The Avalon Boys were a
quartet
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Classical String quartet
In classical music, one of the most common combinations of four instruments in chamber music is the string quartet. String quar ...
of singers popular in the 1930s. They appeared in a number of comedy films and had a memorable role in
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...
's ''
Way Out West''.
Members
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Chill Wills
Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills (July 18, 1902 – December 15, 1978) was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet.
Early life
Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas, on July 18, 1902.
Career
Wills was a performer from early c ...
(bass), b. July 18, 1902, d. December 15, 1978
*Art Greene
*Walter Weyland Trask (guitar), b. 26 November 1911, d. 27 June 1999
*Don Brookins (baritone, arranger, and piano), b. 29 January 1909 - d. 4 November 1994
Film appearances
*''
It's a Gift
''It's a Gift'' is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields. It was Fields's 16th sound film and his fifth in 1934 alone.
The film concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocer as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assista ...
'' (1934)
*''Bar 20 Rides Again'' (1935)
*''Call of the Prairie'' (1936)
*''
Anything Goes'' (1936)
*''
Way Out West'' (1937)
*''Hideaway Girl'' (1937)
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