Bill Thurman
Acting
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;…
Filmography
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Painted Hero
1997
In Broad Daylight
1991
It Takes Two
1988
Hawken's Breed
1987
The Long Hot Summer
1985
Silverado
1985
Stormin' Home
1985
Alamo Bay
1985
Innocent Prey
1984
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
1983
The Long Summer of George Adams
1982
Raggedy Man
1981
Skyward
1980
Tom Horn
1980
The Sky Trap
1979
The Evictors
1979
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
Dallas
1978
Keep My Grave Open
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Charge of the Model T's
1977
Slumber Party '57
1976
Creature from Black Lake
1976
The Florida Connection
1975
'Gator Bait
1974
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974
Ride in a Pink Car
1974
The Sugarland Express
1974
The Pickle Goes in the Middle
1973
Encounter with the Unknown
1972
Fair Play
1972
The Last Picture Show
1971
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
1970
It's Alive
1969
Hell Raiders
1969
In the Year 2889
1969
Mars Needs Women
1968
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
1968
Curse of the Swamp Creature
1968
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
1967
Night Fright
1967
The Eye Creatures
1967
Hip Hot and 21
1967
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
1967
Sam
Sam
1967
The Black Cat
1966
Hot Blooded Woman
1965
High Yellow
1965
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1964
