William Bowers
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-01-17 (71 years old)
Deathday
1987-03-27
Place of Birth
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Also known As
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William Bowers
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 b...
Acting
1974
as Senate Committee Chairman
Production
1969
as Screenplay
1969
as Producer
1951
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1953
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1959
as Writer
1947
as Screenplay
1946
as Screenplay
1958
as Screenplay
1947
as Screenplay
1959
as Writer
1955
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1950
as Story
1957
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1952
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1966
as Writer
1956
as Screenplay
1954
as Screenplay
1948
as Screenplay
1958
as Screenplay
1948
as Story
1945
as Screenplay
1943
as Story
1964
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1948
as Screenplay
1975
as Producer
1949
as Story
1958
as Screenplay
1974
as Teleplay
1978
as Writer
1952
as Writer
1974
as Writer
1980
as Teleplay
1946
as Story
1949
as Screenplay
1947
as Story
1947
as Story
1948
as Screenplay
2023
as Sound Recordist
1948
as Writer
1946
as Story
1948
as Screenplay
1949
as Writer
1979
as Writer
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