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).
Known For
Complete Filmography

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted iconic films like The Go...

The Custom Mary
2011
as The Silent Boss
Searching for purpose and meaning in the world, a young Latina in East Los Angeles becomes dangerously involved with a storefront church where a young...

How Do You Know
2010
as Maitre d'
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triang...

Ghost Town: The Movie
2008
as Victor Burnett
An 1800’s western set in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. It’s a story of love, hate, revenge, honor. It showcases the most famous villain...

Pride and Glory
2008
as Crime Scene Cop
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a ...

Take
2008
as Benjamin Gregor
The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and...

Lucky You
2007
as Satellite Cashier
A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poke...

Rocker
2006
as Mr. Hill
Discouraged by her lack of success and her parents' disapproval of her career choice, a struggling singer is about to give up on her dream when her ma...

Undertow
2004
as Grandfather
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle ...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Acme VP, Nitpicking
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a...

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing ...

The Green Mile
1999
as Jack Van Hay
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. Wh...

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1999
as Self
John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.

A Promise to Carolyn
1996
as Butch Maggart
When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being murdered 37 years ago by their stepmother, together the...

It Came from Outer Space II
1995
as Roy Minter
Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures...

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Matt
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Neverthel...

La Classe américaine
1993
as Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of...

Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
as Kolchak
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her for...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1993
as Mack
On summer break from college, Indy stage-manages a new Broadway musical revue composed by George Gershwin. Indy also trades quips with the razor wits ...

Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Engineer
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time mac...

The China Lake Murders
1990
as Capt. Finney N.H.P.
A small town sheriff has his suspicions in a murder case which involves a rogue cop who goes on a murder spree.

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
as Father Burke
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

Under the Gun
1988
as Miller
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles...

Matewan
1987
Set Dressing Production Assistant
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...

Master Ninja
1985
as Sheriff Kyle
Aging skilled master ninja, John Peter McAllister, and his young apprentice search for John's long lost daughter, all the while his old enemies try to...

Final Justice
1984
as Wilson
Due to his violent past, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III has been transferred to a rural outpost. When two thugs kill the sheriff, Geroni...

Against All Odds
1984
as Head Coach
She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love he...

Heart Like a Wheel
1983
as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of raci...

First Blood
1982
as State Police Capt. Dave Kern
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an...

Tex
1982
as Pop McCormick
After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.

St. Helens
1982
as Kilpatrick
Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic acti...

Any Which Way You Can
1980
as Dallas
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but wh...

Bronco Billy
1980
as Lefty LeBow
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

Carny
1980
as Marvin Dill
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional tr...

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979
as Tommy Clark
A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.

Every Which Way but Loose
1978
as Dallas, Treasurer Biker
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound ora...

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
as Willie
Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.

The Gauntlet
1977
as Constable
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to...

Valentino
1977
as Jail Cop
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

The Shootist
1976
as Jay Cobb
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from...

Cannonball
1976
as Cade Redman
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which ther...

The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
as Terrill
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - ...

Breakheart Pass
1975
as Reverend Peabody
At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passeng...

Long Way Home
1975
as Deputy Shanks
The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's faith is tested and young Ramey faces a choice betwee...

Strange New World
1975
as Badger
In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.

This Is the West That Was
1974
as Drago Wellman
A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters.

The Godchild
1974
as Cpl. Crawley
Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant ch...

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
as Pratt
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.

The Parallax View
1974
as Parallax Assassin
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corpora...

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
as Crazy Driver
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.

The Healers
1974
as Mr. Brown
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.

The Underground Man
1974
as Willy Coggins
A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.

The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
as Sergeant
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

The Outfit
1973
as Buck
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsucc...

Cleopatra Jones
1973
as Purdy
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Fermel Parlee
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...

Deliverance
1972
as Mountain Man
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip...

Kansas City Bomber
1972
as Buddy Taylor (uncredited)
Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.

Junior Bonner
1972
as Red Terwiliger
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memor...

Angel Unchained
1970
as Shotgun
Angel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies ...

She Freak
1967
as Steve St. John
Jade is a waitress who leaves the greasy-diner business for the excitement of the carnival. She quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human o...

Secret File: Hollywood
1962
A private eye (Robert Clarke) takes pictures for the publishers (Francine York, Syd Mason) of a scandal magazine.