Biografie
William Harrison
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- Verstorben
- GeburtsnameWilliam Neal Harrison
- William Harrison wurde am 29 Oktober 1933 in Dallas, Texas, USA geboren. Er war Autor und Schauspieler, bekannt für Rollerball (1975), Rollerball (2002) und Welcome to Paradox (1998). Er war mit Merlee Portman verheiratet. Er starb am 22 Oktober 2013 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
- EhepartnerMerlee Portman(1. Februar 1958 - 29. Oktober 2013) (er verstorben, 3 Kinder)
- Harrison was an English professor, teaching a class in screen-writing, at the University of Arkansas when he wrote both Rollerball (1975) and Land der schwarzen Sonne (1990).
- 1955 graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth
- He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973, and taught at the University of Arkansas until he retired in 1998.
- He wrote nine novels and dozens of short stories. Many of his stories are set in Africa, where he traveled extensively.
- Talking to one of his writing classes about the director of Rollerball (circa 1989): "He did everything to my script except use it."
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