Were William Boyd and Jim Thompson both screenwriters?
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William Boyd (writer) William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter.
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Jim Thompson (writer) James Myers Thompson (September 27, 1906 – April 7, 1977) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his hardboiled crime fiction.
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Thomas W. Benton Thomas Whelan Benton (November 16, 1930 – April 27, 2007) was an American artist, best known for his political posters and his collaborations with writer Hunter S. Thompson.
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Michele Boyd Michele Catherine Boyd is an American actress, producer and host.
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Carlos Thompson Juan Carlos Mundin-Schaffter, known as Carlos Thompson, (7 June 1923 – 10 October 1990) was an Argentine actor.
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James Boyd (schoolmaster) James Boyd LL.D. (24 December 1795 – 18 August 1856) was a schoolmaster and author.
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A Hell of a Woman A Hell of a Woman is a 1954 novel by Jim Thompson.
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Jim Comstock James Franklin Comstock (25 February 1911, Richwood, West Virginia - 22 May 1996, Huntington, West Virginia) — known as Jim Comstock — was a West Virginia writer, newspaper publisher and humorist. He founded the weekly "West Virginia Hillbilly" (1957-1980) and compiled a definitive 51-volume encyclopedia of West Virginia history and culture.
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James Gordon White James Gordon White was a screenwriter best known for his work in the exploitation field.
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William Attaway William Alexander Attaway (November 19, 1911 – June 17, 1986) was an African-American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, and screenwriter.
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Warren Thompson (boxer) Warren Thompson (born August 26, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former heavyweight boxer best known for his successful amateur boxing career.
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Jimmy Thompson (actor) James Edward Thompson (30 October 1925 – 21 April 2005) was an English actor, writer and director.
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Sam Thompson (playwright) Sam(uel) Thompson (21 May 1916 – 15 February 1965) was a Northern Irish playwright best known for his controversial plays "Over the Bridge", which exposes sectarianism, and "Cemented with Love", which focuses on political corruption. His works fall into the social realist genre but are distinct in their dramatisation of Northern Irish issues; they were ground-breaking in documenting sectarian violence before the eruption of the Troubles.
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R.J. Robertson R.J. Robertson (1946 – 8 April 1994) was an American writer and actor. He is best known for working on a number of scripts with Jim Wynorski. He also wrote some non fiction books.
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Hop-Along Cassidy Hop-Along Cassidy is a 1935 American western film, featuring the character "Hop-Along Cassidy" created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. This is the first of 66 "Hopalong Cassidy" films produced between 1935 and 1948 and all starring William Boyd in the title role. William Boyd was originally offered the role of Buck Peters, the ranch foreman, but decided to take the role of Hop-Along instead.
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On the Yankee Station On the Yankee Station is a short story collection by William Boyd. His first novel, "A Good Man in Africa" was published in 1981; this collection was published later that same year, and includes two stories featuring Morgan Leafy, the anti-hero of the novel. The title comes from one of the stories which is set at Yankee Station an operations centre for the US Navy during the Vietnam War. The collection has been a set text for English A-Level.
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Maurice Thompson James Maurice Thompson (September 9, 1844 – February 15, 1901) was an American novelist, poet, essayist and naturalist.
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William Charles Anderson William Charles Anderson (better known as William C. Anderson; May 7, 1920, La Junta, Colorado – May 16, 2003, in Fairfield, California) was the author of more than twenty novels, historical and true life stories, and author or coauthor of several screenplays for film and television, including the adaptation of his own "Bat*21," which was made into a film, starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover, and "Hurricane Hunters," was made into a TV-movie for ABC, starring Martin Milner.
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Jungle Jim (film) Jungle Jim is a black and white 1948 adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller, directed by William Berke and written by Carroll Young. It is based on Alex Raymond's "Jungle Jim" comic strip and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is the first picture in the "Jungle Jim" series that consists of 16 films originally released between 1948 and 1955.
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Silent Conflict Silent Conflict is a 1948 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Charles Belden. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Virginia Belmont, Earle Hodgins and James Harrison. It was released on March 19, 1948, by United Artists.
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Boyd Gaming Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's son, Bill Boyd (born 1931), who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after retiring as CEO in January 2008.
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Danièle Thompson Danièle Thompson (born 3 January 1942) is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter. Thompson is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman.