Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman

Birthday: 1920-11-04

Deathday: 1995-04-13

Place of birth: Texas, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0862174

Biography:

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

Played in movies:

The Long Summer of George Adams

Score: 10.0

The Last Picture Show

Score: 7.6

Ride in a Pink Car

Score: 7.5

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Score: 7.3

Silverado

Score: 7.0

Skyward

Score: 6.9

Where the Red Fern Grows

Score: 6.8

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

Score: 6.8

The Sugarland Express

Score: 6.6

The Evictors

Score: 6.5

Tom Horn

Score: 6.3

Alamo Bay

Score: 5.9

The Beasts Are on the Streets

Score: 5.8

In Broad Daylight

Score: 5.7

Painted Hero

Score: 5.4

Raggedy Man

Score: 5.3

Creature from Black Lake

Score: 5.2

The Black Cat

Score: 5.2

'Gator Bait

Score: 5.1

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

Score: 5.0

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

Score: 4.8

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Score: 4.2

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

Score: 4.2

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Score: 4.1

Innocent Prey

Score: 4.0

Slumber Party '57

Score: 4.0

Keep My Grave Open

Score: 3.9

Mars Needs Women

Score: 3.9

Encounter with the Unknown

Score: 3.9

Hawken's Breed

Score: 3.8

Hot Blooded Woman

Score: 3.6

It's Alive

Score: 3.3

Hip Hot and 21

Score: 3.0

High Yellow

Score: 3.0

Hell Raiders

Score: 3.0

The Eye Creatures

Score: 2.9

In the Year 2889

Score: 2.9

Night Fright

Score: 2.7

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

Score: 2.5

Curse of the Swamp Creature

Score: 2.4

The Florida Connection

Score: 2.0

Fair Play

Score: 1.0

The Sky Trap

Score: 0.0

Sam

Score: 0.0

Charge of the Model T's

Score: 0.0

Stormin' Home

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Dallas

Score: 6.8

The Long Hot Summer

Score: 5.5