William Vail

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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

• Scum of the Earth (2026)
• Rondo and Bob (2020)
• Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
• Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)
• The Craigslist Killer (2011)
• Lies in Plain Sight (2010)
• Amish Grace (2010)
• American Tragedy (2000)
• Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)
• The American Nightmare (2000)
• Deadly Web (1996)
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
• The West Side Waltz (1995)
• The Enemy Within (1994)
• Midnight Run for Your Life (1994)
• Midnight Run Around (1994)
• Another Midnight Run (1994)
• White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
• Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
• A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990)
• Return to Green Acres (1990)
• Too Young to Die (1990)
• A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989)
• Glitch! (1988)
• Mausoleum (1983)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)