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William Bowers

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 17, 1916Died March 27, 1987 (71 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Gunfighter
  • Pitfall
  • The Gun and the Pulpit
  • The San Francisco Story
  • Four Star Playhouse

Known For

  • The Gunfighter
  • Support Your Local Sheriff!
  • Criss Cross
  • Tight Spot
  • Split Second
  • The Sheepman
  • Alias Jesse James
  • Night and Day
  • Convicted
  • The Web
  • The Law and Jake Wade
  • Cry Danger
  • The Mob
  • Pitfall
  • Way... Way Out
  • 5 Against the House
  • Assignment: Paris
  • Imitation General
  • The Wild Wild West Revisited
  • Abandoned
  • The Last Time I Saw Archie
  • Advance to the Rear
  • More Wild Wild West
  • -30-

Filmography

1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Senate Committee Chairman
1977
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV Series) · as Senate Committee Chairman
1975
Starsky & Hutch (TV Series)
1974
The Godfather Part II · as Senate Committee Chairman

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