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William Vail
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 30, 1950 (75 years)
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).
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 Filmography
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw · as Kirk (archive Footage) |
| 1988 | Glitch! · as Angry Valet |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Poltergeist · as Implosion Man |
| 1974 |
| 2024 | Dinner with Leatherface · as Self |
| 2020 | Rondo and Bob · as Self |
| 2000 | Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth · as Himself |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare · as Self |
| 2012 | Blue Lagoon: The Awakening · as Set Decoration |
| 2011 | The Craigslist Killer · as Set Decoration |
| 2010 | Lies in Plain Sight · as Set Decoration |
| 2010 | Amish Grace · as Set Decoration |
| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as Set Decorator |
| 2003 | Young MacGyver · as Set Decorator |
| 2002 | Do Over (TV Series) · as Set Decorator |
| 2000 | American Tragedy · as Set Decoration |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls (TV Series) · as Set Decorator |
| 1998 | Hyperion Bay (TV Series) · as Set Decorator |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers · as Set Decorator |
| 1997 | Nothing Sacred (TV Series) · as Set Decorator |
| 1996 | The Secret She Carried · as Set Decorator |
| 1996 | Deadly Web · as Set Decoration |
| 1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage · as Set Decoration |
| 1995 | The West Side Waltz · as Set Decoration |
| 1995 | Tecumseh: The Last Warrior · as Set Decorator |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within · as Set Decoration |
| 1994 | Midnight Run for Your Life · as Set Decoration |
| 1994 | Midnight Runaround · as Set Decorator |
| 1994 | Another Midnight Run · as Set Decoration |
| 1993 | Laurel Avenue (TV Series) · as Set Decoration |
| 1993 | Dead Before Dawn · as Set Decorator |
| 1992 | Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) · as Set Decoration |
| 1991 | Babe Ruth · as Set Decorator |
| 1991 | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd · as Set Decoration |
| 1991 | Chernobyl: The Final Warning · as Art Direction |
| 1991 | Love, Lies and Murder (TV Series) · as Set Decorator |
| 1990 | A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder · as Set Decoration |
| 1990 | Return to Green Acres · as Set Decoration |
| 1990 | Too Young to Die? · as Set Decoration |
| 1989 | A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story · as Set Decorator |