William Bowers
Born:
1916-01-17
From:
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 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).
Sound
Writing
More Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
The Gun and the Pulpit
Sidekicks
Support Your Local Sheriff!
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Way... Way Out
Advance to the Rear
The Last Time I Saw Archie
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Alias Jesse James
Imitation General
The Law and Jake Wade
The Sheepman
My Man Godfrey
The Best Things in Life Are Free
5 Against the House
Tight Spot
She Couldn't Say No
Split Second
Assignment: Paris
The San Francisco Story
The Mob
