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William Vail was born on 30 November 1950 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a set decorator and actor, known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist (1982) and Nothing Sacred (1997).
William Vail was born on November 30, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a set decorator and actor, known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist (1982) and Nothing Sacred (1997).
Nov 25, 2023 · That's actor William Vail, a man whose acting career remained modest, but whose career as a set decorator lasted many years.
With Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail. Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
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.
The scene in which Leatherface dismembers Kirk with a chainsaw worried actor William Vail (Kirk). After telling Vail to stay still lest he really be killed, Hansen brought the running chainsaw to within 3 inches (8 cm) of Vail's face. A real hammer was used for the climactic scene at the end, with some takes also featuring a mock-up.
William “Bill” Vail (Kirk) The first to die. The sudden, shocking violence of his death and the steel door slamming shut reverberate across almost fifty years of cinema.
UT drama student William Vail played her strong jock-type boyfriend, Kirk. But the scene-stealing role belonged to Paul Partain. As Franklin, the whiny, corpulent, wheelchair-bound brother of...
Nov 2, 2023 · When actor William Vail fell to the floor during the biggest scene of his debut film in 1974, everyone thought he was actually hurt. Vail was playing a character named Kirk, the very first...
Oct 1, 2014 · Those Chainsaw actors—Allen Danziger (Jerry), William Vail (Kirk), Teri McMinn (Pam), and Paul A. Partain (Franklin)—didn’t actually die in the outskirts of Austin that summer.
