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Bill Lancaster

Bill Lancaster

Writer · 1947–1997 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

William Henry Lancaster (November 17, 1947 – January 4, 1997) was an American screenwriter and actor. He was born November 17, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) and Norma Anderson (1917–1988). He contracted polio at an early age, leaving one leg shorter than the other.

Wrote 6

2020s

  1. 2025

    Guys' Night in The Thing

    Original Film Writer

1970s

  1. 1978

    The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

    Writer

  2. 1977

    The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

    Characters

  3. 1976

    The Bad News Bears

    Writer

Acted in 4

1970s

  1. 1976

    Moses the Lawgiver

    Der junge Moses

  2. 1974
  3. The Midnight Man

    Arthur King

Produced 1

1970s

  1. 1978

    The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

    Co-Producer

Appearances1

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

    Self