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Bill Thurman was an American film and television actor. From the early 1960s until his death in 1995, he frequently appeared in B movies and independent films, often playing "redneck types" or sheriffs. He worked with low-budget-director Larry Buchanan on numerous films, for example In the Year 2889 and 'It's Alive!'. Thurman was one of those Southern actors who were specialized in so called "regional" pictures, films which were made exclusively for distribution in the Southern States.
Birth Name
Billie Thurman
Born
Thursday, 04 November 1920
Died
Thursday, 13 April 1995
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Painted Hero | Old Man Bolen | 1997 |
| In Broad Daylight | Virgil Teague | 1991 |
| Innocent Prey | Jim Gardner | 1989 |
| It Takes Two | Bus Driver | 1988 |
| Hawken's Breed | Jeb Kline | 1987 |
| The Long Hot Summer | Houstin | 1985 |
| Silverado | Carter | 1985 |
| Alamo Bay | Sheriff | 1985 |
| Places in the Heart | Homer | 1984 |
| Mountaintop Motel Massacre | Reverend Bill McWilley / Reverend Bill McWiley | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Painted Hero | Old Man Bolen | 1997 |
| In Broad Daylight | Virgil Teague | 1991 |
| Innocent Prey | Jim Gardner | 1989 |
| It Takes Two | Bus Driver | 1988 |
| Hawken's Breed | Jeb Kline | 1987 |
| The Long Hot Summer | Houstin | 1985 |
| Silverado | Carter | 1985 |
| Alamo Bay | Sheriff | 1985 |
| Places in the Heart | Homer | 1984 |
| Mountaintop Motel Massacre | Reverend Bill McWilley / Reverend Bill McWiley | 1983 |
| The Long Summer of George Adams | Floyd | 1982 |
| Raggedy Man | Sheriff | 1981 |
| Skyward | Pilot #1 | 1980 |
| Tom Horn | Ora Haley | 1980 |
| The Evictors | Preacher Higgins | 1979 |
| Centennial | Uncle Dick Taylor | 1978 |
| The Beasts Are on the Streets | Carl Evans | 1978 |
| Dallas | Phil Bradley / Allen Murphy | 1978 |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Air Traffic | 1977 |
| The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | 1977 | |
| Charge of the Model T's | Sgt. Bond | 1977 |
| Slumber Party '57 | Mr. Willis | 1976 |
| Creature from Black Lake | Sheriff Billy Carter | 1976 |
| Keep My Grave Open | Hitchhiker | 1976 |
| The Florida Connection | Deke | 1975 |
| Ride in a Pink Car | Barlow | 1974 |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | Sam Bellington | 1974 |
| The Sugarland Express | Hunter | 1974 |
| 'Gator Bait | Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas | 1973 |
| Encounter with the Unknown | Second Man | 1972 |
| The Last Picture Show | Coach Popper | 1971 |
| Fairplay | Jed Bartrum | 1971 |
| A Bullet for Pretty Boy | Huddy | 1970 |
| It's Alive! | Greely / Monster | 1969 |
| Mars Needs Women | Drunk on Pier | 1968 |
| The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde | Policeman | 1968 |
| Curse of the Swamp Creature | Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature | 1968 |
| Hell Raiders | Tex | 1968 |
| Zontar: The Thing from Venus | Sheriff Brad Crenshaw / Police Chief Brad Crenshaw | 1967 |
| Night Fright | Deputy Ben Whitfield | 1967 |
| Shameless Desire | Cal | 1967 |
| Hip Hot and 21 | Lt. Lang | 1967 |
| Spiked Heels and Black Nylons | Abel | 1967 |
| In the Year 2889 | Tim Henderson | 1967 |
| The Black Cat | Bartender | 1966 |
| Attack of the Eye Creatures | Sergeant on Guard / Sergeant | 1965 |
| Hot Blooded Woman | Railroad Tough | 1965 |
| High Yellow | Major Bates | 1965 |
| The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Witness | 1964 |
| The Yesterday Machine | 1963 | |
| The Magical World of Disney | Sheriff | 1954 |
