
William Vail
Art
Born: November 30, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
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).
Filmography (20)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, ★ 7.3)
- The American Nightmare (2000, ★ 6.8)
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000, ★ 6.9)
- Poltergeist (1982, ★ 7.2)
- Amish Grace (2010, ★ 7)
- Another Midnight Run (1994, ★ 6.5)
- Mausoleum (1983, ★ 5)
- Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013, ★ 5.5)
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991, ★ 5.6)
- Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012, ★ 6.5)
- The Craigslist Killer (2011, ★ 5.2)
- Lies in Plain Sight (2010, ★ 6)
- Too Young to Die (1990, ★ 5.4)
- The Enemy Within (1994, ★ 5.7)
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1996, ★ 5.8)
- Red Shoe Diaries (1992, ★ 5.8)
- Deadly Web (1996, ★ 4.2)
- Midnight Run for Your Life (1994, ★ 4.2)
- Love, Lies and Murder (1991, ★ 4.5)
- Glitch! (1988, ★ 2.4)