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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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James D. Bissell to Marlon Brando
William Peter Blatty Biography (1928-)
Born January 7, 1928, in New York, NY; son of Peter (a carpenter) and Mary (Mouakad) Blatty; married Mary Margaret Rigard, February 18, 1950 (marriage annulled); married Elizabeth Gilman, 1950 (divorced); married Linda Tuero (a professional tennis player), July 20, 1975 (divorced); married Julie Alice Witbrodt, 1983; children: (second marriage) Christine Ann, Michael Peter, Mary Joanna; (third marriage) two; (fourth marriage) two, including Peter Vincent. Religion: Roman Catholic. Career: Writer and producer. U.S. Information Agency, Beirut, Lebanon, editor of News Review, 1955-57; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, publicity director, 1957-58; Loyola University (now Loyola Marymount University), Los Angeles, CA, publicitydirector, 1959-60. Also worked as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salespersonfor Electrolux and beer truck driver for Gunther Brewing Company. Militaryservice: U.S. Air Force, 1951-54. Member: Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America. Awards, Honors: Gabriel Award and American Film Festival blue ribbon, both 1969, for Insight; California Literature Silver Medal Award, 1972, for the novel The Exorcist; Academy Award, best screenplay based on a work in another medium, Golden Globe Award,best screenplay for a motion picture, August Derleth Award, and Academy Awardnomination, best picture, all 1973, for The Exorcist; honorary L.H.D., Seattle University, 1974; Golden Globe Award, best motion picture screenplay, 1980, for The Ninth Configuration(released as Twinkle, Twinkle,"Killer" Kane). Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, producer
- Birth Details
- January 7, 1928
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Producer, The Exorcist, Warner Bros., 1973
- Producer and director, The Ninth Configuration, Warner Bros., 1979
- Director, The Exorcist III (also known as The Exorcist III: Legion and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
- Director, Dimiter, 1990
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Film Appearances
- Police officer, No Place to Land (also known as Man Mad), Republic, 1958
- Dr. Froame, The Ninth Configuration, Warner Bros., 1979
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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The Man from the Diner's Club, Columbia, 1963
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
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A Shot in the Dark, United Artists, 1966
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Promise Her Anything, Paramount, 1966
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, United Artists, 1966
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Gunn, Paramount, 1967
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The Great Bank Robbery, Warner Bros., 1969
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Darling Lili, Paramount, 1970
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The Exorcist, Warner Bros., 1973
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The Ninth Configuration, Warner Bros., 1979
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The Exorcist III (also known as The Exorcist III: Legion and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
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Teleplays
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Movies
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The Baby Sitter, 1980
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Episodic
- Writer of episodes of Insight, syndicated.
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Fiction
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Which Way to Mecca, Jack?, Bernard Geis Associates, 1960
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!, Doubleday, 1963
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I, Billy Shakespeare!, Doubleday, 1965
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Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane, Doubleday, 1967
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The Exorcist, Harper, 1971
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I'll Tell Them I Remember You, Norton, 1973
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The Ninth Configuration, Harper, 1978
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Legion, Simon & Schuster, 1983
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Nonfiction
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William Peter Blatty on "The Exorcist": From Novel to Film, Bantam, 1974
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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People Weekly, August 14, 1989, pp. 44-46.*
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