Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman

ActorCinematographer Nov 4 (died age 74) Texas, USA 1964–1997 (33 year career)

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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…

Known For

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Air Traffic

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

Coach Popper

Silverado

Silverado

Carter

The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

Hunter

Tom Horn

Tom Horn

Ora Haley

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

Sam Bellington

The Evictors

The Evictors

Preacher Higgins

Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

Sheriff

Filmography

Acting (49)

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Movies (47)

Painted Hero

Painted Hero

as Old Man Bolen

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

as Virgil Teague

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

as Bus Driver

Hawken's Breed

Hawken's Breed

as Jeb Kline

Silverado

Silverado

as Carter

Stormin' Home

Stormin' Home

as Bailiff

Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

as Sheriff

Innocent Prey

Innocent Prey

as Jim Gardner

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

as Reverend Bill McWiley

The Long Summer of George Adams

The Long Summer of George Adams

as Floyd

Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man

as Sheriff

Tom Horn

Tom Horn

as Ora Haley

Skyward

Skyward

as Pilot #1

The Sky Trap

The Sky Trap

as Sheriff

The Evictors

The Evictors

as Preacher Higgins

The Beasts Are on the Streets

The Beasts Are on the Streets

as Carl Evans

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Air Traffic

Keep My Grave Open

Keep My Grave Open

as Hitchhiker

Charge of the Model T's

Charge of the Model T's

as Sgt. Bond

Creature from Black Lake

Creature from Black Lake

as Sheriff Billy Carter

Slumber Party '57

Slumber Party '57

as Mr. Willis

The Florida Connection

The Florida Connection

as Deke

'Gator Bait

'Gator Bait

as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas

The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

as Hunter

Ride in a Pink Car

Ride in a Pink Car

as Barlow

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

as Sam Bellington

The Pickle Goes in the Middle

The Pickle Goes in the Middle

as Mr. Stanovich

Fair Play

Fair Play

as Jed Bartrum

Encounter with the Unknown

Encounter with the Unknown

as Second Man

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

as Coach Popper

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

as Huddy

Hell Raiders

Hell Raiders

as Tex

In the Year 2889

In the Year 2889

as Tim Henderson

It's Alive

It's Alive

as Greely / Monster

Curse of the Swamp Creature

Curse of the Swamp Creature

as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature

Mars Needs Women

Mars Needs Women

as Drunk on Pier

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

as Policeman (uncredited)

Hip Hot and 21

Hip Hot and 21

as Lt. Lang

Night Fright

Night Fright

as Deputy Ben Whitfield

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw

Sam

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

Spiked Heels and Black Nylons

as Abel

The Eye Creatures

The Eye Creatures

as Sergeant

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

as Bartender

Hot Blooded Woman

Hot Blooded Woman

as Railroad Tough

High Yellow

High Yellow

as Major Bates

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Witness

Television (2)

The Long Hot Summer

The Long Hot Summer

as Houstin

Dallas

Dallas

as Phil Bradley

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Strawberries Need Rain

Strawberries Need Rain

Key Grip

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

Key Grip