(1931-04-03)April 3, 1931 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died
May 4, 2015(2015-05-04) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
Author, screenwriter
Education
Wauwatosa High School
Alma mater
University of Wisconsin UCLA
Partner
Paul Huson
Website
members.authorsguild.net/williambast/
William Bast (April 3, 1931 – May 4, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen actor James Dean. He often worked with his partner Paul Huson.
WilliamBast (April 3, 1931 – May 4, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television,...
Graziano. Screenwriter WilliamBast was one of Dean's closest friends, a fact acknowledged by Dean's family. According to Bast, he was Dean's roommate...
Courtland WilliamBast & Paul Huson November 20, 1985 (1985-11-20) 22.3 2 2 "Conspiracy of Silence" Curtis Harrington Story by : WilliamBast & Paul Huson...
romantic drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, from a screenplay by WilliamBast and Walter Bernstein, based on the 1971 novel of the same title by Harold...
Schneer and Ray Harryhausen, directed by Jim O'Connolly, written by WilliamBast, and starring James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, and Gila Golan. Creature...
Bridget Sullivan, who was originally from Ireland. The film won writer WilliamBast the 1975 Edgar Award for Best TV Feature/Miniseries. It also won two...
His frequent collaborator and partner for forty-nine years was WilliamBast. Bast, William,"Surviving James Dean", N.Y. Barricade Books, 2006, p. 294, ISBN 1-56980-298-X...
television adaptation of the biography written by Dean's friend and writer WilliamBast. McHattie appeared in several mini-series, including Centennial and Roughnecks...
while Burt Reynolds features in “The Case of the Counterfeit Crank”. William Talman (Hamilton Burger) was fired by CBS March 18, 1960, hours after he...
the sculpture along with a handwritten description by Dean's friend WilliamBast quoting one of Dean's favorite lines from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's...
company founder Jann Wenner and Charles A. Reich), Hunter S. Thompson, WilliamBast, Roger L. Simon, and the Firesign Theatre. Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo...
arrested for murder. 15 "The Case of the Violent Valley" Herb Wallerstein WilliamBast January 27, 1974 (1974-01-27) The kidnapping of Mason's young counsel...
Written by Original air date 27 1 "The Girl in Chair Nine" Gene Nelson WilliamBast September 23, 1969 (1969-09-23) The Squad works with a psychic (Cesare...
Frightmare 4 WilliamBast 83 US Screenwriter The Valley of Gwangi The Betsy 4 Ellen Albertini Dow 101 US Actress The Wedding Singer Sister Act 6 William Bronder...
67 7 "All the Scared Rabbits" Robert Butler T : Norman Lessing S/T : WilliamBast Joe Taft Iowa/Dalhart, Texas/Dos Palos, New Mexico October 26, 1965 (1965-10-26)...
9 The Scarlet Pimpernel CBS / London Films Clive Donner (director); WilliamBast (screenplay); Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers...