Bill Thurman

Actor

Born: November 4, 1920
Died: April 13, 1995 (age 74)
From: Texas, USA

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…

Filmography (47)

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 Sky Trap (1979)
Sheriff
The Evictors (1979)
Preacher Higgins
The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978)
Carl Evans
Keep My Grave Open (1977)
Hitchhiker
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Air Traffic
Charge of the Model T's (1977)
Sgt. Bond
Slumber Party '57 (1976)
Mr. Willis
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Sheriff Billy Carter
The Florida Connection (1975)
Deke
'Gator Bait (1974)
Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Sam Bellington
Ride in a Pink Car (1974)
Barlow
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Hunter
The Pickle Goes in the Middle (1973)
Mr. Stanovich
Encounter with the Unknown (1972)
Second Man
Fair Play (1972)
Jed Bartrum
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Coach Popper