



William Vail
Art1950San Antonio, Texas, USA

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 History
2020
Rondo and Bob
as Self
2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D
as Kirk (archive footage)
2012
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening
Set Decoration
2011
The Craigslist Killer
Set Decoration
2010
Amish Grace
Set Decoration
Lies in Plain Sight
Set Decoration
2000
The American Nightmare
as Self
American Tragedy
Set Decoration
1996
Riders of the Purple Sage
Set Decoration
Deadly Web
Set Decoration
1995
The West Side Waltz
Set Decoration
1994
The Enemy Within
Set Decoration
Another Midnight Run
Set Decoration
Midnight Run Around
Set Decoration
Midnight Run for Your Life
Set Decoration
1992
Red Shoe Diaries
TVSet Decoration• 1 eps
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Art Direction
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Set Decoration
1990
Too Young to Die
Set Decoration
Return to Green Acres
Set Decoration
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Set Decoration
1988
Glitch!
as Angry Valet
1983
Mausoleum
as The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)
1982
Poltergeist
as Implosion Man
1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
as Kirk







