🎬William Bowers

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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)	Director / Writer	-	-
2	The Godfather Part II (1974)	Senate Committee Chairman		8.5
3	Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)	Director / Writer		6.5
4	Imitation General (1958)	Director / Writer	-	-
5	The Law and Jake Wade (1958)	Director / Writer		6
6	Tight Spot (1955)	Director / Writer		7
7	5 Against the House (1955)	Director / Writer		7
8	Split Second (1953)	Director / Writer		5
9	The San Francisco Story (1952)	Director / Writer	-	-
10	Cry Danger (1951)	Director / Writer		4
11	The Mob (1951)	Director / Writer		3
12	The Gunfighter (1950)	Director / Writer	-	-
13	Convicted (1950)	Director / Writer		5
14	Criss Cross (1949)	Director / Writer		6.5
15	Pitfall (1948)	Director / Writer		6
16	Larceny (1948)	Director / Writer		5
17	The Web (1947)	Director / Writer		6
18	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)	Director / Writer	-	-