Screenwriter

William Bowers

1942–present1916–1987ComedyWesternCrimeDrama

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The Screenplays

46 total writing credits

SCR

The Gunfighter

1950

Screenplay

WRITER

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969

Writer

Full Writing Credits

1980More Wild Wild WestTeleplay6.4 1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedWriter5.4 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidWriter7.0 1974The Gun and the PulpitTeleplay6.0 1974SidekicksWriter6.5 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Writer

About

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).

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The Godfather Part II

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