Age: 87 Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Cause of Death: Complications from colon cancer and pneumonia
Beginning his career as an author, William Goldman would go on to adapt his stories into screenplays, creating some memorable cinema in the process like “The Princess Bride” and “Marathon Man.” His award winning work, however, would be those he adapted from other people’s works, like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men.” He would also become notable for adapting other famous author’s works, adapting several Stephen King books throughout his career including “Misery,” “Hearts In Atlantis,” and “Dreamcatcher.” Although he may be gone, his legacy will live on in his writing forever.
WILLIAM GOLDMAN’S ACADEMY AWARDS
1970
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
Won
Best Adapted Screenplay
1977
“All the President’s Men”
Won
Best Adapted Screenplay
WILLIAM GOLDMAN’S SCREENPLAYS
1963
Soldier in the Rain
Not writer / Based on his novel
1964
Flowers for Algernon: Good Old Charley Gordon
Unproduced (became “Charly”)
1965
Masquerade
With Michael Relph
1966
Harper
Based on the novel by Ross Macdonald
1967
The Chill
Unproduced
1968
No Way to Treat a Lady
Not writer / Based on his novel
1968
In the Spring the War Ended
Unproduced
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Written by
1972
The Hot Rock
Based on the novel by Donald E. Westlake
1973
Papillon
Contributing writer – uncredited
1975
The Stepford Wives
Written by
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
Written by
1976
Marathon Man
Written by / Based on his novel
1976
All the President’s Men
Based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
1977
A Bridge Too Far
Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan
1978
Magic
Written by / Based on his novel
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Not writer / Based on characters created by
1986
Heat
Written by / Based on his novel
1987
The Princess Bride
Written by / Based on his novel
1988
Twins
Uncredited
1990
Misery
Based on the novel by Stephen King
1992
A Few Good Men
Consultant
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Written by
1992
Year of the Comet
Written by
1992
Chaplin
Written by
1993
Indecent Proposal
Uncredited
1993
Last Action Hero
Uncredited
1993
Malice
Consultant
1994
Maverick
Based on the television series
1995
Dolores Claiborne
Consultant
1996
The Chamber
Based on the novel by John Grisham
1996
Extreme Measures
Consultant
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
Based on The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
1996
Da Vinci (short)
Not writer / Based on his story
1997
Fierce Creatures
Uncredited
1997
Good Will Hunting
Consultant
1997
Absolute Power
Written by
1999
The General’s Daughter
Written by
2001
Hearts in Atlantis
Based on the novel by Stephen King
2003
Dreamcatcher
Based on the novel by Stephen King
2012
The Princess Bride (short)
Not writer / Based on his novel
2015
Wild Card
Written by / Based on his novel
2015
Jake and the Giants
Inspired by
2018
5 Minutes (short)
Written by
WILLIAM GOLDMAN’S TELEVISION WRITING
1979
Mr. Horn
Television movie
1980
City in Fear
Contributed to idea
WILLIAM GOLDMAN’S THEATER WRITING
1960
Tenderloin
uncredited doctoring work
1961
Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole
with James Goldman
1962
A Family Affair
lyrics
2012
Misery
adapted from the novel
—
Madonna and Child
unproduced
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Now I Am Six
unproduced
—
Something Blue
unproduced
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Boys and Girls Together (aka Magic Town)
unproduced
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Nagurski
unproduced
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The Man Who Owned Chicago
unproduced
—
The Princess Bride
unproduced
WILLIAM GOLDMAN’S PUBLISHED WORK
1957
The Temple of Gold
Novel
1958
Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow
Novel
1959
“The Ice Cream Eat” (Transatlantic Review)
Short story
1960
Soldier in the Rain
Novel
1960
“Da Vinci” (New World Writing)
Short story
1961
“Till the Right Girls Come Along” (Transatlantic Review)
Short story
1963
“Something Blue” (Rogue)
Short story
1964
Boys and Girls Together
Novel
1964
No Way to Treat a Lady
Novel
1967
The Thing of It Is…
Novel
1969
The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway
Non-Fiction
1969
“The Good-Bye Look” (The New York Times Book Review)
Article
1971
Father’s Day
Novel
1973
The Princess Bride
Novel
1974
Marathon Man
Novel
1974
Wigger
Children’s Book
1974
“The Simple Pleasures of the Rich” (Transatlantic Review)
Short story
1976
Magic
Novel
1977
The Story of ‘A Bridge Too Far’
Non-Fiction
1979
Tinsel
Novel
1982
Control
Novel
1983
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Non-Fiction
1983
The Silent Gondoliers
Novel
1984
The Color Of Light
Novel
1985
Heat
Novel
1986
Brothers
Novel
1988
Wait Till Next Year
Non-Fiction
1990
Hype and Glory
Non-Fiction
1995
Four Screenplays
Non-Fiction
1997
Five Screenplays
Non-Fiction
2000
Which Lie Did I Tell? (More Adventures in the Screen Trade)
Non-Fiction
2001
The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays
