Personal Info
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1914-02-05 (111 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known For
William S. Burroughs
Biography
William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays, and five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences; he was initially briefly known by the pen name William Lee. He also collab ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
| Self (archive footage)
2018 --
Take Your Pills
| Self (archive footage)
2017 --
Uncle Howard
| Self
2015 --
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
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2015 --
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
| Self
2015 --
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
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2013 --
Coda I + Coda II
| Self (voice) (archive sound)
2013 --
Coda I
| Self (voice) (archive sound)
2012 --
For No Good Reason
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
The Beat Hotel
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
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2011 --
Fix: The Ministry Movie
| Self
2010 --
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
| Self
2009 --
Nova Express
| Narrator (voice)
2009 --
FLicKeR
| Self
2008 --
Obscene
| Self (archive footage)
2007 --
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
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2006 --
Pantelia
| Self
2006 --
Wanderlust
| Tom the Priest
2003 --
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
Condo Painting
| Self (archive footage)
1999 --
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
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1999 --
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
| Self (archive footage)
1999 --
The Source
| Self (archive footage)
1998 --
The Book of Life
| Preacher on Radio (voice)
1998 --
Destroy All Rational Thought
| Self
1994 --
Ah Pook Is Here.
| Narrator
1994 --
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
| Self
1994 --
Glitterbug
| Self
1994 --
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
| Self
1994 --
Relics: Einstein's Brain
| Self
1993 --
The Junky's Christmas
| Narrator
1992 --
Naked Making Lunch
| Self
1991 --
Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
| James "Hive" Maker
1991 --
Thanksgiving Prayer
| A Speaker
1991 --
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
| Self
1989 --
Bloodhounds of Broadway
| Butler
1989 --
Drugstore Cowboy
| Tom the Priest
1989 --
Heavy Petting
| Self
1989 --
Twister
| Man in Barn
1989 --
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
| Self
1986 --
Home of the Brave
| Self
1986 --
Ornette: Made in America
| Self
1985 --
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
| Mafioso
1984 --
The Final Academy Documents
|
1984 --
Decoder
| Old Man
1984 --
Burroughs: The Movie
| Self
1983 --
This Song for Jack
| Self
1983 --
Pirate Tape
|
1982 --
Poetry in Motion
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1982 --
Ghost at No. 9
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1981 --
Energy and How to Get It
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1981 --
Shamans of the Blind Country
| Narrator (voice)
1981 --
Chelsea Hotel
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1979 --
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
| Self
1978 --
Thot-Fal'N
| Self
1976 --
Underground and Emigrants
| Self
1976 --
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
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1972 --
Bill and Tony
| Self
1969 --
Cain's Film
| Self
1968 --
Witchcraft Through the Ages
| Narrator
1968 --
Chicago
| Self
1967 --
Poem Posters
| Self
1966 --
Chappaqua
| Opium Jones
1966 --
The Cut-Ups
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1963 --
Towers Open Fire
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1963 --
William Buys a Parrot
| Self