Bill McKinney

Movie Actor

Birthday September 12, 1931

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Tennessee

DEATH DATE Dec 1, 2011 (80)

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About

This terrifying on-screen villain delivered the famous line, "squeal like a pig," as the Mountain Man in the 1972 thriller, Deliverance. His other credits include The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Starsky and Hutch, and Columbo: Swan Song.

Before Fame

He lived an itinerant life as a child, finally joining the Navy at age 19 and serving in the Korean War.

Trivia

Several of his castmates in Deliverance claimed that during the filming he was behaving much like his deranged on-screen persona, though he claimed to be a consummate professional.

Family Life

He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Associated With

He studied at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1957, where Dustin Hoffman was his classmate.