Tex Williams

Tex Williams Trailers

Born Reckless TrailerGold Strike TrailerThe Fargo Phantom Trailer

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 country chart that year.[2] It can be heard during the opening credits of the 2006 movie, Thank You for Smoking.

Most Popular Tex Williams Trailers

Total trailers found: 11

Prairie Pirates Trailer (1949)

05 May 1949

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.

Coyote Canyon Trailer (1949)

17 November 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.

Born Reckless Trailer (1958)

02 November 1958

Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own.

Gold Strike Trailer (1950)

30 March 1950

Musical western short

Devil Riders Trailer (1943)

05 November 1943

A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company.

Take Me Back to Tulsa Trailer (1944)

08 August 1944

Tex Williams and Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang sing "Take Me Back to Tulsa".

The Fargo Phantom Trailer (1950)

09 February 1950

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.

My Chickashay Gal Trailer (1945)

29 October 1945

Musical short starring Spade Cooley.

Silver Butte Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

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

The Pecos Pistol Trailer (1949)

27 October 1949

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.

Cheyenne Cowboy Trailer (1949)

02 February 1949

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.