Mel Tillis(1932-2017)

Mel Tillis was born on 8 August 1932 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Every Which Way But Loose (1978). He was married to Julia Ann Edwards and Doris Yvonne Duckworth. He died on 19 November 2017 in Ocala, Florida, USA.

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6.7

Palo Pinto Gold
3.7
- Storyteller #2
- 2009
Beer for My Horses
4.8
- Bob the Plumber
- 2008
Huntin' Buddies
6.9
Video
- Mel
- 2008
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country
4.5
TV Movie
- Mel
- 1994
Uphill All the Way
4.1
- Booger Skaggs
- 1986
Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight
Music Video
- Party Guest
- 1984
Cannonball Run II
5.1
- Mel
- 1984
The Love Boat
6.3
TV Series
- Danny Hartman (as M-m-m-mel Tillis)
- 1983
The Cannonball Run
6.2
- Mel
- 1981
Stockers
TV Movie
- Curtis Witlock
- 1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
5.3
- Fairground Owner
- 1980
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
4.3
TV Movie
- Dennis Pritchett
- 1979
The Dukes of Hazzard
7.1
TV Series
- Burl Tolliver
- 1979
The Villain
5.3
- Telegraph Agent
- 1979
The Country Western Murders
4.7
TV Movie
- Mel Tillis
- 1979

Trivia
He wrote the song "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", a hit for Kenny Rogers in 1968. The song was based on a couple having marital problems, who lived near his family home in Florida. Tillis left the couple's true life ending out of the song wherein the husband murdered his wife and then killed himself.