Bill McKinney

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-09-12 (80 years old)

Deathday

2011-12-01

Place of Birth

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Bill McKinney

Biography

Bill McKinney was an American character actor whose most famous role was the sadistic mountain man who abused and then sodomized Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) in the movie Deliverance. McKinney is also recognizable for his performances in seven Clint Eastwood films, most notably as Union cavalry commander Captain "Redlegs" Terrill in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Most of Bill McKinney's colleagues perceived him as big, brutal and dangerous. At first glance. Still, he was only 5' 10" (1,78 m).

Acting

1982

First Blood

as State Police Capt. Dave Kern

1972

Deliverance

as Mountain Man

1976

Cannonball

as Cade Redman

1974

1975

Breakheart Pass

as Reverend Peabody

1967

She Freak

as Steve St. John

1980

Carny

as Marvin Dill

1976

The Shootist

as Jay Cobb

1973

1973

The Outfit

as Buck

1982

Tex

as Pop McCormick

1983

Heart Like a Wheel

as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits

2008

Take

as Benjamin Gregor

2004

Undertow

as Grandfather

1977

The Gauntlet

as Constable

1974

The Parallax View

as Parallax Assassin

2006

Rocker

as Mr. Hill

1993

1989

1974

The Underground Man

as Willy Coggins

1972

Junior Bonner

as Red Terwiliger

1974

1988

Under the Gun

as Miller

1972

Kansas City Bomber

as Buddy Taylor (uncredited)

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

1999

The Green Mile

as Jack Van Hay

2008

Ghost Town: The Movie

as Victor Burnett

2003

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

as Acme VP, Nitpicking

1980

Bronco Billy

as Lefty LeBow

1977

Valentino

as Jail Cop

1978

Every Which Way but Loose

as Dallas, Treasurer Biker

1982

St. Helens

as Kilpatrick

1974

The Godchild

as Cpl. Crawley

1970

Angel Unchained

as Shotgun

1975

Long Way Home

as Deputy Shanks

2008

Pride and Glory

as Crime Scene Cop

1984

Against All Odds

as Head Coach

1985

Master Ninja

as Sheriff Kyle

1996

A Promise to Carolyn

as Butch Maggart

2010

How Do You Know

as Maitre d'

1993

La Classe américaine

as Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)

2011

The Custom Mary

as The Silent Boss

2007

Lucky You

as Satellite Cashier

1974

The Healers

as Mr. Brown

1990

The China Lake Murders

as Capt. Finney N.H.P.

1975

1984

Final Justice

as Wilson

Production

1987

Matewan

as Set Dressing Production Assistant

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