William Vail

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-11-30 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

William Vail

Biography

Wlliam Vail (born November 30, 1950) is an American set decorator and actorbest known for his role as "Kirk" in the 1974 American horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Vail was born in San Antonio, Texas. He began his film career in 1974, when he played the character of "Kirk" in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He then starred in three more films titled Poltergeist (1982), Mausoleum (1983), and Glitch! (1988). He then decided to switch as a Set Decorator in the film, A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989). He continues to work as a Set Decorator, and has recently helped with the TV Movie, The Craigslist Killer (2011).

Acting

2020

1988

Glitch!

as Angry Valet

1983

Mausoleum

as The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)

2013

Texas Chainsaw 3D

as Kirk (archive footage)

1982

Poltergeist

as Implosion Man

Production

1991

2000

American Tragedy

as Set Decoration

1996

Deadly Web

as Set Decoration

1990

Return to Green Acres

as Set Decoration

2012

1994

Another Midnight Run

as Set Decoration

1995

The West Side Waltz

as Set Decoration

2010

Amish Grace

as Set Decoration

2010

Lies in Plain Sight

as Set Decoration

1990

Too Young to Die

as Set Decoration

2011

The Craigslist Killer

as Set Decoration

1994

The Enemy Within

as Set Decoration

1994

1996

Riders of the Purple Sage

as Set Decoration

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