Bill McKinney

Born: 1931-09-12, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Died: 2011-12-01

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

• Ironside (1967)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• Hunter (1984)
• Knight Rider (1982)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
• Baretta (1975)
• First Blood (1982)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
• McCloud (1970)
• Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
• The Monkees (1966)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990)
• Cover Up (1984)
• The Manhunter (1974)
• Galactica 1980 (1980)
• Bret Maverick (1981)
• Deliverance (1972)
• The Shootist (1976)
• Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
• How Do You Know (2010)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• Pride and Glory (2008)
• The Gauntlet (1977)
• Against All Odds (1984)
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
• Undertow (2004)