Personal Info
Bill Thurman
Acting
Biography
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; sai…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Painted Hero
as Old Man Bolen
In Broad Daylight
as Virgil Teague
It Takes Two
as Bus Driver
Hawken's Breed
as Jeb Kline
Silverado
as Carter
Alamo Bay
as Sheriff
Stormin' Home
as Bailiff
Innocent Prey
as Jim Gardner
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
as Reverend Bill McWiley
The Long Summer of George Adams
as Floyd
