Biography
Bill Lancaster was an American screenwriter and actor. Born William Henry Lancaster on 17 November 1947 in Los Angeles, California, he was the son of actor Burt Lancaster and Norma Anderson. He began his career with small acting roles in the 1960s and 1970s before turning to screenwriting.
Lancaster wrote the screenplay for The Bad News Bears (1976) and its sequel The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978). He is also known for his adapted screenplay for John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. He died on 4 January 1997 in Los Angeles.
