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Bill Thurman

Actor | * 11/04/1920 († 74, 04/13/1995) | Texas (United States of America (USA))
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 Massa..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Horror

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After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. ...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

PG

1977 | 3.7/5 | 2h 15min
Science Fiction, Drama
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Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a mu ...

Silverado

PG-13

1985 | 3.5/5 | 2h 13min
Western
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Desirée lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. After an accident involving Deputy Billy and a friend, the Sheriff, Deputy and a family of locals go after Desirée. ...

'Gator Bait

R

1974 | 2.8/5 | 1h 28min
Action, Thriller
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High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nea ...

The Last Picture Show

R

1971 | 3.9/5 | 1h 59min
Drama
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Movies with Bill Thurman as Actor(44)

as Old Man Bolen1997 Painted Hero
as Virgil Teague1991 In Broad Daylight
as Jeb Kline1987 Hawken's Breed
as Sheriff1985 Alamo Bay
as Carter1985 Silverado
as Bailiff1985 Stormin' Home
as Jim Gardner1984 Innocent Prey
as Reverend Bill McWiley1983 Mountaintop Motel Massacre
as Floyd1982 The Long Summer of George Adams
as Sheriff1981 Raggedy Man
as Pilot #11980 Skyward
as Ora Haley1980 Tom Horn
as Preacher Higgins1979 The Evictors
as Carl Evans1978 The Beasts Are on the Streets
as Sgt. Bond1977 Charge of the Model T's
1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Air Traffic1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Hitchhiker1976 Keep My Grave Open
as Deke1976 The Florida Connection
as Sheriff Billy Carter1976 Creature from Black Lake
as Mr. Willis1976 Slumber Party '57
as Hunter1974 The Sugarland Express
as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas1974 'Gator Bait
as Sam Bellington1974 Where the Red Fern Grows
as Barlow1974 Ride in a Pink Car
as Jed Bartrum1972 Fair Play
as Second Man1972 Encounter with the Unknown
as Coach Popper1971 The Last Picture Show
as Huddy1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy
as Tim Henderson1969 In the Year 2889
as Greely / Monster1969 It's Alive!
as Drunk on Pier1968 Mars Needs Women
as Tex1968 Hell Raiders
as Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature1968 Curse of the Swamp Creature
1967 Sam
as Abel1967 Spiked Heels and Black Nylons
as Lt. Lang1967 Hip Hot and 21
as Deputy Ben Whitfield1967 Night Fright
as Sheriff Brad Crenshaw1967 Zontar: The Thing from Venus
as Sergeant1967 The Eye Creatures
as Bartender1966 The Black Cat
as Railroad Tough1965 Hot-Blooded Woman
as Major Bates1965 High Yellow
as Witness1964 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

TV Shows/Series with Bill Thurman as Actor(1)

as Phil Bradley1978 Dallas

Movies with Bill Thurman as Crew(1)

Camera/Key Grip1966 The Black Cat

Born: Thursday, 11/04 1920 (November) in Texas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 04/13 1995 (April) in Dallas (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Bill Thurman frequently works together with these people:
Larry Buchanan (34x, Crew)
Annabelle Weenick (13x, Actress)
Joreta C. Cherry (9x, Crew)
Jack Bennett (8x, Crew)
Jessie Lee Fulton (7x, Actress)
Robert Dracup (7x, Crew)
Tony Huston (6x, Actor)
Edwin Tobolowsky (6x, Crew)
Jim McCullough Jr. (6x, Crew)
Robert C. Jessup (6x, Crew)
Ron Scott (5x, Cast)
John Larch (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:316944, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/25/2024