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William Kelley (May 27, 1929 – February 3, 2003) was an American screenwriter and producer for television and film who is best known for his work on the Peter Weir-directed film Witness (1985), which starred Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, that earned him an Academy Award along with his co-writers Earl W. Wallace and Pamela Wallace.
William Kelley was born on 27 May 1929 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Witness (1985), Gunsmoke (1955) and How the West Was Won (1976). He was married to Nina Kelley.
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- Staten Island, New York, USA
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- Bishop, California, USA
William Kelley was an American screenwriter and producer for television and film who is best known for his work on the Peter Weir-directed film Witness (1985), which starred Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, that earned him an Academy Award along with his co-writers Earl W. Wallace and Pamela Wallace.
William Kelley, a television and film writer who shared an Academy Award for screenwriting for his work on the 1985 movie “Witness,” has died. He was 73.
Feb 5, 2003 · Oscar-winning screenwriter-TV scribe-author William Kelley (“Witness”) died Monday of cancer in Bishop, Calif., where he had lived for several years. He was 73.
Jun 22, 2007 · William Kelley, an Academy Award–winning screenwriter, best-selling novelist, and scriptwriter for some of the most popular television shows of the 1960s and 1970s, died of cancer on February 3. He was seventy-three and lived in Bishop, California.
Jul 4, 2003 · William Kelley, born on Staten Island, N.Y., served in the Air Force in the late 1940s. He spent three years studying for the priesthood in the 1950s. Not surprisingly, his books and screenplays often dealt with religious themes.
