Bill Mckinney


Bill Mckinney

About

Birth Place
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Born
September 12, 1931
Died
December 01, 2011
Cause of Death
Lung Cancer

Biography

No matter what else he did, actor Bill McKinney was always destined to remain the crazed hillbilly who did terrible things to Ned Beatty in "Deliverance." After serving in the Korean War, McKinney moved to southern California and decided he wanted to become an actor. He attended drama school at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1957 and, after being admitted to Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, mad...

Biography

No matter what else he did, actor Bill McKinney was always destined to remain the crazed hillbilly who did terrible things to Ned Beatty in "Deliverance." After serving in the Korean War, McKinney moved to southern California and decided he wanted to become an actor. He attended drama school at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1957 and, after being admitted to Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, made his movie debut a full decade later in 1967's ultra-low-budget "She Freak." McKinney made his TV debut in 1968 on the rock-'n'-roll sitcom "The Monkees," and subsequently began to show up frequently on the small screen. In 1972, McKinney earned widespread attention for his villainous role in the backwoods thriller "Deliverance." Afterwards, McKinney collaborated with some of the industry's most famous directors, playing a heavy in Sam Peckinpah's rodeo Western "Junior Bonner" and appearing in a supporting role in Alan J. Pakula's conspiracy thriller "The Parallax View." Following these roles, McKinney began a long collaborative relationship with actor and director Clint Eastwood. He first starred alongside Eastwood in Michael Cimino's comedy thriller "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" in 1974, and reteamed with him on such films as the revisionist Western "The Outlaw Josey Wales," the tough thriller "The Gauntlet" and the comedy "Every Which Way But Loose."

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Pride and Glory (2008)
The Garage (2008)
Take (2007)
Lucky You (2007)
Undertow (2004)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
The Green Mile (1999)
It Came From Outer Space II (1996)
Roy Minter
A Promise to Carolyn (1996)
Butch Maggart
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
Back To The Future (Part 3) (1990)
The China Lake Murders (1990)
Captain Ferry
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
War Party (1988)
Under the Gun (1988)
The Highwayman (1987)
Final Justice (1985)
Wilson
Against All Odds (1984)
Heart Like A Wheel (1983)
First Blood (1982)
Tex (1982)
St. Helens (1981)
Carny (1980)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Bronco Billy (1980)
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
Dallas
Christmas Miracle In Caufield, Usa (1978)
Willie
Valentino (1977)
The Gauntlet (1977)
Constable
The Shootist (1976)
Cannonball (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Strange New World (1975)
Badger
The Healers (1974)
Mr Brown
The Execution Of Private Slovik (1974)
Sergeant
This Is the West That Was (1974)
The Godchild (1974)
Corporal Crawley
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)
Crazy Driver
For Pete's Sake (1974)
Rocky
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)
Pratt
The Underground Man (1974)
Willie Coggins
The Parallax View (1974)
The Outfit (1974)
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Fermel Parlee
Deliverance (1972)
Rapist
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Lobo
Angel Unchained (1970)
Shotgun
The Road Hustlers (1968)
Hays
She Freak (1967)
Steve St. John

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Other

Life Events

Bibliography