William Vail
Born: 1950-11-30 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Known For: Art
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).
Filmography
2020
- Rondo and Bob as Self
2013
- Texas Chainsaw 3D as Kirk (archive footage)
2012
- Blue Lagoon: The Awakening ... (Set Decoration)
2011
- The Craigslist Killer ... (Set Decoration)
2010
- Amish Grace ... (Set Decoration)
- Lies in Plain Sight ... (Set Decoration)
2000
- The American Nightmare as Self
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Himself
- American Tragedy ... (Set Decoration)
1996
- Deadly Web ... (Set Decoration)
- Riders of the Purple Sage ... (Set Decoration)
1995
- The West Side Waltz ... (Set Decoration)
1994
- Midnight Run for Your Life ... (Set Decoration)
- Another Midnight Run ... (Set Decoration)
- The Enemy Within ... (Set Decoration)
1993
- Laurel Avenue ... (Set Decoration)
1992
- Red Shoe Diaries ... (Set Decoration)
1991
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning ... (Art Direction)
- White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd ... (Set Decoration)
1990
- Too Young to Die ... (Set Decoration)
- Return to Green Acres ... (Set Decoration)
- A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder ... (Set Decoration)
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