Bill Thurman
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Painted Hero
1997
as Old Man Bolen
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Virgil Teague
It Takes Two
1988
as Bus Driver
Hawken's Breed
1987
as Jeb Kline
Silverado
1985
as Carter
Stormin' Home
1985
as Bailiff
Alamo Bay
1985
as Sheriff
The Long Hot Summer
1985
as Houstin
Innocent Prey
1984
as Jim Gardner
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
1983
as Reverend Bill McWiley
The Long Summer of George Adams
1982
as Floyd
Raggedy Man
1981
as Sheriff
Skyward
1980
as Pilot #1
Tom Horn
1980
as Ora Haley
The Evictors
1979
as Preacher Higgins
The Sky Trap
1979
as Sheriff
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
as Carl Evans
Dallas
1978
as Phil Bradley
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Air Traffic
Charge of the Model T's
1977
as Sgt. Bond
Keep My Grave Open
1977
as Hitchhiker
Creature from Black Lake
1976
as Sheriff Billy Carter
Slumber Party '57
1976
as Mr. Willis
The Florida Connection
1975
as Deke
The Sugarland Express
1974
as Hunter
'Gator Bait
1974
as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974
as Sam Bellington
Ride in a Pink Car
1974
as Barlow
The Pickle Goes in the Middle
1973
as Mr. Stanovich
Fair Play
1972
as Jed Bartrum
Encounter with the Unknown
1972
as Second Man
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Coach Popper
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
1970
as Huddy
In the Year 2889
1969
as Tim Henderson
It's Alive
1969
as Greely / Monster
Hell Raiders
1969
as Tex
Mars Needs Women
1968
as Drunk on Pier
Curse of the Swamp Creature
1968
as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
1968
as Policeman (uncredited)
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
1967
as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw
The Eye Creatures
1967
as Sergeant
Night Fright
1967
as Deputy Ben Whitfield
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
1967
as Abel
Hip Hot and 21
1967
as Lt. Lang
Sam
1967
The Black Cat
1966
as Bartender
High Yellow
1965
as Major Bates
Hot Blooded Woman
1965
as Railroad Tough
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1964
as Witness