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William Kelley is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer American born on 27 may 1929

William Kelley

William Kelley
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 may 1929
Death 3 february 2003 (at 73 years)

William Kelley est un scénariste et un écrivain américain né le 27 mai 1929 à Staten Island (État de New York) et mort le 3 février 2003 à Bishop (Californie).

Biography

William Kelley fait son service militaire dans l'US Air Force à la fin des années 1940, puis étudie au séminaire à l'Université Villanova à Radnor Township (Pennsylvanie) au début des années 1950, avant de renoncer et de passer en 1955 un diplôme en littérature anglaise à l'Université Brown à Providence (Rhode Island), puis en 1957 un diplôme en littérature irlandaise à Harvard.

Il commence à écrire pour la télévision en 1955, puis un peu plus tard travaille dans l'édition chez Doubleday, McGraw-Hill puis Simon & Schuster. Son premier roman “Gemini” est publié en 1959 et devient un best-seller.

Au cours des années 1960, il continue à publier des romans et dans le même temps à écrire pour des séries télévisées.

Son seul scénario pour le cinéma, Witness (1985), lui vaut un Oscar.

Best films

Witness
Witness
(1985)
(Story)

Usually with

Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher
(1 films)
Max Phipps
Max Phipps
(1 films)
Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott
(1 films)
Robert Culp
Robert Culp
(1 films)
John Meillon
John Meillon
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Kelley (4 films)

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Actor

Dopey Dicks
Dopey Dicks (1950)

Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Philip Van Zandt, Stanley Price
Roles Driving Headless Robot (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.773843.773843.773843.773843.77384
The Stooges are janitors who have just finished moving furniture and assorted items into the office of a detective. Shemp fantisizes about the exciting life of a private eye, when a beautiful blonde in distress (Christine McIntyre) rushes in begging for help, claiming she is being followed. While the Stooges search the hallways, she quickly scribbles a note and is captured by a mysterious figure.

Scriptwriter

Witness
Witness (1985)
, 1h52
Directed by Peter Weir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Danny Glover, Jan Rubes, Alexandre Godounov
Roles Story
Rating73% 3.697623.697623.697623.697623.69762
Rachel Lapp (McGillis), a young Amish widow, and her 8-year-old son Samuel (Haas) are traveling by train to visit Rachel's sister. Samuel is amazed by the sights in the big city, but at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, he witnesses two men attack and murder a third. Detective John Book (Ford) is assigned to the case and he and his partner, Sergeant Elton Carter (Jennings), question Samuel. Samuel is unable to identify the perpetrator from mug shots or a police lineup, but notices a newspaper clipping with a picture of narcotics officer James McFee (Glover) and recognizes him as one of the killers. John remembers that McFee was previously responsible for a drug raid on expensive chemicals used to make amphetamines, but the evidence had mysteriously disappeared.

Producer