
Personal Info
Known For
Art
Born
November 30, 1950 (age 75)
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Bill Vail
William Vail III
William Vail Jr.
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

Film
Poltergeist
Implosion Man
1982

Film
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Kirk (archive footage)
2013

Film
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Kirk
1974

Film
The American Nightmare
Self
2000

Film
Mausoleum
The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)
1983

Film
Glitch!
Angry Valet
1988

Film
Rondo and Bob
Self
2020

Film
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Self
2000
Filmography
2020FilmRondo and Bobas Self2013FilmTexas Chainsaw 3Das Kirk (archive footage)2000FilmTexas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truthas Self2000FilmThe American Nightmareas Self1988FilmGlitch!as Angry Valet1983FilmMausoleumas The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)1982FilmPoltergeistas Implosion Man1974FilmThe Texas Chain Saw Massacreas Kirk