William S. Burroughs
Birthday
1914/02/05
Day of death
1997/08/02 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1966) Chappaqua
as Opium Jones
(2009) FLicKeR
as Self
(2010) William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
(2018) Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) Relics: Einstein's Brain
as Self
(1989) Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Butler
(1991) Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
as James "Hive" Maker
(1999) Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The Final Academy Documents
as ---
(1984) Decoder
as Old Man
(1994) September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
as Self
(1989) Twister
as Man in Barn
(2008) Obscene
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) William Buys a Parrot
as Self
(1993) The Junky's Christmas
as Narrator
(1986) Ornette: Made in America
as Self
(1994) Glitterbug
as Self
(2000) Condo Painting
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Bill and Tony
as Self
(1963) Towers Open Fire
as ---
(1982) Ghost at No. 9
as ---
(1966) The Cut-Ups
as ---
(1986) Home of the Brave
as Self
(1999) The Source
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
as Self
(1991) Thanksgiving Prayer
as A Speaker
(1998) Destroy All Rational Thought
as Self
(2013) Coda I + Coda II
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
(2013) Coda I
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
(1992) Naked Making Lunch
as Self
(1981) Shamans of the Blind Country
as Narrator (voice)
(1979) Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
(2012) For No Good Reason
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Wanderlust
as Tom the Priest
(2011) Fix: The Ministry Movie
as Self
(1994) Ah Pook Is Here.
as Narrator
(2012) The Beat Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Underground and Emigrants
as Self
(2006) Pantelia
as Self
(1984) Burroughs: The Movie
as Self
(1981) Chelsea Hotel
as ---
(1983) Pirate Tape
as ---
(1981) Energy and How to Get It
as ---
(1976) Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
as ---
(1968) Witchcraft Through the Ages
as Narrator
(1989) Drugstore Cowboy
as Tom the Priest
(1978) Thot-Fal'N
as Self
(2007) Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
as ---
(2015) William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
as ---
(1969) Cain's Film
as Self
(2009) Nova Express
as Narrator (voice)
(2015) Don't Blink - Robert Frank
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Poetry in Motion
as ---
(1983) This Song for Jack
as Self
(1989) Heavy Petting
as Self
(1967) Poem Posters
as Self
(1985) It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
as Mafioso
(1999) The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
as ---
(2015) Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
as ---
(1989) Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
(1994) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Self
(2017) Uncle Howard
as Self
(2012) The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
as ---
(1998) The Book of Life
as Preacher on Radio (voice)
(1968) Chicago
as Self
(2015) William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self