Bill Thurman

About

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; said movies include "The Eye Creatures," "High Yellow," "Zontar the Thing from Venus," "Mars Needs Women," "Curse of the Swamp Creature," "In the Year 2889," the especially atrocious "It's Alive!," and "A Bullet for Pretty Boy." Moreover, Thurman had bit parts in two Steven Spielberg films: he's a...

Known for

DallasSeries • 1978Close Encounters of the Third KindMovie • 1977SilveradoMovie • 1985The Last Picture ShowMovie • 1971The Sugarland ExpressMovie • 1974Raggedy ManMovie • 1981Tom HornMovie • 1980Curse of the Swamp CreatureMovie • 1968Where the Red Fern GrowsMovie • 1974It Takes TwoMovie • 1988'Gator BaitMovie • 1974Creature from Black LakeMovie • 1976Mountaintop Motel MassacreMovie • 1983Alamo BayMovie • 1985Zontar: The Thing from VenusMovie • 1967Mars Needs WomenMovie • 1968In the Year 2889Movie • 1969The EvictorsMovie • 1979The Eye CreaturesMovie • 1967It's AliveMovie • 1969Night FrightMovie • 1967