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Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman
  • Name: Bill Thurman
  • Birthday: 1920-11-04
  • Place of birth: Texas, USA
  • Popularity: 0.154
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

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Title Release date
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