The Avalon Boys
Encyclopedia
The Avalon Boys were a quartet
of singers popular in the 1930s. They appeared in a number of comedy films and had a memorable role in Laurel & Hardy's Way Out West
.
Quartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
of singers popular in the 1930s. They appeared in a number of comedy films and had a memorable role in Laurel & Hardy's Way Out West
Way Out West (1937 film)
Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Plot:...
.
Personnel
- Chill WillsChill WillsChill Theodore Wills was an American film actor, and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet.-Biography:Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas in 1902. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s...
(bass) - Art Green
- Walter Trask
- Don Brookins
Film appearances
- Way Out WestWay Out West (1937 film)Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Plot:...
(1937) - Hideaway Girl (1937)
- Bar 20 Rides Again (1936)
- Call of the Prairie (1936)
- It's a GiftIt's a GiftIt's a Gift is a 1934 comedy film starring W. C. Fields, considered by film historians to be one of Fields' best and funniest films.It concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocery store owner as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers,...
(1934)