Bill 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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
First Blood
as State Police Capt. Dave Kern
1982
Deliverance
as Mountain Man
1972
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Terrill
1976
Cannonball
as Cade Redman
1976
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Crazy Driver
1974
Breakheart Pass
as Reverend Peabody
1975
She Freak
as Steve St. John
1967
Carny
as Marvin Dill
1980
The Shootist
as Jay Cobb
1976
The Outfit
as Buck Cherney
1973
Cleopatra Jones
as Purdy
1973
Tex
as Pop McCormick
1982
Heart Like a Wheel
as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits
1983
Take
as Benjamin Gregor
2008
Undertow
as Grandfather
2004
The Gauntlet
as Constable
1977
The Parallax View
as Parallax Assassin
1974
Rocker
as Mr. Hill
2006
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Kolchak
1993
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Father Burke
1989
