Bill Thurman
American actor (1920-1995) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Bill Thurman 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!.
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It Takes TwoFilm, Bus Driver1985
The Long Hot SummerSeries, Houstin
Alamo BayFilm, 1985Sheriff1984
Innocent PreyFilm, Jim Gardner1982
The Long Summer of George AdamsFilm, Floyd1980
SkywardFilm, Pilot #11978
DallasSeries, Phil Bradley
The Beasts Are on the StreetsFilm, 1978Carl Evans1977
Close Encounters of the Third KindFilm, Air Traffic1974
'Gator BaitFilm, Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas1971
The Last Picture ShowFilm, Coach Popper1969
In the Year 2889Film, Tim Henderson1968
Curse of the Swamp CreatureFilm, Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature1966
The Black CatFilm, Bartender1964
The Trial of Lee Harvey OswaldFilm, Witness1920Born4 November 1920People around Bill
Close ties
Larry Buchanan Directed The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
Patrick Cranshaw Also in Hip Hot and 21 (1967)
Dennis Fimple Also in Creature from Black Lake (1976)
James N. Harrell Also in A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
John Agar Also in Night Fright (1967)
Peter Bogdanovich Directed The Last Picture Show (1972)
Ben Johnson Also in The Last Picture Show (1972)
Lawrence Kasdan Produced Silverado (1986)
Bob Rafelson Produced The Last Picture Show (1972)
Tommy Kirk Also in Mars Needs Women and It's Alive
Sue Ane Langdon Also in The Evictors and Hawken's Breed
Mickey Jones Also in Tom Horn and It Takes Two
Billy "Green" Bush Also in The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978)
John David Carson Also in Charge of the Model T's (1977)
Matthew Robbins Also in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Hal Barwood Also in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Marco Perella Also in It Takes Two and In Broad Daylight
Tony Frank Also in Alamo Bay and In Broad Daylight- Charles B. Pierce Directed The Evictors and Hawken's Breed
- Bill Bolender Also in It Takes Two and In Broad Daylight
- Merrill Connally Also in The Sugarland Express (1974)
Known for
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The Last Picture Show 1971
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
Silverado 1985
Where the Red Fern Grows 1974
The Sugarland Express 1974
Filmography 40
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Television 2
Media & music
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About this person
Thurman was one of those Southern actors who specialized in "regional" pictures, films made exclusively for distribution in the Southern States.
