William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

Writing

Born February 5, 1914 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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 in…

Known for

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

Condo Painting

Condo Painting

2000

Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

1989

Uncle Howard

Uncle Howard

2017

Twister

Twister

1989

Chicago

1968

The Source

The Source

1999

Acting(77)

2026This Is BuzzSelf (archive footage)

2025Nova '78Self (archive footage)

2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the MysteriousSelf (archive footage)

2018Take Your PillsSelf (archive footage)

2017Uncle HowardSelf

2015Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

2015Don't Blink - Robert FrankSelf (archive footage)

2015William S. Burroughs in the DreamachineSelf

2015William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

2013Coda I + Coda IISelf (voice) (archive sound)

2013Coda ISelf (voice) (archive sound)

2013Coda IISelf (voice) (archive sound)

2012For No Good ReasonSelf (archive footage)

2012The Beat HotelSelf (archive footage)

2012The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

2011Fix: The Ministry MovieSelf

2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf

2009Nova ExpressNarrator (voice)

2009FLicKeRSelf

2009Joy Division

2008Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove PressSelf (archive footage)

2007Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

2006PanteliaSelf

2006WanderlustTom the Priest

2003The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'Self (archive footage)

2000Condo PaintingSelf (archive footage)

1999The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

1999Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul BowlesSelf (archive footage)

1999The SourceSelf (archive footage)

1998The Book of LifePreacher on Radio (voice)

1998Destroy All Rational ThoughtSelf

1994Ah Pook Is Here.Narrator

1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesSelf

1994GlitterbugSelf

1994The Life and Times of Allen GinsbergSelf

1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillSelf

1994Relics: Einstein's BrainSelf

1993The Junky's ChristmasNarrator

1992Naked Making LunchSelf

1991Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the BeesJames "Hive" Maker

1991William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of SewersSelf

1991Thanksgiving PrayerA Speaker

1990The Black RiderHimself

1989Bloodhounds of BroadwayButler

1989Drugstore CowboyTom the Priest

1989Heavy PettingSelf

1989TwisterMan in Barn

1989Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat PoetsSelf

1986Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie AndersonSelf

1986Ornette: Made in AmericaSelf

1985It Don't Pay to Be an Honest CitizenMafioso

1984The Final Academy Documents

1984DecoderOld Man

1984Burroughs: The MovieSelf

1983This Song for JackSelf

1983Pirate Tape

1982Poetry in MotionSelf

1982American PlayhouseButler

1982Ghost at No. 9

1982Pirates: William Burroughs in London

1981Energy and How to Get It

1981Shamans of the Blind CountryNarrator (voice)

1981Chelsea HotelSelf (uncredited)

1979Fried Shoes Cooked DiamondsSelf

1978Thot-Fal'NSelf

1976Underground and EmigrantsSelf

1976Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf

1972Bill and TonySelf

1969Cain's FilmSelf

1968Witchcraft Through the AgesNarrator

1968ChicagoSelf

1967Poem PostersSelf

1966ChappaquaOpium Jones

1966The Cut-Ups

1963Towers Open Fire

1963William Buys a ParrotSelf

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