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Bill Thurman
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Bill Thurman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-11-04,Texas, USA
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7.4

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977-12-14

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

4.143

A Bullet for Pretty Boy
1970-07-15

The Sugarland Express

6.606

The Sugarland Express
1974-03-31

6.95

Silverado
1985-07-10

Mars Needs Women

3.909

Mars Needs Women
1968-08-24

The Last Picture Show

7.625

The Last Picture Show
1971-10-03

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

4.4

Mountaintop Motel Massacre
1983-07-15

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

4.25

Zontar: The Thing from Venus
1967-12-01

Creature from Black Lake

5.231

Creature from Black Lake
1976-03-01

The Eye Creatures

3.097

The Eye Creatures
1967-10-20

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

5.2

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1964-09-30

In the Year 2889

3.214

In the Year 2889
1969-01-19

Curse of the Swamp Creature

2.8

Curse of the Swamp Creature
1968-02-01

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

6

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
1968-08-22

3.8

It's Alive
1969-10-30

5.08

'Gator Bait
1974-10-12

6.397

The Evictors
1979-04-17

3.1

Night Fright
1967-11-01

5.286

Painted Hero
1997-09-16

6

Hell Raiders
1969-06-01

7.083

Skyward
1980-11-20

3.75

High Yellow
1965-08-04

In Broad Daylight

6.125

In Broad Daylight
1991-02-03

7

Stormin' Home
1985-04-05

Hot Blooded Woman

4

Hot Blooded Woman
1965-10-01

Slumber Party '57

4.4

Slumber Party '57
1976-08-31

Where the Red Fern Grows

6.921

Where the Red Fern Grows
1974-06-21

Charge of the Model T's

10

Charge of the Model T's
1977-11-04

Ride in a Pink Car

7.25

Ride in a Pink Car
1974-06-21

5.514

Raggedy Man
1981-09-18

The Florida Connection

5.5

The Florida Connection
1975-11-21

5.5

Fair Play
1972-01-01

5.176

The Black Cat
1966-05-01

6.386

Tom Horn
1980-03-28

Keep My Grave Open

3.917

Keep My Grave Open
1977-12-17

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

4

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
1967-01-01

The Beasts Are on the Streets

6.5

The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978-05-18

3.667

Hip Hot and 21
1967-03-01

4.286

Innocent Prey
1984-12-12

The Long Summer of George Adams

9

The Long Summer of George Adams
1982-01-18

7

Sam
1967-01-01

4

Hawken's Breed
1987-01-01

Encounter with the Unknown

4.263

Encounter with the Unknown
1972-11-15

6

Alamo Bay
1985-04-03

7

The Sky Trap
1979-05-13

5.521

It Takes Two
1988-07-13

The Pickle Goes in the Middle

0

The Pickle Goes in the Middle
1973-01-01

The Long Hot Summer

5.5

The Long Hot Summer
1985-10-06

6.849

Dallas
1978-04-02