Bill Thurman
Nacimiento : 1920-11-04, Texas, USA
Muerte : 1995-04-13
Historia
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; said movies include "The Eye Creatures," "High Yellow," "Zontar the Thing from Venus," "Mars Needs Women," "Curse of the Swamp Creature," "In the Year 2889," the especially atrocious "It's Alive!," and "A Bullet for Pretty Boy." Moreover, Thurman had bit parts in two Steven Spielberg films: he's a hillbilly hunter in "The Sugerland Express" and an air traffic controller in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Bill's other memorable roles include the abusive Coach Popper in Peter Bogdanovich's magnificent "The Last Picture Show," a doomed hitchhiker in "Keep My Grave Open," a corrupt sheriff in the Claudia Jennings exploitation classic "'Gatorbait," a mean small town deputy in "Ride in A Pink Car," a more amiable sheriff in the fantastic Bigfoot winner "Creature from Black Lake," Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith's father in "Slumber Party '57," a priest in "The Evictors," and the boozy, dissolute Reverend Bill McWiley in the enjoyably crummy "Mountaintop Motel Massacre." Bill Thurman died in Dallas, Texas on April 13, 1995. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
Old Man Bolen
Virgil Kidder hasn't been in Waco for quite a spell, but now that he's back in town clowning in the rodeo, his troubles are catching up with him quicker than a Brahma bull. Country star Dwight Yoakam makes his leading role debut as Kidder, a "painted hero" who's at his best - and safest - when he's taunting the meanest bulls in the business. It's only when the paint comes off that the real danger strikes on a wild Waco weekend filled with thrills, spills and more twists than an eight second bull ride.
Virgil Teague
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
Jeb Kline
Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.
Carter
Silverado es una vieja ciudad fronteriza del Oeste. En 1880, cuatro vaqueros cabalgan por el polvoriento camino de la ciudad: los hermanos Emmett, el aventurero Paden y un duro vaquero de raza negra. Al llegar encuentran un ambiente hostil que les obliga a tomar decisiones con las que no todos están de acuerdo. Su principal enemigo es el comisario, que se dice salvaguarda de la ley, aunque muy a su manera. Para empezar, regenta una cantina.
Bailiff
An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.
Sheriff
Un desanimado veterano de Vietnam en peligro de perder su sustento se ve empujado al límite cuando ve inmigrantes vietnamitas entrando en la industria pesquera en una ciudad de la bahía de Texas. Se une a otros pescadores y al KKK para aterrorizar a los pescadores vietnamitas en una campaña de violencia e intimidación basada en hechos históricos reales que tuvieron lugar en Texas a fines de la década de 1970 y principios de la de 1980.
Jim Gardner
A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes.
Reverend Bill McWiley
Una vieja que armada con una pequeña hoz despacha uno por uno a sus inquilinos en un pequeño motel de paso.
Floyd
A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.
Sheriff
Texas, 1944. Nita Longley (Spacek), una telefonista divorciada, se muda a la ciudad por razones de trabajo, un trabajo que la obliga a hacer turnos de día y de noche. Su jefe, el señor Rigby, que le había asegurado que pronto conseguiría un puesto más lucrativo, no cumple su promesa. La situación de Nita es bastante incómoda, pues vive con su dos hijos en la oficina en la que trabaja. Por otra parte, su estado civil, hace que los habitantes del pueblo, especialmente los hombres, la vean con desprecio o como una mujer fácil.
Pilot #1
Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.
Ora Haley
Wyoming (1901-1903). Tom Horn es una leyenda viva; se dice que fue él quien capturó al famoso jefe apache Gerónimo. Cuando llega a Hagerville en busca de un trabajo acorde con su habilidad y experiencia como rastreadeor, lo contrata una asociación de ganaderos para que acabe con los cuatreros; pero llega un momento en que alguien le tiende una trampa. (FILMAFFINITY)
Preacher Higgins
Una joven pareja acaba que acaba de casarse alquila una casa en un pueblo de Luisiana. Pero no son bien recibidos porque los habitantes del pueblo les miran con desconfianza - en la casa que han alquilado venían sucediendo cosas extrañas en el pasado ...
