'Deliverance' Actor Dies: Bill McKinney Dead at 80

Actor Bill McKinney has died at 80. McKinney is much better recognized for playing the sadistic Mountain Guy inside the 1972 film 'Deliverance.' McKinney would look at star in movies for instance Mike Peckinpah's 'Junior Bonner,' 'First Blood stream,' and 'Back for the Future Part 3.' He appeared to become in many Clint Eastwood films, including 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,' 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' and 'Pink Cadillac.' A disagreement on Bill McKinney's Facebook page states that, "Today our dear Bill McKinney died at Valley Presbyterian Hospice. An passionate smoker for 2-and-a-half decades of his youthful existence, he died of cancer in the wind pipe. He was 80 but nonetheless sufficiently strong enough to own shot a Dorito's commercial a couple of days right before his passing, which he ongoing to use on his biography along with his writing partner. Hopefully 2012 brings a author for your wild ride his existence was. He's managed to get by boy Clinton, along with several ex-partners. R.I.P. Bill sept.12 1931 - 12 ,. 1 2011." [via EW and Facebook] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook