
Bill Thurman
Acting
Born: 1920-11-04 · Texas, USA
Died: 1995-04-13
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 fre
🎬 Movies (30)

Painted Hero
1997
Old Man Bolen

In Broad Daylight
1991
Virgil Teague

It Takes Two
1988
Bus Driver

Hawken's Breed
1987
Jeb Kline

Silverado
1985
Carter

Stormin' Home
1985
Bailiff

Alamo Bay
1985
Sheriff

Innocent Prey
1984
Jim Gardner

Mountaintop Motel Massacre
1983
Reverend Bill McWiley

The Long Summer of George Adams
1982
Floyd

Raggedy Man
1981
Sheriff

Skyward
1980
Pilot #1

Tom Horn
1980
Ora Haley

The Evictors
1979
Preacher Higgins

The Sky Trap
1979
Sheriff

The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
Carl Evans

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Air Traffic

Charge of the Model T's
1977
Sgt. Bond

Keep My Grave Open
1977
Hitchhiker

Creature from Black Lake
1976
Sheriff Billy Carter

Slumber Party '57
1976
Mr. Willis

The Florida Connection
1975
Deke

The Sugarland Express
1974
Hunter

'Gator Bait
1974
Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas

Where the Red Fern Grows
1974
Sam Bellington

Ride in a Pink Car
1974
Barlow

The Pickle Goes in the Middle
1973
Mr. Stanovich

Fair Play
1972
Jed Bartrum

Encounter with the Unknown
1972
Second Man

The Last Picture Show
1971
Coach Popper

