Matt Willis


Matt Willis

Biography

Matt Willis was an actor who was no stranger to being featured in numerous film roles throughout his Hollywood career. Willis's career beginnings included film roles in the Ilona Massey sci-fi motion picture "Invisible Agent" (1942), the drama "The Spirit of Stanford" (1942) with Frankie Albert and the Richard Dix mystery "The Mark of the Whistler" (1944). He then acted in "What Ne...

Biography

Matt Willis was an actor who was no stranger to being featured in numerous film roles throughout his Hollywood career. Willis's career beginnings included film roles in the Ilona Massey sci-fi motion picture "Invisible Agent" (1942), the drama "The Spirit of Stanford" (1942) with Frankie Albert and the Richard Dix mystery "The Mark of the Whistler" (1944). He then acted in "What Next, Corporal Hargrove?" (1945) with Robert Walker, the Martha O'Driscoll mystery "Blonde Alibi" (1946) and "Blonde Savage" (1947) with Leif Erickson. He also appeared in the comedy "It's a Joke, Son" (1947) with Kenny Delmar, "The Yearling" (1947) with Gregory Peck and the war "Breakthrough" (1950) with David Brian. Willis was most recently credited in "Twas the Night Before Bumpy" (ABC, 1995-96). Willis passed away in March 1989 at the age of 76.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Scandal Sheet (1952)
Joe
Jim Thorpe--All-American (1951)
Michael
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
Pete Wunnevan
Breakthrough (1950)
Pvt. Jimbo Hollis
Home in San Antone (1949)
Thorg
So Dear to My Heart (1949)
Mr. Burns, horsetrainer
The Mutineers (1949)
Toby Jarmin
Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
Ferryman
High Wall (1948)
Admittance clerk
A Southern Yankee (1948)
Sentry
Shep Comes Home (1948)
George
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Gangster
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
Tall footman
Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
Detective
The Yearling (1947)
Gabby
The Burning Cross (1947)
Mort Dauson
It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
Ace
Blonde Savage (1947)
Berger
The Son of Rusty (1947)
Luther Hebble
Dangerous Business (1946)
Gus
Singing on the Trail (1946)
Dan Prichard
Blonde Alibi (1946)
Lane
Vacation in Reno (1946)
Hank
A Walk in the Sun (1946)
Sgt. Pete Halverson
Strange Voyage (1946)
[The] Hammer
Idea Girl (1946)
Truck driver
Forever Yours (1945)
Alabam
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)
Curtis Rossmore
Dangerous Partners (1945)
Ezra
Scarlet Street (1945)
Policeman
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
Sergeant Staple
Counter-Attack (1945)
Paratrooper
Kansas City Kitty (1944)
Oscar Lee
The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)
Tom Walker
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Perry Donnelly
Swingtime Johnny (1944)
Monk
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
Lieutenant Hunter
Louisiana Hayride (1944)
Jeb Crocker
The Impatient Years (1944)
M.P.
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
C.P.O.
Up in Arms (1944)
Sentry in hold
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Bouncer
Always a Bridesmaid (1943)
Motor cop [Charlie]
Hi' Ya, Sailor (1943)
Bull Rogan
Behind Prison Walls (1943)
Frank Lucacelli
She Has What It Takes (1943)
"One-Round" Beasley
The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Andreas Obry
The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
Bart Raymond
Corvette K-225 (1943)
Roger
In Old California (1942)
The Fleet's In (1942)
Shipmate
The Invisible Agent (1942)
Killer
Overland to Deadwood (1942)
Red Larson
The Spirit of Stanford (1942)
Link Wyman
Saboteur (1942)
Detective
Mug Town (1942)
Bouncer
Pardon My Stripes (1942)
Guard
Swamp Water (1941)
Miles Tonkin
Rise and Shine (1941)
Gardner

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Twas the Night Before Bumpy (1995)
Other

Life Events

Bibliography