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