Bill Lancaster

Bill Lancaster

Infobox Celebrity
name = Bill Lancaster


caption = Bill Lancaster from
"The Thing: Terror Takes Shape"
birth_date = birth date|1947|12|17|mf=y
birth_place = Los Angeles
death_date = death date and age|1997|1|4|1947|12|17|mf=y
death_place = Los Angeles
occupation = Screenwriter

William 'Bill' Henry Lancaster (December 17, 1947 – January 4, 1997) was an American screenwriter. He was the son of Burt Lancaster and Norma Anderson. He was born in Los Angeles, California, developing polio at an early age, leaving one of his legs shorter than the other. He died at the age of 49 due to cardiac arrest. Lancaster's best known work is his adapted screenplay for John Carpenter's "The Thing". He also penned the original screenplays for "The Bad News Bears" films.

He is featured in the documentary "", found on the collector's edition DVD of "The Thing". Lancaster states that he didn't think "Who Goes There?" was a "great" story, but that he responded to the tale's sense of claustrophobia and paranoia. The documentary is dedicated to him because of his death shortly after it was filmed.

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