Acting credits
8
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
William Vail
Art
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 24Series: 3Crew credits: 19
TMDB ID: 122456
IMDb ID: nm0883211
Known for: Art
Born: November 30, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2020
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.18
Wikidata: Q4020175
Also known as
Bill Vail • William Vail III • William Vail Jr.
Other jobs
Set Decoration (18)Art Direction (1)
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Vail.
Rondo and Bob
as Self
2020 Movie
5.5
Texas Chainsaw 3D
as Kirk (archive footage)
2013 Movie
6.5
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening
Set Decoration
2012 Movie
5.2
The Craigslist Killer
Set Decoration
2011 Movie
6.0
Lies in Plain Sight
Set Decoration
2010 Movie
7.0
Amish Grace
Set Decoration
2010 Movie
4.8
American Tragedy
Set Decoration
2000 Movie
6.9
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as Himself
2000 Movie
6.8
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000 Movie
4.2
Deadly Web
Set Decoration
1996 Movie
5.8
Riders of the Purple Sage
Set Decoration
1996 Movie
5.2
The West Side Waltz
Set Decoration
1995 Movie
5.7
The Enemy Within
Set Decoration
1994 Movie
4.2
Midnight Run for Your Life
Set Decoration
1994 Movie
6.6
Midnight Run Around
Set Decoration
1994 Movie
6.5
Another Midnight Run
Set Decoration
1994 Movie
6.0
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Set Decoration
1991 Movie
5.5
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Art Direction
1991 Movie
2.3
Return to Green Acres
Set Decoration
1990 Movie
5.4
Too Young to Die
Set Decoration
1990 Movie
2.4
Glitch!
as Angry Valet
1988 Movie
5.0
Mausoleum
as The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)
1983 Movie
7.2
Poltergeist
as Implosion Man
1982 Movie
7.3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
as Kirk
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Vail.
