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Bill McKinney

Bill McKinney

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).

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Into the Wild Heart: The Unflinching Mirror of Deliverance

on Deliverance | Jul 15, 2025

John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972) is a cinematic gut-punch, a film that wields nature as both a sublime canvas and a merciless adversary to probe the fragility of human hubris. Adapted from James Dick... Read more

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