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
