Hank Williams (1923-1953) Dean Miller, Small Town Girl, 12953.   The C&W King known as “The hillbilly Shakespeare,” died from a drug and alcohol-related heart attack shortly before due to make his acting debut in this re-make of the 1936 James Stewart movie. Copyright © 2023 Crawley's Casting Calls. All Rights Reserved. Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.