Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman
Born Billie Thurman
(1920-11-04)November 4, 1920
Texas, United States
Died April 13, 1995(1995-04-13) (aged 74)
Dallas, Texas, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 1963-1995 (secured)

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 were specialized in so colled "regional" picture, films which were made exclusively for distribution in the Southern States.[1]

However, Thurman also made two movies with Hollywood star director Steven Spielberg and played the Coach Popper, the apparently homosexual husband of Cloris Leachman, in Peter Bogdanovich's classic The Last Picture Show (1971). The character actor also appeared in popular television shows like Dallas and Centennial. One of his last big roles was Reverend McWiley in the horror film Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986).

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