Carl Evans
A careening tanker truck rips through the fence of a wild animal park, unleashing an untamed force of nature on an unsuspecting community. Bison, zebras, camels, antelopes and ostriches stampede down the highway. Elephants and rhinos crush cars. A panther terrorizes a family's pet dog. A tiger turns a fleeing bystander into helpless prey. A lion prowls near a home. A local amusement park becomes an arena for a vicious bear-vs.-tiger clash. As park rangers and local cops scramble to recapture the escaped animals, two trigger-happy good ol' boys decide to go big-game hunting. Carol Lynley, who fought her way through an upside-down luxury liner in THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, returns to the disaster-pic genre as a dedicated veterinarian thrust into the forefront of the people vs. beasts panic. Also in the cast: Philip Michael Thomas before he shot to fame in MIAMI VICE.
Air Traffic
Una noche, cerca de su casa, en Indiana, Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) observa en el cielo unos misteriosos objetos voladores. Obsesionado por comprender lo que ha visto, se distancia de su esposa (Teri Garr). Neary encuentra apoyo en Jillian Guiler (Melinda Dillon), que también fue testigo de esas visiones nocturnas. Juntos buscan una respuesta a ese misterio que ha alterado sus vidas. Al mismo tiempo, un nutrido grupo de científicos internacionales, bajo la dirección de Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut), empieza a investigar las apariciones de OVNIS y otros extraños fenómenos.
Sgt. Bond
Comedy - During WWI, the Germans try to encourage certain Mexican guerrillas to make trouble on the Texas border. Masterminding the plot is a German spy who has, at his disposal, the RX4... a specially equipped weapon-bearing automobile of awesome speed. But a U.S. Army lieutenant carries the day with his own fleet of Model T racers. - John David Carson, Carol Bagdasarian, Louis Nye
Habría sido uno de los juicios criminales más relevantes en la historia de los Estados Unidos. Pero un único disparo impidió que se celebrara. Este extraordinario drama se atreve a preguntar qué hubiera ocurrido si Lee Harvey Oswald hubiera vivido para ser sometido a juicio por el asesinato del presidente John F. Kennedy. Un excelente reparto, que incluye a Lorne Greene, Ben Gazzara y John Pleshette, dan vida a este hipotético escenario donde en una fascinante batalla judicial se plantean las controvertidas cuestiones que aún persiguen al pueblo americano. ¿Actuó Oswald solo? ¿O quizá se trataba de una conspiración que involucraba al FBI, la CIA y el crimen organizado?
Mr. Willis
Estamos en los nostálgicos años 50. En la era del "Rock and roll" y del General Eisenhower. Seis muchachas americanas cuentan, graciosamente, como perdieron su virginidad. En un fin de semana en que sus novios se ausentan, con motivo de un partido de "beisbol", se reúnen en casa de una de ellas y, entre chapuzones, desnudos en la piscina, pequeñas travesuras y confidencias íntimas, describen, por riguroso turno, cómo ocurrió su primera experiencia sexual.
Sheriff Billy Carter
Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps run into a Bigfoot-type creature.
Deke
Dan Gordon arrives in town on the edge of the Florida Everglades, planning to take part in a drug smuggling operation. He's aided by his friend, Mule Tucker, but runs into opposition from corrupt local cops.
Hitchhiker
La mente humana es capaz de desarrollar insospechados mecanismos de defensa. Entre la realidad y la ficción, la protagonista se desliza en un ambiente intrigante y malsano. ¿Existe Kevin, su hermano?, quizá es su torturada mente quien recrea las escenas que vive en una solitaria casa desde su infancia. Todos los crímenes que se producen tienen el objeto de proteger el secreto de ese hogar.
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Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas
Cuando matan a Ben, son cinco los hombres que intentarán tomarse la justicia por mano propia. La hermana de Desiree, la muchacha del pantano de Cajun, es salvajemente violada y asesinada, y ella jura vengarse afirmando que todo hombre responsable de ese crimen sufrirá una muerte lenta y dolorosa. En la región pantanosa de Luisiana se inicia una batalla a vida o muerte. Aquí prevalece la ley de la selva.
Barlow
A man, thought to be dead, returns to his hometown in Florida. He finds his wife re-married and the town now ruled by corrupt forces.
Sam Bellington
Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Hunter
Un joven presidiario de apenas veinte años logra escapar de la cárcel con la ayuda de su esposa, casi una niña. Lo que se propone es recuperar a su hijo, cuya custodia ha sido entregada por la ley a una familia de acogida. Lo sorprendente es que la fuga se produce a pesar de que la pareja tiene serias limitaciones mentales.
