tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post6500093479305031760..comments2024-02-27T13:53:13.055-06:00Comments on Not Very Famous...but should be: Bill McKinneyMike Trippiedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05243527939805228820noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post-25912842847601754662022-06-01T22:50:24.061-05:002022-06-01T22:50:24.061-05:00Bill McKinney was also in "The Shootist"...Bill McKinney was also in "The Shootist" with John Wayne and Ron Howard. In the 1972 movie "Deliverance", he, along with Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, have the infamous scene where they brutally rape Ned Beatty. I've always referred to them as "Purdy Mouth" and "Squeal". "Purty Mouth" is played by Coward while McKinney plays "Squeal". I've actually been to Cowboy Coward's hometown of Maggie Valley, North Carolina, and saw the outside of the Western theme park where he once worked. Coward only did one other film after "Deliverance" and that was "Dean Teaster's Ghost Town:The Movie" from 2007. That film was based on a character that Cowboy sometimes played at the legendary Ghost Town In The Sky named Harmon Teaster. Cowboy also played "Cowboy" and "Pappy" along with playing Harmon Teaster and was also featured on the shows "Moonshiners" and "Hillbilly Blood". As for McKinney, he would go on to appear in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" as well as other films. He also appeard with Cowboy in "Ghost Town" as Victor Burkett. So the next time you go to Maggie Valley, or even if it's your first time there, and you hear banjos, keep paddling. 'Cause chances are, the ghost of Bill McKinney will teach you how to squeal while Cowboy walks up to you and says with that toothless, hillbilly grin, "You sure got a purty mouth!" RIP Bill McKinney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com