Bill McKinney

Bill McKinney

  • Birthday: 1931-09-12
  • Deathday: 2011-12-01
  • Place of birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
  • Also know as: William McKinney

Biography

Bill McKinney was an American character actor whose most famous role was the sadistic mountain man who abused and then sodomized Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) in the movie Deliverance. McKinney is also recognizable for his performances in seven Clint Eastwood films, most notably as Union cavalry commander Captain "Redlegs" Terrill in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Most of Bill McKinney's colleagues perceived him as big, brutal and dangerous. At first glance. Still, he was only 5' 10" (1,78 m).

Filmography

First Blood

1982

As State Police Capt. Dave Kern

Deliverance

1972

As Mountain Man

The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976

As Terrill

Cannonball

1976

As Cade Redman

She Freak

1967

As Steve St. John

Breakheart Pass

1975

As Reverend Peabody

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974

As Crazy Driver

Carny

1980

As Marvin Dill

Cleopatra Jones

1973

As Purdy

The Shootist

1976

As Cobb

The Outfit

1973

As Buck

Tex

1982

As Pop McCormick

Heart Like a Wheel

1983

As "Big Daddy" Don Garlits

Take

2008

As Benjamin Gregor

Undertow

2004

As Grandfather

The Parallax View

1974

As Parallax Assassin

The Gauntlet

1977

As Constable

Rocker

2006

As Mr. Hill

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993

As Kolchak

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

1989

As Father Burke

Junior Bonner

1972

As Red Terwiliger

Under the Gun

1988

As Miller

It Came from Outer Space II

1995

As Roy Minter

The Green Mile

1999

As Jack Van Hay

Ghost Town: The Movie

2008

As Victor Burnett

Final Justice

1985

As Chief Wilson

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

As Acme VP, Nitpicking

Bronco Billy

1980

As Lefty LeBow

Every Which Way but Loose

1978

As Dallas, Treasurer Biker

Valentino

1977

As Jail Cop

St. Helens

1982

As Kilpatrick

The Godchild

1974

As Cpl. Crawley

Angel Unchained

1970

As Shotgun

Long Way Home

1975

As Deputy Shanks

Pride and Glory

2008

As Crime Scene Cop

Against All Odds

1984

As Head Coach

Master Ninja

1984

As Sheriff Kyle

A Promise to Carolyn

1996

As Butch Maggart

How Do You Know

2010

As Maitre d'

La Classe américaine

1993

As Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Custom Mary

2011

As The Silent Boss

Lucky You

2007

As Satellite Cashier

The Healers

1974

As Mr. Brown

The China Lake Murders

1990

As Capt. Finney N.H.P.

The Underground Man

1974

As Willy Coggins

This Is the West That Was

1974

As Drago Wellman

Kansas City Bomber

1972

As Buddy Taylor (uncredited)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

As Self (archive footage)

Any Which Way You Can

1980

As Dallas

Production

Matewan

1987

As Set Dressing Production Assistant

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