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Known For

Art

Known Credits

26

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-11-30 (75 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

Acting

Rondo and Bob

2020

Rondo and Bob

as

Self

Glitch!

1988

Glitch!

as

Angry Valet

Mausoleum

1983

Mausoleum

as

The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013

Texas Chainsaw 3D

as

Kirk (archive footage)

Poltergeist

1982

Poltergeist

as

Implosion Man

Production

Crew

Directing