Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows, including an episode of the The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); Hitchcock infamously chastised him for not wearing a tie.
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William G. Smith was born on September 14, 1980 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Night of the Living Dead: Genesis, Shadowhunters (2004) and Alucard (2008).
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William G. Tomek is an actor, known for First Man (2018), The Haves and the Have Nots (2013) and Breakwater (2022).
William Gabriel Grier is an actor and writer, known for Paranormal Blacktivity (2012), Rich Heart, Poor Intentions (2013) and Twelve (2015).
William Gairdner is known for The 12 Biggest Lies (2010).