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Bill Lancaster
Writer

Bill Lancaster

Los Angeles, California, USA

William Henry Lancaster (November 17, 1947 – January 4, 1997) was an American screenwriter and actor. He was born November 17, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) and Norma Anderson (1917–1988). He contracted polio at an early age, leaving... Read full bio →

Filmography

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4 titles
Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears

Richard Linklater 2005 1h 53m 6.0

Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), an alcoholic pest removal worker and former professional baseball player (for a very short time), is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team of 12 year olds which is about to be thrown out of the league.

The Thing

The Thing

John Carpenter 1982 1h 49m 8.5

Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

John Berry 1978 1h 32m

A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into.

The Bad News Bears

The Bad News Bears

Michael Ritchie 1976 1h 42m 6.7

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

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