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Bill McKinney

Born
Sep 12, 1931 · Aged 80
Died
Dec 1, 2011
Place of birth
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
64
TV credits
34
Also known as (3)
  • William McKinney
  • William Mc Kinney
  • بیل مک‌کینی

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).