People
Bill Thurman
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Painted Hero as Old Man Bolen | 1997-09-16 |
In Broad Daylight as Virgil Teague | 1991-02-03 |
Hawken's Breed as Jeb Kline | 1987-01-01 |
Silverado as Carter | 1985-07-10 |
Stormin' Home as Bailiff | 1985-04-05 |
Alamo Bay as Sheriff | 1985-04-03 |
Innocent Prey as Jim Gardner | 1984-12-12 |
Mountaintop Motel Massacre as Reverend Bill McWiley | 1983-07-15 |
The Long Summer of George Adams as Floyd | 1982-01-18 |
Raggedy Man as Sheriff | 1981-09-18 |
Skyward as Pilot #1 | 1980-11-20 |
Tom Horn as Ora Haley | 1980-03-28 |
The Sky Trap as Sheriff | 1979-05-13 |
The Evictors as Preacher Higgins | 1979-04-17 |
The Beasts Are on the Streets as Carl Evans | 1978-05-18 |
Keep My Grave Open as Hitchhiker | 1977-12-17 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Air Traffic | 1977-12-14 |
Charge of the Model T's as Sgt. Bond | 1977-11-04 |
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | 1977-09-30 |
Slumber Party '57 as Mr. Willis | 1976-08-31 |
Creature from Black Lake as Sheriff Billy Carter | 1976-03-01 |
The Florida Connection as Deke | 1975-11-21 |
'Gator Bait as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas | 1974-10-12 |
Ride in a Pink Car as Barlow | 1974-06-21 |
Where the Red Fern Grows as Sam Bellington | 1974-06-21 |
The Sugarland Express as Hunter | 1974-03-31 |
Encounter with the Unknown as Second Man | 1972-11-15 |
Fair Play as Jed Bartrum | 1972-01-01 |
The Last Picture Show as Coach Popper | 1971-10-03 |
A Bullet for Pretty Boy as Huddy | 1970-07-15 |
It's Alive as Greely / Monster | 1969-10-30 |
Hell Raiders as Tex | 1969-06-01 |
In the Year 2889 as Tim Henderson | 1969-01-19 |
Mars Needs Women as Drunk on Pier | 1968-08-24 |
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde as Policeman (uncredited) | 1968-08-22 |
Curse of the Swamp Creature as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature | 1968-02-01 |
Zontar: The Thing from Venus as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw | 1967-12-01 |
Night Fright as Deputy Ben Whitfield | 1967-11-01 |
The Eye Creatures as Sergeant | 1967-10-20 |
Hip Hot and 21 as Lt. Lang | 1967-03-01 |
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons as Abel | 1967-01-01 |
Sam | 1967-01-01 |
The Black Cat as Bartender | 1966-05-01 |
Hot Blooded Woman as Railroad Tough | 1965-10-01 |
High Yellow as Major Bates | 1965-08-04 |
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Witness | 1964-04-22 |