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William Vail

Art · Born November 30, 1950 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

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).

William Vail movies and shows

  • Red Shoe Diaries1992
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974
  • Blue Lagoon: The Awakening2012
  • Poltergeist1982
  • Texas Chainsaw 3D2013
  • Love, Lies and Murder1991
  • Laurel Avenue1993
  • The Enemy Within1994
  • Too Young to Die1990
  • Riders of the Purple Sage1996
  • The Craigslist Killer2011
  • Midnight Run for Your Life1994
  • A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story1989
  • Return to Green Acres1990
  • White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd1991
  • The American Nightmare2000
  • Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth2000
  • Mausoleum1983
  • Chernobyl: The Final Warning1991
  • Lies in Plain Sight2010
  • Amish Grace2010
  • Glitch!1988
  • Another Midnight Run1994
  • The West Side Waltz1995