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William Bowers
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy wes…
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William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. His first credited screenplay was My Favorite Spy in 1942. His career noticeably picked up after his Oscar nomination for the gritty Gregory Peck Western The Gunfighter in 1950, leading to such assignments as the remake of My Man Godfrey in 1957 and The Sheepman in 1958 (a second Oscar nomination). Bowers produced the last film that he wrote, the superior Western parody Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969). He also had a bit part as an actor in The Godfather Part II (1974).
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2023
Goodnight, August
Movie Sound Recordist
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1980
More Wild Wild West
Movie Teleplay
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1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Movie Writer
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1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie Writer
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1975
Starsky & Hutch
TV show
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1975
Mobile Two
Movie Producer
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1974
The Godfather Part II
Movie Senate Committee Chairman
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1974
The Gun and the Pulpit
Movie Teleplay
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1974
Sidekicks
Movie Writer
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1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Movie Producer
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1967
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Movie Screenplay
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1966
Way... Way Out
Movie Writer
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1964
Advance to the Rear
Movie Screenplay
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1961
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Movie Screenplay
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1959
-30-
Movie Writer
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1959
Alias Jesse James
Movie Writer
More credits
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1958
Imitation General
Movie Screenplay
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1958
The Law and Jake Wade
Movie Screenplay
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1958
The Sheepman
Movie Screenplay
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1957
My Man Godfrey
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Movie Screenplay
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1955
5 Against the House
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Tight Spot
Movie Screenplay
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1954
She Couldn't Say No
Movie Screenplay
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1953
Split Second
Movie Screenplay
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Writer
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1952
Assignment: Paris
Movie Screenplay
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1952
The San Francisco Story
Movie Writer
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1951
The Mob
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Cry Danger
Movie Screenplay
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1950
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Movie Screenplay
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1950
Convicted
Movie Screenplay
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1950
The Gunfighter
Movie Screenplay
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1949
The Gal Who Took the West
Movie Story
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1949
Criss Cross
Movie Writer
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1948
Jungle Patrol
Movie Story
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1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Movie Writer
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1948
Larceny
Movie Screenplay
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1948
Pitfall
Movie Screenplay
