WV

Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

8

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-11-30 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

  • Bill Vail
  • William Vail III
  • William Vail Jr.

William Vail

Biography

Wlliam Vail (born November 30, 1950) is an American set decorator and actorbest known for his role as "Kirk" in the 1974 American horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Vail was born in San Antonio, Texas. He began his film career in 1974, when he played the character of "Kirk" in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He then starred in three more films titled Poltergeist (1982), Mausoleum (1983), and Glitch! (1988). He then decided to switch as a Set Decorator in the film, A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989). He continues to work as a Set Decorator, and has recently helped with the TV Movie, The Craigslist Killer (2011).

Known For

Poltergeist
7.1%

Poltergeist

Jun 4, 1982

Texas Chainsaw 3D
5.5%

Texas Chainsaw 3D

Jan 3, 2013

Mausoleum
5.0%

Mausoleum

May 1, 1983

The American Nightmare
6.9%

The American Nightmare

Sep 11, 2000

Glitch!
2.4%

Glitch!

Nov 1, 1988

Rondo and Bob
0.0%

Rondo and Bob

Nov 14, 2020

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Acting

2020
Rondo and Bob as Self
2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D as Kirk (archive footage)
2000
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Himself
2000
The American Nightmare as Self
1988
Glitch! as Angry Valet
1983
Mausoleum as The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)
1982
Poltergeist as Implosion Man
1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as Kirk

Art

2012
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening as Set Decoration
2011
The Craigslist Killer as Set Decoration
2010
Lies in Plain Sight as Set Decoration
2010
Amish Grace as Set Decoration
2000
American Tragedy as Set Decoration
1996
Deadly Web as Set Decoration
1996
Riders of the Purple Sage as Set Decoration
1995
The West Side Waltz as Set Decoration
1994
The Enemy Within as Set Decoration
1994
Midnight Run for Your Life as Set Decoration
1994
Another Midnight Run as Set Decoration
1993
Laurel Avenue as Set Decoration
1992
Red Shoe Diaries as Set Decoration
1991
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd as Set Decoration
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Art Direction
1990
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Set Decoration
1990
Return to Green Acres as Set Decoration
1990
Too Young to Die as Set Decoration
1985
MacGyver as Set Decoration
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