Actor, Stuntman. He will be best remembered for playing the roles of 'Toothless,' 'Drover,' and 'Thomkins,' in 93 episodes of the classic western television series, "Rawhide," from 1959 to 1964. The series which was created by Charles Marquis Warren, and also starred Clint Eastwood, Eric Fleming, Steve Raines, Paul Brinegar, Rocky Shahan, Robert Cabal, and Sheb Wooley, as drovers, cooks, and other assorted characters, who are led by Gil Favor a trail boss who is on a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Baxter Gang Member' in the classic spaghetti action western film drama, "A Fistful Of Dollars" (1964). The film which was directed by Sergio Leone, which was written for the screen by Adriano Bolzoni, Mark Lowell, and Víctor Andrés Catena, and which also starred Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Sieghardt Rupp, and Antonio Prieto, tells the story of a wandering gunfighter who plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. He also worked on the film as a technical adviser, and a stuntman. The roles of 'Toothless,' 'Drover,' and 'Thomkins,' in 93 episodes of the classic western television series, "Rawhide," from 1959 to 1964, and his role of 'Baxter Gang Member' in the classic spaghetti action western film drama, "A Fistful Of Dollars" (1964), and his work on the film as a technical adviser and stuntman were his only television credits and film credits. During his acting career and stunt career he also used the name Bill Cutter, William R. Thompkins Jr., W.R. Thompkins, and William Thompkins He was born one of two children as William Riddell Thompkins Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, (another source says Seattle, Washington), to William Riddell Thompkins Sr. (1897-1984), and his wife Hannah Mary Fisher Thompkins (1899-1963), on April 27, 1925 (another source says April 27, 1924). He was educated locally and attended the Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington, where he excelled in sports as a member of the high school swim team. Following his education, he served as a Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps in October of 1944 and was drafted on January 25, 1946, during World War II. He later pursued an acting career and stunt work in Los Angeles, California. Following his short time in film work, he worked as a construction worker in the building industry in his native Washington State until his death. He was involved in a serious car accident and later died from multiple injuries at the Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, Washington, on September 18, 1971, at the age of 46. His funeral service and cremation were held through Bartleson Chapel in Oak Harbor, Washington, and he was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery in Coupeville, Washington. He was married to Janet M. Martin Thompkins (1924-), at the Fauntleroy Community Church in Fauntleroy, Washington, on February 21, 1959, but they later divorced. He was married a second time to Marylou Collyer Thompkins (1929-2005), on March 1, 1969, at the Nesheim Methodist Church in Coupeville, Washington, and they were together until his death on September 18, 1971. He had one child with his first wife Janet, a daughter named Maryanne Thompkins who was born on August 19, 1955, and who attended Coupeville High School in Coupeville, Washington. She received multiple injuries that were a result of the same car accident that killed her father four days earlier on September 18, 1971. She survived for four more days following the car accident and she died from her injuries at the Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, Washington, four days later on September 22, 1971, at the age of 16. She was cremated and her ashes are buried with those of her fathers in Sunnyside Cemetery in Coupeville, Washington.