Bill Thurman
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...
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...
Known For
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Air Traffic
The Last Picture Show
as Coach Popper
Silverado
as Carter
Cast Credits
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
Stormin' Home
as Bailiff
Alamo Bay
as Sheriff
Innocent Prey
as Jim Gardner
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
as Reverend Bill McWiley
The Long Summer of George Adams
as Floyd
Raggedy Man
as Sheriff
Skyward
as Pilot #1
Tom Horn
as Ora Haley
The Sky Trap
as Sheriff
The Evictors
as Preacher Higgins
The Beasts Are on the Streets
as Carl Evans
Keep My Grave Open
as Hitchhiker
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Air Traffic
Charge of the Model T's
as Sgt. Bond
Slumber Party '57
as Mr. Willis
Creature from Black Lake
as Sheriff Billy Carter
The Florida Connection
as Deke
'Gator Bait
as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Sam Bellington
Ride in a Pink Car
as Barlow
The Sugarland Express
as Hunter
The Pickle Goes in the Middle
as Mr. Stanovich
Encounter with the Unknown
as Second Man
Fair Play
as Jed Bartrum
The Last Picture Show
as Coach Popper
Crew Credits
Strawberries Need Rain
Key Grip
The Black Cat
Key Grip