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William S. Burroughs

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 collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, made many appearances in films, and created and exhibited thousands of visual artworks, including his celebrated "Shotgun Art". Description above from the Wikipedia article William S. Burroughs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Writing

Born: St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1914-02-05

Died: 1997-08-02

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	William Buys a Parrot	Self	61
2	1963	Towers Open Fire		67
3	1966	The Cut-Ups		68
4	1966	Chappaqua	Opium Jones	69
5	1967	Poem Posters	Self	0
6	1968	Chicago	Self	0
7	1968	Witchcraft Through the Ages	Narrator	72
8	1969	Cain's Film	Self	0
9	1972	Bill and Tony	Self	59
10	1976	Une semaine dans la vie de camarades		0
11	1976	Underground and Emigrants	Self	0
12	1978	Thot-Fal'N	Self	54
13	1979	Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds	Self	65
14	1981	Chelsea Hotel		80
15	1981	Shamans of the Blind Country	Narrator (voice)	70
16	1981	Energy and How to Get It		58
17	1982	Ghost at No. 9		80
18	1982	Poetry in Motion		70
19	1983	Pirate Tape		69
20	1983	This Song for Jack	Self	60
21	1984	Burroughs: The Movie	Self	71
22	1984	Decoder	Old Man	62
23	1984	The Final Academy Documents		80
24	1985	It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen	Mafioso	75
25	1986	Ornette: Made in America	Self	63
26	1986	Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson	Self	82
27	1989	Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets	Self	50
28	1989	Twister	Man in Barn	55
29	1989	Heavy Petting	Self	56
30	1989	Drugstore Cowboy	Tom the Priest	71
31	1989	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Butler	56
32	1991	William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers	Self	68
33	1991	Thanksgiving Prayer	A Speaker	64
34	1991	Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees	James "Hive" Maker	65
35	1992	Naked Making Lunch	Self	71
36	1993	The Junky's Christmas	Narrator	67
37	1994	Relics: Einstein's Brain	Self	67
38	1994	September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill	Self	0
39	1994	Glitterbug	Self	63
40	1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Self	44
41	1994	Ah Pook Is Here.	Narrator	59
42	1998	Destroy All Rational Thought	Self	63
43	1998	The Book of Life	Preacher on Radio (voice)	64
44	1999	The Source	Self (archive footage)	52
45	1999	Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles	Self (archive footage)	10
46	1999	The Making of Drugstore Cowboy		0
47	2000	Condo Painting	Self (archive footage)	0
48	2003	The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'	Self (archive footage)	0
49	2006	Wanderlust	Tom the Priest	50
50	2006	Pantelia	Self	0
51	2007	Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road		0
52	2008	Obscene	Self (archive footage)	50
53	2009	FLicKeR	Self	68
54	2009	Nova Express	Narrator (voice)	20
55	2010	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Self	66
56	2011	Fix: The Ministry Movie	Self	70
57	2012	The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye		71
58	2012	The Beat Hotel	Self (archive footage)	45
59	2012	For No Good Reason	Self (archive footage)	69
60	2013	Coda I	Self (voice) (archive sound)	0
61	2013	Coda II	Self (voice) (archive sound)	0
62	2013	Coda I + Coda II	Self (voice) (archive sound)	0
63	2015	William S. Burroughs: The Possessed		0
64	2015	William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine	Self	0
65	2015	Don't Blink - Robert Frank	Self (archive footage)	70
66	2015	Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie		0
67	2017	Uncle Howard	Self	65
68	2018	Take Your Pills	Self (archive footage)	65
69	2022	Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self	70