Bill Thurman
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-04 (75 years old)
Deathday
1995-04-13
Place of Birth
Texas, USA
Also known As
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Bill Thurman
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 frequently acted in features for legendary Grade Z low-budget independent filmmaker Larry Buchanan; said movies include "The Eye Creatures," "High Yellow...
Acting
1977
as Air Traffic
1970
as Huddy
1974
as Hunter
1985
as Carter
1968
as Drunk on Pier
1971
as Coach Popper
1983
as Reverend Bill McWiley
1967
as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw
1976
as Sheriff Billy Carter
1967
as Sergeant
1964
as Witness
1969
as Tim Henderson
1968
as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature
1968
as Policeman (uncredited)
1969
as Greely / Monster
1974
as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
1979
as Preacher Higgins
1967
as Deputy Ben Whitfield
1997
as Old Man Bolen
1969
as Tex
1980
as Pilot #1
1965
as Major Bates
1991
as Virgil Teague
1985
as Bailiff
1965
as Railroad Tough
1976
as Mr. Willis
1974
as Sam Bellington
1977
as Sgt. Bond
1974
as Barlow
1981
as Sheriff
1975
as Deke
1972
as Jed Bartrum
1966
as Bartender
1980
as Ora Haley
1977
as Hitchhiker
1967
1978
as Carl Evans
1967
as Lt. Lang
1984
as Jim Gardner
1982
as Floyd
1967
1987
as Jeb Kline
1972
as Second Man
1985
as Sheriff
1979
as Sheriff
Production
1971
as Key Grip
1966
as Key Grip
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