Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman

Acting

Birthday

1920/11/04

Day of death

1995/04/13 (74 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Texas, USA

Also know as

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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 fre...Read more

Acting
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.4

(1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Air Traffic

A Bullet for Pretty Boy
4.0

(1970) A Bullet for Pretty Boy

as Huddy

The Sugarland Express
6.6

(1974) The Sugarland Express

as Hunter

Silverado
7.0

(1985) Silverado

as Carter

Mars Needs Women
3.9

(1968) Mars Needs Women

as Drunk on Pier

The Last Picture Show
7.7

(1971) The Last Picture Show

as Coach Popper

Mountaintop Motel Massacre
4.4

(1983) Mountaintop Motel Massacre

as Reverend Bill McWiley

Zontar: The Thing from Venus
4.1

(1967) Zontar: The Thing from Venus

as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw

Creature from Black Lake
5.1

(1976) Creature from Black Lake

as Sheriff Billy Carter

The Eye Creatures
2.9

(1967) The Eye Creatures

as Sergeant

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
4.8

(1964) The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Witness

In the Year 2889
2.8

(1969) In the Year 2889

as Tim Henderson

Curse of the Swamp Creature
2.4

(1968) Curse of the Swamp Creature

as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
5.0

(1968) The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

as Policeman (uncredited)

It's Alive!
3.3

(1969) It's Alive

as Greely / Monster

'Gator Bait
5.3

(1974) 'Gator Bait

as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas

The Evictors
6.5

(1979) The Evictors

as Preacher Higgins

Night Fright
2.7

(1967) Night Fright

as Deputy Ben Whitfield

Painted Hero
5.4

(1997) Painted Hero

as Old Man Bolen

Hell Raiders
3.0

(1969) Hell Raiders

as Tex

Skyward
7.0

(1980) Skyward

as Pilot #1

High Yellow
3.0

(1965) High Yellow

as Major Bates

In Broad Daylight
5.7

(1991) In Broad Daylight

as Virgil Teague

Stormin' Home
0.0

(1985) Stormin' Home

as Bailiff

Hot-Blooded Woman
4.2

(1965) Hot-Blooded Woman

as Railroad Tough

Slumber Party '57
5.5

(1976) Slumber Party '57

as Mr. Willis

Where the Red Fern Grows
6.8

(1974) Where the Red Fern Grows

as Sam Bellington

Charge of the Model T's
0.0

(1977) Charge of the Model T's

as Sgt. Bond

Ride in a Pink Car
7.5

(1974) Ride in a Pink Car

as Barlow

Raggedy Man
5.3

(1981) Raggedy Man

as Sheriff

The Florida Connection
2.0

(1975) The Florida Connection

as Deke

Fair Play
0.0

(1972) Fair Play

as Jed Bartrum

The Black Cat
5.2

(1966) The Black Cat

as Bartender

Tom Horn
6.4

(1980) Tom Horn

as Ora Haley

Keep My Grave Open
3.9

(1977) Keep My Grave Open

as Hitchhiker

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
2.5

(1967) Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

as Abel

The Beasts Are on the Streets
6.0

(1978) The Beasts Are on the Streets

as Carl Evans

Hip Hot and 21
3.3

(1967) Hip Hot and 21

as Lt. Lang

Innocent Prey
4.0

(1984) Innocent Prey

as Jim Gardner

The Long Summer of George Adams
10.0

(1982) The Long Summer of George Adams

as Floyd

0.0

(1967) Sam

as ---

Hawken's Breed
3.5

(1987) Hawken's Breed

as Jeb Kline

Encounter with the Unknown
4.0

(1972) Encounter with the Unknown

as Second Man

Alamo Bay
5.9

(1985) Alamo Bay

as Sheriff

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
6.8

(1977) The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as ---

The Sky Trap
0.0

(1979) The Sky Trap

as Sheriff

The Long Hot Summer
5.4

(1985) The Long Hot Summer

as Houstin

Dallas
6.8

(1978) Dallas

as Phil Bradley