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Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman

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

Personal information

Birthday

1920-11-04

Birth Place

Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

'Gator Bait

'Gator Bait

1974

5.3

Movie
A Bullet for Pretty Boy

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

1970

4.0

Movie
Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

1985

5.9

Movie
Charge of the Model T's

Charge of the Model T's

1977

0.0

Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

7.4

Movie
Creature from Black Lake

Creature from Black Lake

1976

5.1

Movie
Curse of the Swamp Creature

Curse of the Swamp Creature

1968

2.4

Movie
poster

Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
Encounter with the Unknown

Encounter with the Unknown

1972

4.0

Movie
Fair Play

Fair Play

1972

0.0

Movie
Hawken's Breed

Hawken's Breed

1987

3.5

Movie
Hell Raiders

Hell Raiders

1969

3.0

Movie
High Yellow

High Yellow

1965

3.0

Movie
Hip Hot and 21

Hip Hot and 21

1967

3.3

Movie
Hot-Blooded Woman

Hot-Blooded Woman

1965

4.2

Movie
In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

1991

5.7

Movie
In the Year 2889

In the Year 2889

1969

2.8

Movie
Innocent Prey

Innocent Prey

1984

4.0

Movie
It's Alive

It's Alive

1969

3.3

Movie
Keep My Grave Open

Keep My Grave Open

1977

3.9

Movie
Mars Needs Women

Mars Needs Women

1968

3.9

Movie
Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

1983

4.4

Movie
Night Fright

Night Fright

1967

2.7

Movie
Painted Hero

Painted Hero

1997

5.4

Movie
Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man

1981

5.2

Movie
Ride in a Pink Car

Ride in a Pink Car

1974

7.5

Movie
Sam

Sam

1967

0.0

Movie
Silverado

Silverado

1985

7.0

Movie
Skyward

Skyward

1980

7.0

Movie
Slumber Party '57

Slumber Party '57

1976

5.5

Movie
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

1967

2.5

Movie
Stormin' Home

Stormin' Home

1985

0.0

Movie
The Beasts Are on the Streets

The Beasts Are on the Streets

1978

6.0

Movie
The Black Cat

The Black Cat

1966

5.2

Movie
The Evictors

The Evictors

1979

6.5

Movie
The Eye Creatures

The Eye Creatures

1967

2.9

Movie
The Florida Connection

The Florida Connection

1975

2.0

Movie
The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

1971

7.6

Movie
poster

The Long Hot Summer

1985

5.4

TV
The Long Summer of George Adams

The Long Summer of George Adams

1982

10.0

Movie
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

1968

5.0

Movie
The Sky Trap

The Sky Trap

1979

0.0

Movie
The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

1974

6.6

Movie
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1964

4.8

Movie
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

6.8

Movie
Tom Horn

Tom Horn

1980

6.4

Movie
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974

6.8

Movie
Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

1967

4.0

Movie