William Bowers
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).
Fotos
Películas (49)
Goodnight, August
2023 · Sound Recordist
More Wild Wild West
1980 · Teleplay
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979 · Writer
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978 · Writer
Mobile Two
1975 · Producer
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Senate Committee Chairman
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974 · Teleplay
Sidekicks
1974 · Writer
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 · Producer, Writer
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967 · Screenplay
Way... Way Out
1966 · Writer
Advance to the Rear
1964 · Screenplay
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961 · Screenplay
-30-
1959 · Writer
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Writer
Imitation General
1958 · Screenplay
The Law and Jake Wade
1958 · Screenplay
The Sheepman
1958 · Screenplay
My Man Godfrey
1957 · Screenplay
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956 · Screenplay
5 Against the House
1955 · Screenplay
Tight Spot
1955 · Screenplay
She Couldn't Say No
1954 · Screenplay
Split Second
1953 · Screenplay
Assignment: Paris
1952 · Screenplay
The San Francisco Story
1952 · Writer
The Mob
1951 · Screenplay
Cry Danger
1951 · Screenplay
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 · Screenplay
Convicted
1950 · Screenplay
The Gunfighter
1950 · Screenplay, Story
The Gal Who Took the West
1949 · Story, Screenplay
Criss Cross
1949 · Writer
Jungle Patrol
1948 · Story
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 · Writer
Larceny
1948 · Screenplay
Pitfall
1948 · Screenplay
River Lady
1948 · Screenplay
Black Bart
1948 · Screenplay
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Story
Something in the Wind
1947 · Screenplay
The Web
1947 · Screenplay
Ladies' Man
1947 · Story
The Fabulous Suzanne
1946 · Story
Night and Day
1946 · Screenplay
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · Story
Sing Your Way Home
1945 · Screenplay
The Adventures of a Rookie
1943 · Story
Seven Days' Leave
1942 · Screenplay
