Willie Nelson. Actor: The Dukes of Hazzard. This versatile, eclectic, rather wanderlust country crossover star known for his classic ballads ("Always On My Mind"), autobiographical road songs ("On the Road Again") and catchy rhythms ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") started out life as Willie Hugh Nelson on Ap, in Depression-era Abbot, Texas. He is the son of.