William Broyles, Jr. Biography (1944-)

Full name, William Dodson Broyles, Jr.; born October 8, 1944, in Houston, TX;son of William Dodson and Elizabeth (maiden name, Bills) Broyles; married Sybil Newman (an art director), August 15, 1973 (marriage ended); married LindaPurl (an actress; divorced); married, wife's name Andrea (an artist). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, actor
Birth Details: October 8, 1944; Houston, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Creator and Executive Producer
Series
(With others) China Beach, ABC, 1988-91
Under Cover, ABC, 1991
Spy Games, ABC, 1991
Television Executive Producer
Movies
Before the Storm, ABC, 1991
Television Appearances
Specials
Interviewee, Faces of the Enemy, PBS, 1987
Episodic
Himself, "Cast Away," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Jonas Fearwitt, Dust: A Tale of the Wired West (video game), 1995
Wilson: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra, 2001

Stop: Surviving as a Cast Away, 2001
The Making of "Cast Away," 2001
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Apollo 13, MCA/Universal, 1995, released as Apollo 13: The IMAXExperience, 2002
(As William Broyles) Entrapment (also known as Verlockende falle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Cast Away, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000, published as Cast Away:The Shooting Script, Newmarket Press, 2001
Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001, published by Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks, 2001
Unfaithful (also known as Infidele and Untreu), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
The Polar Express (animated; also released as The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience), Warner Bros., 2004
Jarhead, Universal, 2005
Television Series
China Beach, ABC, 1988
Television Miniseries
(With Al Reinert) J.F.K.: Reckless Youth, NBC, 1993
Television Pilots
Under Cover, ABC, 1991
Television Episodes
Spy Games, ABC, 1991
Other
Brother in Arms: A Journey from War to Peace (memoir), Avon, 1987
(Editor, with Chris Van Allsburg and Robert Zemeckis) All Aboard the Polar Express: The Movie (board book), Houghton Mifflin, 2004
(With Van Allsburg, Zemeckis, Melissa Morgan, and Heidi Cho) The PolarExpress the Movie: Keepsake Memory Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2004
(With Van Allsburg, Zemeckis, and Tracey West) The Magic Journey,Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Contributor to periodicals, including Atlantic Monthly, Columbia Journalism Review, Esquire, Playboy, and U.S. News andWorld Report.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Broyles, William Jr., Brother in Arms: A Journey from War to Peace, Avon, 1987

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