Actor info
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Name :
Bill McKinney
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Born :
September 12, 1931 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA (80 years at death)
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Died :
December 1, 2011
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
64 films (1962–2022)
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Also known as :
William McKinney, William Mc Kinney, بیل مککینی
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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).
Notable films
- The Green Mile (1999) as Jack Van Hay
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) as Engineer
- First Blood (1982) as State Police Capt. Dave Kern
- Every Which Way but Loose (1978) as Dallas, Treasurer Biker
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) as Terrill
