| “ | Looks like we win. | „ |
| ~ Curly Bill after killing several innocent people. |
William Brocius, better known as Curly Bill Brocius is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Johnny Ringo) of the 1993 movie Tombstone.
He was portrayed by the late Powers Boothe, who also portrayed Joshua Foss in Sudden Death, Gorilla Grodd in the DC Animated Universe, Benjamin Travis in Hitman: Absolution, Ethan Roark in Sin City, Gideon Malick in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Roland Kane in Turok, and Cash Bailey in Extreme Prejudice.
Biography[]
William Brocius is a notorious outlaw who ended up forming his own gang of criminals known as "The Cowboys", thus granting himself a nickname called "Curly Bill Brocius".
As Wyatt Earp eventually begins helping the town rid of the Cowboys, he makes an immediate enemy of Curly Bill. One day, Curly Bill wanders through town, shooting aimlessly, after a visit to an opium house. Marshal White orders him to relinquish his firearms; Curly Bill shoots the marshal dead in response. Wyatt forcibly takes him into custody. The arrest infuriates Curly Bill's minion Ike Clanton and the other Cowboys, who threaten Wyatt, his brothers, and Doc. Curly Bill stands trial, but is found not guilty due to lack of witnesses.
Wyatt and his posse are ambushed by the Cowboys in a riverside forest. Wyatt wades out into the river and engages in a gunfight which ends with Wyatt killing Curly Bill. His second-in-command Johnny Ringo then becomes the head of the Cowboys.
Personality[]
Bill Brocius is a ruthless outlaw clearly liking his crime life. Living by his reputation, he doesn't hesitate to kill anyone who stands against him. Because of this, he becomes Wyatt's archenemy, obsessed to murder him. This said, he is shown to have a bit of a conscience as he immediately shows remorse after accidentally murdering White while drunken.