Bill Thurman
Biografia
Character actor Bill Thurman was born on November 4, 1920 in Texas. A large, rugged, stocky man with a hard, lined, puffy face, a deep, twangy, amicable voice, a strong, bulky build and a charmingly low-key and down-to-earth unaffected natural screen presence, Thurman often portrayed police officers and assorted scruffy redneck types in a huge number of entertainingly cheap'n'cheesy Southern-fried fright flicks and delightfully down'n'dirty drive-in fare made throughout the 60s and 70s. Bill frequently acted in features for legendary Grade Z low-budget independent filmmaker Larry Buchanan; said movies include "The Eye Creatures," "High Yellow," "Zontar the Thing from Venus," "Mars Needs Women," "Curse of the Swamp Creature," "In the Year 2889," the especially atrocious "It's Alive!," and "A Bullet for Pretty Boy." Moreover, Thurman had bit parts in two Steven Spielberg films: he's a hillbilly hunter in "The Sugerland Express" and an air traffic controller in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Bill's other memorable roles include the abusive Coach Popper in Peter Bogdanovich's magnificent "The Last Picture Show," a doomed hitchhiker in "Keep My Grave Open," a corrupt sheriff in the Claudia Jennings exploitation classic "'Gatorbait," a mean small town deputy in "Ride in A Pink Car," a more amiable sheriff in the fantastic Bigfoot winner "Creature from Black Lake," Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith's father in "Slumber Party '57," a priest in "The Evictors," and the boozy, dissolute Reverend Bill McWiley in the enjoyably crummy "Mountaintop Motel Massacre." Bill Thurman died in Dallas, Texas on April 13, 1995. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Painted Hero
Film • 1997
jako Old Man Bolen
In Broad Daylight
Film • 1991
jako Virgil Teague
Dwoje do pary
Film • 1988
jako Bus Driver
Hawken's Breed
Film • 1987
jako Jeb Kline
The Long Hot Summer
Serial • 1985
jako Houstin
Silverado
Film • 1985
jako Carter
Stormin' Home
Film • 1985
jako Bailiff
Alamo Bay
Film • 1985
jako Sheriff
Innocent Prey
Film • 1984
jako Jim Gardner
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
Film • 1983
jako Reverend Bill McWiley
The Long Summer of George Adams
Film • 1982
jako Floyd
Raggedy Man
Film • 1981
jako Sheriff
Skyward
Film • 1980
jako Pilot #1
Tom Horn
Film • 1980
jako Ora Haley
The Sky Trap
Film • 1979
jako Sheriff
The Evictors
Film • 1979
jako Preacher Higgins
The Beasts Are on the Streets
Film • 1978
jako Carl Evans
Dallas
Serial • 1978
jako Phil Bradley
Keep My Grave Open
Film • 1977
jako Hitchhiker
Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia
Film • 1977
jako Air Traffic
Charge of the Model T's
Film • 1977
jako Sgt. Bond
Slumber Party '57
Film • 1976
jako Mr. Willis
Creature from Black Lake
Film • 1976
jako Sheriff Billy Carter
The Florida Connection
Film • 1975
jako Deke
'Gator Bait
Film • 1974
jako Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
Where the Red Fern Grows
Film • 1974
jako Sam Bellington
Ride in a Pink Car
Film • 1974
jako Barlow
Sugarland Express
Film • 1974
jako Hunter
The Pickle Goes in the Middle
Film • 1973
jako Mr. Stanovich
Encounter with the Unknown
Film • 1972
jako Second Man
Fair Play
Film • 1972
jako Jed Bartrum
Ostatni seans filmowy
Film • 1971
jako Coach Popper
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
Film • 1970
jako Huddy
It's Alive!
Film • 1969
jako Greely / Monster
Hell Raiders
Film • 1969
jako Tex
In the Year 2889
Film • 1969
jako Tim Henderson
Mars Needs Women
Film • 1968
jako Drunk on Pier
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Film • 1968
jako Policeman (uncredited)
Curse of the Swamp Creature
Film • 1968
jako Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Film • 1967
jako Sheriff Brad Crenshaw
Night Fright
Film • 1967
jako Deputy Ben Whitfield
The Eye Creatures
Film • 1967
jako Sergeant
Hip Hot and 21
Film • 1967
jako Lt. Lang
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
Film • 1967
jako Abel
Sam
Film • 1967
The Black Cat
Film • 1966
jako Bartender
Hot Blooded Woman
Film • 1965
jako Railroad Tough
High Yellow
Film • 1965
jako Major Bates
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Film • 1964
jako Witness