Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-11-30 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

William Vail

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).

Known For

Acting

2020

2013

Texas Chainsaw 3D as Kirk (archive footage)

2000

1988

Glitch! as Angry Valet

1983

Mausoleum as The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)

1982

Poltergeist as Implosion Man

1974

Art

2012

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening as Set Decoration

2011

The Craigslist Killer as Set Decoration

2010

Amish Grace as Set Decoration
Lies in Plain Sight as Set Decoration

2000

American Tragedy as Set Decoration

1996

Deadly Web as Set Decoration
Riders of the Purple Sage as Set Decoration

1995

The West Side Waltz as Set Decoration

1994

Another Midnight Run as Set Decoration
The Enemy Within as Set Decoration
Midnight Run for Your Life as Set Decoration

1993

Laurel Avenue as Set Decoration

1992

Red Shoe Diaries as Set Decoration

1985

MacGyver as Set Decoration