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 cheapncheesy Southern-fried fright flicks and delightfully downndirty 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 Its Alive!, and A Bullet for Pretty Boy. Moreover, Thurman had bit parts in two Steven Spielberg films hes a hillbilly hunter in The Sugerland Express and an air traffic controller in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Bills other memorable roles include the abusive Coach Popper in Peter Bogdanovichs 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 Smiths 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

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Painted Hero

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Tom Horn

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Air Traffic

Película 1977

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

Huddy

Película 1970

The Sugarland Express

Hunter

Película 1974

Silverado

Carter

Película 1985

Mars Needs Women

Drunk on Pier

Película 1968

The Last Picture Show

Coach Popper

Película 1971

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Reverend Bill McWiley

Película 1983

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Sheriff Brad Crenshaw

Película 1967

Creature from Black Lake

Sheriff Billy Carter

Película 1976

The Eye Creatures

Sergeant

Película 1967

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

Witness

Película 1964

In the Year 2889

Tim Henderson

Película 1969

Curse of the Swamp Creature

Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature

Película 1968

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

Policeman (uncredited)

Película 1968

It's Alive

Greely / Monster

Película 1969

'Gator Bait

Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas

Película 1974

The Evictors

Preacher Higgins

Película 1979

Night Fright

Deputy Ben Whitfield

Película 1967

Hell Raiders

Tex

Película 1969

Skyward

Pilot #1

Película 1980

High Yellow

Major Bates

Película 1965

In Broad Daylight

Virgil Teague

Película 1991

Stormin' Home

Bailiff

Película 1985

Hot-Blooded Woman

Railroad Tough

Película 1965

Slumber Party '57

Mr. Willis

Película 1976

Where the Red Fern Grows

Sam Bellington

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Charge of the Model T's

Sgt. Bond

Película 1977

Ride in a Pink Car

Barlow

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Raggedy Man

Sheriff

Película 1981

The Florida Connection

Deke

Película 1975

Fair Play

Jed Bartrum

Película 1972

The Black Cat

Bartender

Película 1966

Innocent Prey

Jim Gardner

Película 1984

The Beasts Are on the Streets

Carl Evans

Película 1978

Keep My Grave Open

Hitchhiker

Película 1977

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

Abel

Película 1967

Hip Hot and 21

Lt. Lang

Película 1967

The Long Summer of George Adams

Floyd

Película 1982

Sam

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Hawken's Breed

Jeb Kline

Película 1987

Encounter with the Unknown

Second Man

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Alamo Bay

Sheriff

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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

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The Sky Trap

Sheriff

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The Long Hot Summer

Houstin

Tv 1985

Dallas

Phil Bradley

Tv 1978