Second Man
Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed. His vengeful mother forecasts the deaths of the three young men she holds responsible, on 7, 14, and 21 days hence. And, one by one, her grim predictions come true. Next, a ghoulish sound emanates from a mist-shrouded hole in the Earth near where a Missouri boy has lost his dog. The boy's father is lowered into the hole and lets out an agonizing scream! Finally, a senator returning home from a party finds a lost girl on a bridge and learns from her father that she died years earlier
Jed Bartrum
La historia comienza en la ciudad occidental de Justin, en el tabernáculo, donde el predicador (Richard Webb) y la hermana Lucindia (Helena Humann) están conduciendo a la congregación en el canto de himnos. El predicador entonces se lanza a un sermón de fuego y azufre, que hace que algunos de los miembrosse saquen de de quicio y otros a tener problemas para mantenerse despierto.
Coach Popper
En la década de los 50, en una pequeña ciudad de Texas, un grupo de jóvenes afronta el paso de la adolescencia a la madurez dentro de una sociedad represora y cambiante en la que el cine y todo lo que representa muere en manos de la televisión.
Huddy
A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after seeking revenge for his father's murder.
Tim Henderson
Los últimos siete supervivientes de una guerra nuclear se atrincheran contra el ataque de un mutante caníbal.
Greely / Monster
Un granjero loco encuentra en sus tierras un monstruo escondido en una caverna prehistórica. Para alimentar a su nueva criatura, el agricultor secuestra a tres personas. Los tres tratan desesperadamente de escapar.
Drunk on Pier
Una expedición marciana es enviada a la Tierra en busca de mujeres para poder seguir perpetuando la raza marciana. Demuestran su impecable gusto cuando se fijan en una atractiva científica.
Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature
Una expedición geológica se encuentra con un científico demente que en los pantanos de la Florida trata de crear una criatura mitad hombre mitad cocodrilo con la excusa de descubrir el secreto de la evolución. John Agar, al mando de esa expedición, se entrevista con el científico y se sienta en cómodos sofás. Incluído en el mismo paquete hay una piscina llena de cocodrilos, un rito vudú y una mujer que se convierte en un monstruo.
Tex
In Italy during World War II, an American headquarters is evacuated when German forces break through the front lines. A demolition squad is sent back to the abandoned headquarters to destroy valuable records that were left behind before they fall into German hands.
Sheriff Brad Crenshaw
Un científico rebelde entabla amistad con un extraterrestre del planeta Venus que le promete cambiar la humanidad. Nada más llegar a nuestro planeta se hace con el control de un pequeño pueblo para iniciar así sus planes maléficos de hacerse con el control del mundo entero y usar a los humanos como esclavos.
Deputy Ben Whitfield
La policía del condado de Hollis descubre los cadáveres de unos jóvenes que han sido brutalmente despedazados. Tras las primeras pesquisas, el ayudante del sheriff Crawford encuentra unas extrañas huellas que no parecen ser humanas. Pronto, el número de víctimas se verá incrementado, provocando el pánico en la apacible población y la preocupación en algunos miembros del gobierno.
Sergeant
A teenager and his girlfriend must save the world from "eye" aliens after their attempts to convince authorities of an invasion fall on deaf ears.
Lt. Lang
The story of the country virgin who became queen of the innersprings...
Western by Larry Buchanan.
Abel
A policeman's wife becomes a drug addict and goes to work at the dreaded "Club Lesbo;" an affiliation run by gangsters. A haunted devil mask also figures into the, er, um, plot.
Key Grip
A mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
Bartender
A mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
Railroad Tough
Backwoods bombshell Myrtle marries George, only to find out that George neither can nor wants to satisfy her desires. Lots of heavy breathing, roughing-up and weirdo moralism ensues.
Major Bates
Cynthia Wood, a 17-year-old, light-skinned black girl, tries to pass off as white after getting hired of a wealthy movie magnate Mr. Langley who has family problems with his spoiled wife and his promiscuous teenage daughter and son.
Witness
The Dallas trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, is enacted as it might have occurred. After the defense enters pleas of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity," 23 witnesses for the prosecution testify. No verdict is returned.
