# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-lancaster
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:25:54.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-lancaster"
name: "Bill Lancaster"
slug: "bill-lancaster"
description: "William Henry Lancaster was an American screenwriter and actor. The son of Burt Lancaster, he was perhaps best known for his screenplays for The Bad News Bears and The Thing."
tagline: "American screenwriter (1947-1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Lancaster_1967.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-11-17"
deathDate: "1997-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.19
  momentum:             6.511379316170962
  historical:           12.2212
  currentAttention:     30.35122597746852
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484111/"
    handle:    "nm0484111"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بيل لانكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بيل لانكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%B5_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "بیڵ لانکاستەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lancaster_(Filmproduzent)"
    title: "William Lancaster (Filmproduzent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بیل لنکستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster_(acteur)"
    title: "Bill Lancaster (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15406"
    title: "Bill Lancaster"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump