1950 short "The Fargo Phantom" were edited together and released as a feature called "Tales of the West #2" in 1950.

Tex (as 'Tex' Williams)

Cheyenne Cowboy

Cheyenne Cowboy · 1949

Cheyenne Cowboy

Cheyenne Jones comes to the Blue River Ranch and asks for a job as a cowpuncher. Actually, Jones's real name is Buck McCloud and he's the new owner of the spread, having inherited it when his uncle died a year earlier. He's roaming the range incognito while trying to identify who's behind the cattle rustling that is afflicting his new business.

Buck McCloud aka Cheyenne Jones

Prairie Pirates

Prairie Pirates · 1949

Prairie Pirates

In this remake of and using stock-footage from 1941's "Arizona Cyclone," Tex is a daredevil freight-line driver who, with the aid of his pals Smokey and Deuce, wipes out the crooked rival line, and has enough time left over, from this shorts' twenty-six minutes , to toss in four songs.

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