10.0
10.0
The Long Summer of George Adams
1982
as Floyd
Bill Thurman
Acting
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Bill Thurman (November 4, 1920 – April 13, 1995) 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 specialized in "regional" pictures, films made exclusively for distribution in the Southern States. However, Thurman also appeared in two movies by Hollywood star director Steven Spielberg and played Coach Popper, the apparently homosexual husband of Cloris Leachman, in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971). The character actor also appeared in popular television shows like Dallas and Centennial. One of his later roles was Reverend McWiley in the horror film Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983).
Filmography (42 movies)
7.6
7.6
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Coach Popper
7.5
7.5
Ride in a Pink Car
1974
as Barlow
7.0
7.0
Silverado
1985
as Carter
6.9
6.9
Skyward
1980
as Pilot #1
6.9
6.9
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974
as Sam Bellington
6.6
6.6
The Sugarland Express
1974
as Hunter
6.5
6.5
The Evictors
1979
as Preacher Higgins
6.3
6.3
Tom Horn
1980
as Ora Haley
5.9
5.9
Alamo Bay
1985
as Sheriff
5.8
5.8
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
as Carl Evans
5.7
5.7
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Virgil Teague
5.3
5.3
Raggedy Man
1981
as Sheriff
5.1
5.1
Creature from Black Lake
1976
as Sheriff Billy Carter
5.0
5.0
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
1968
as Policeman (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
'Gator Bait
1974
as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
4.9
4.9
The Black Cat
1966
as Bartender
4.8
4.8
Painted Hero
1997
as Old Man Bolen
4.3
4.3
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
1983
as Reverend Bill McWiley
4.1
4.1
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
1967
as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw
3.9
3.9
Encounter with the Unknown
1972
as Second Man
3.8
3.8
Mars Needs Women
1968
as Drunk on Pier
3.7
3.7
Hawken's Breed
1987
as Jeb Kline
3.7
3.7
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
1970
as Huddy
3.6
3.6
Keep My Grave Open
1977
as Hitchhiker
3.6
3.6
Innocent Prey
1984
as Jim Gardner
3.3
3.3
Hot Blooded Woman
1965
as Railroad Tough
3.3
3.3
It's Alive
1969
as Greely / Monster
3.3
3.3
Slumber Party '57
1976
as Mr. Willis
3.0
3.0
Hell Raiders
1969
as Tex
2.9
2.9
The Eye Creatures
1967
as Sergeant
2.9
2.9
In the Year 2889
1969
as Tim Henderson
2.9
2.9
Hip Hot and 21
1967
as Lt. Lang
2.7
2.7
Night Fright
1967
as Deputy Ben Whitfield
2.4
2.4
Curse of the Swamp Creature
1968
as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature
2.3
2.3
High Yellow
1965
as Major Bates
2.0
2.0
The Florida Connection
1975
as Deke
2.0
2.0
Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
1967
as Abel
1.0
1.0
Fair Play
1972
as Jed Bartrum
The Sky Trap
1979
as Sheriff
Sam
1967
Charge of the Model T's
1977
as Sgt. Bond
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