Bill Thurman
Acting
Born November 4, 1920 · Texas, USA
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; sai…
Known For · 40 titles
Dallas
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Silverado
The Last Picture Show
The Long Hot Summer
The Sugarland Express
Tom Horn
Innocent Prey
It Takes Two
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
Creature from Black Lake
'Gator Bait
Raggedy Man
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
Where the Red Fern Grows
Curse of the Swamp Creature
Mars Needs Women
Keep My Grave Open
Sam
Painted Hero
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Charge of the Model T's
Hip Hot and 21
The Beasts Are on the Streets
In Broad Daylight
Slumber Party '57
The Eye Creatures
Skyward
Alamo Bay
Encounter with the Unknown
Hawken's Breed
The Black Cat
Night Fright
It's Alive
In the Year 2889
The Sky Trap
Stormin' Home
The Long Summer of George Adams
Hot Blooded Woman