It has been a tough year for characters actors. Roberts Blossom, Charles Napier, and now Bill McKinney. McKinney was mostly known for his hillbilly character from Deliverance that was on the giving end of a straight man's worst nightmare. He was also known for First Blood, The Green Mile, The Shootist, and of course numerous Clint Eastwood movies. McKinney got his start in TV and made his way into the movies doing small parts but it was in 1974 where he had a small role in Clint Eastwood's Thunderbolt and Lightfoot that forged a relationship with Clint that went on for seven more movies. McKinney was selected by Clint for his biggest role in The Outlaw Josey Wales as the baddie, Terrill "Red Legs". McKinney was a fine character with a great booming voice with over 110 movie and TV roles. My favorite role of his besides Terrill of course is Dallas in the Every Which Way movies. In the second flick he has a line where the whole biker gang is in their clubhouse. A guy gets up and yells something, runs off and Dallas' response is "He's baking brownies."
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| Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes. |
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