William Bowers
Writing
Born: January 17, 1916 · Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Died: March 27, 1987 (aged 71)
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Biography
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).
Known for
The Godfather Part II
1974
The Gunfighter
1950
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Criss Cross
1949
Pitfall
1948
The Sheepman
1958
The Law and Jake Wade
1958
Cry Danger
1951
The Mob
1951
The Web
1947
5 Against the House
1955
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Writing (50)
Four Star Playhouse
Writer
General Electric Theater
Writer
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Writer
Criss Cross
Writer
The Gunfighter
Screenplay
The Gunfighter
Story
5 Against the House
Screenplay
Alias Jesse James
Writer
The Sheepman
Screenplay
Night and Day
Screenplay
Advance to the Rear
Screenplay
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Story
The Law and Jake Wade
Screenplay
My Man Godfrey
Screenplay
The Gun and the Pulpit
Teleplay
The Gal Who Took the West
Story
The Gal Who Took the West
Screenplay
Pitfall
Screenplay
She Couldn't Say No
Screenplay
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Screenplay
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Writer
The San Francisco Story
Writer
Sing Your Way Home
Screenplay
More Wild Wild West
Teleplay
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Writer
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Screenplay
Assignment: Paris
Screenplay
Tight Spot
Screenplay
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Screenplay
Way... Way Out
Writer
Convicted
Screenplay
Sidekicks
Writer
The Mob
Screenplay
Something in the Wind
Screenplay
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Story
Black Bart
Screenplay
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Writer
The Web
Screenplay
River Lady
Screenplay
Cry Danger
Screenplay
The Adventures of a Rookie
Story
The Fabulous Suzanne
Story
Split Second
Screenplay
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Screenplay
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Writer
Larceny
Screenplay
Imitation General
Screenplay
Seven Days' Leave
Screenplay
Ladies' Man
Story
Jungle Patrol
Story
