Overview
Bill McKinney
Known For
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into...
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood,...
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.
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).