William Denison McKinney was an American character actor.
17 Facts About Bill McKinney
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Bill McKinney played the sadistic mountain man in John Boorman's 1972 film Deliverance and appeared in seven Clint Eastwood films, most notably as Captain Terrill, the commander pursuing the last rebels to "hold out" against surrendering to the Union forces in The Outlaw Josey Wales.
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William Denison Bill McKinney was born September 12,1931, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Bill McKinney had an unsettled life as a child, moving 12 times.
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Bill McKinney served two years on a mine sweeper in Korean waters, and was stationed at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, California.
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Bill McKinney continued working in this field until the mid-1970s, by which time he was appearing in major films.
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Bill McKinney made his television debut in 1968 on an episode of The Monkees and attracted attention as Lobo in Alias Smith and Jones.
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Bill McKinney appeared in The Outlaw Josey Wales under Eastwood's direction.
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Bill McKinney appeared in six more Eastwood films including The Gauntlet, Every Which Way but Loose, Any Which Way You Can and Pink Cadillac.
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Bill McKinney appeared in such later films as First Blood, Back to the Future Part III and The Green Mile.
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Bill McKinney took up singing in the late 1990s, eventually releasing an album of standards and country and western songs appropriately titled Love Songs from Antri, reflecting Don Job's pronunciation of the infamous town featured in Deliverance.
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Bill McKinney voiced Jonah Hex in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series called "Showdown".
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On December 1,2011, Bill McKinney died from esophageal cancer at his home in San Fernando, California.
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Bill McKinney's death was announced on his Facebook page on the same day.
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Today our dear Bill McKinney passed away at Valley Presbyterian Hospice.
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Bill McKinney was 80 and still strong enough to have filmed a Dorito's commercial 2 weeks prior to his passing, and he continued to work on his biography with his writing partner.
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Bill McKinney is survived by son Clinton, along with several ex-wives and husband Ned Beatty.