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William S. Burroughs
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In short · Wrote for seven decades — 58 credits.
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Writer
6 credits
Actor
16 credits
Corso: The Last Beat(2009)
Actor
Film
Wanderlust(2006)
Tom the Priest
Film
Condo Painting(2000)
Actor
Film
Good Will Hunting(1997)
Actor
Film
Ah Pook Is Here(1994)
Narrator
Film
The Junky's Christmas(1994)
Narrator
Film
Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees(1991)
James 'Hive' Maker
Film
Drugstore Cowboy(1989)
Tom the Priest
Film
Twister(1989)
Man in Barn
Film
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen(1985)
Mafioso
Film
Decoder(1984)
Old Man
Film
Blade Runner(1982)
Actor
Film
Thot-Fal'N(1978)
Actor
Film
Underground and Emigrants(1976)
Actor
Film
The Cut Ups(1966)
Actor
Film
Chappaqua(1966)
Opium Jones
Film
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- Nova 78'Self · 2025
- S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge DocumentarySelf · 2024
- Patti Smith: Electric PoetSelf · 2022
- Spaceship EarthSelf · 2020
- Serguei O PsicodelicoSelf · 2016
- Don't BlinkSelf · 2015
- Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy ManSelf · 2012
- For No Good ReasonSelf · 2012
- William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf · 2010
- Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the RoadSelf · 2007
- ObsceneSelf · 2007
- Absolute WilsonSelf · 2006
- Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old ManSelf · 2003
- No Maps for These TerritoriesSelf · 2000
- ministry-tapes-of-wrath-2000Self · 2000
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautySelf · 2000
- The SourceSelf · 1999
- Destroy All Rational ThoughtSelf · 1998
- Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul BowlesSelf · 1998
- Timothy Leary's Last TripSelf · 1997
- Relics: Einstein's BrainSelf · 1994
- Naked Making LunchSelf · 1992
- William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of SewersSelf · 1991
- Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat PoetsSelf · 1989
- The Beat Generation: An American DreamSelf · 1988
- Ornette: Made in AmericaSelf · 1986
- Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie AndersonSelf · 1986
- What Happened to Kerouac?Self · 1986
- Ornette: Made in AmericaSelf · 1985
- Burroughs: The MovieSelf · 1984
- Kerouac, the MovieSelf (novelist) · 1984
- The Dream MachineSelf · 1983
- Burroughs: The MovieSelf · 1983
- Poetry in MotionSelf · 1982
- Fried Shoes Cooked DiamondsSelf · 1979
- William Buys a ParrotSelf · 1963
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