Filmography by type for
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Actor:

• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1920s

1. The Book of Life (1998) (voice) .... Preacher on radio
2. Ah Pook Is Here (1994) .... Narrator
3. The Junky's Christmas (1993) (voice) .... Narrator
4. Thanksgiving Prayer (1991) .... A Speaker
   
   
5. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) .... Tom the Priest
6. Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) (as William Burroughs) .... Butler
7. Twister (1989) (as William Burroughs) .... Man in Barn
8. Decoder (1984) .... Old Man
9. It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1984)
10. Energy and How to Get It (1981)
    
    
11. Thot-Fal'N (1978)
    
    
12. Chappaqua (1966) .... Opium Jones
13. The Cut Ups (1966)
14. Towers Open Fire (1963)
    
    
15. Häxan (1922) (voice) (as William Burroughs) .... Narrator (1968 re-release)
    ... aka Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka Heksen (Denmark)
    ... aka The Witches (USA)
    ... aka Witchcraft Through the Ages (International: English title: short version)
    

Actor - video game:

1. Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu (1995) (VG) (as William Lee) .... Pesky Peasant
2. The Dark Eye (1995) (VG)
   

Writer:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1960s

1. The Japanese Sandman (2008) (written by)
2. The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001) (book "The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script")
   
   
3. Ah Pook Is Here (1994) (writer)
4. Drug-Taking and the Arts (1994) (novel "The Naked Lunch")
5. The Junky's Christmas (1993) (story)
6. Naked Lunch (1991) (novel)
   ... aka Le festin nu (Canada: French title)
7. Thanksgiving Prayer (1991) (uncredited)
8. The Black Rider (1990) (TV) (writer) (as William Burroughs)
   
   
9. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) (additional dialogue) (uncredited)
10. Taking Tiger Mountain (1983) (story "Bladerunner")
    ... aka Trechi Mynydd y Teigr (UK: Welsh title: literal title)
11. The Discipline of D.E. (1982) (short story)
    
    
12. The Cut Ups (1966) (story)
13. Towers Open Fire (1963) (writer)
14. William Buys a Parrot (1963) (writer)
    

Soundtrack:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s

1. "The Sopranos" (1 episode, 2006)
       - Members Only (2006) TV episode (performer: "Seven Souls" (uncredited)) ("Seven Souls" (uncredited))
2. Elephant (2003) (writer: "Meeting of International Conference of Techological Psychiatry") (performer: "Meeting of International Conference of Techological Psychiatry")
   
   
3. Modulations (1998) ("Recalling All Active Agents")
4. William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers (1991) ("Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt")
   
   
5. Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (1986) (writer: "Language Is A Virus")
   ... aka Home of the Brave (USA: short title)
   

Miscellaneous Crew:

• 1990s
• 1980s

1. Venus Blue (1998) (poetry excerpts) (as William Burroughs)
   
   
2. Shamans of the Blind Country (1981) (narrator)
   ... aka Schamanen im Blinden Land (West Germany)
   

Director:

1. Towers Open Fire (1963)
   

Thanks:

1. Good Will Hunting (1997) (in memory of)
   

Self:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. Corso: The Last Beat (2009)
2. Sleep in a Nest of Flames (2001) .... Himself
3. Condo Painting (2000)
   
   
4. Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998) .... Himself
5. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) .... Himself
6. Relics: Einstein's Brain (1994) .... Himself
7. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) (as William Burroughs) .... Himself
8. Naked Making Lunch (1992) .... Himself
9. Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991) .... James 'Hive' Maker
   ... aka Wax oder Die Entdeckung des Fernsehens unter den Bienen (Germany)
10. William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers (1991) .... Himself
    
    
11. Heavy Petting (1989) .... Himself
12. The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1987) (as William Burroughs) .... Himself
13. Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (1986) .... Himself
    ... aka Home of the Brave (USA: short title)
14. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) (as William Burroughs) .... Himself
    ... aka Kerouac (International: English title)
15. Ornette: Made in America (1985) .... Himself
16. Kerouac, the Movie (1985) .... Himself (novelist)
17. Burroughs (1983) .... Himself
18. Pirate Tape (1983) .... Himself
19. Poetry in Motion (1982) .... Himself
    
    
20. Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1978) .... Himself
21. Underground and Emigrants (1976)
22. Bill and Tony (1972) .... Himself
23. Prologue (1970) .... Himself
    
    
24. Cain's Film (1969) .... Himself
25. William Buys a Parrot (1963) .... Himself
    

Self - video:

• 2000s
• 1990s

1. Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (2008) (V)
2. U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (2002) (V) .... Old Man (segment "Last Night on Earth")
3. Ministry: Tapes of Wrath (2000) (V) .... Himself
   
   
4. The Nova Convention Revisited (1998) (V) .... Himself
   ... aka The Nova Convention Revisited: William S. Burroughs and the Arts (USA)
   

Self - TV:

• 1990s
• 1980s

1. The Source (1999) (TV) .... Himself
2. The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs (1995) (TV) .... Himself
   
   
3. "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 1981)
   ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
   ... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
   ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
   ... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
   ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
   ... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
   ... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
   ... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
       - Lauren Hutton/Rick James & The Stone City Band (1981) TV episode (as William Burroughs) .... Himself
4. Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti (1980) (TV) .... Himself
   ... aka Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (Europe: English title)
   

Archive Footage:

1. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2009) .... Himself
2. Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
3. Obscene (2007) .... Himself
4. Absolute Wilson (2006) .... Himself
5. Wanderlust (2006) (TV) .... Tom the Priest
6. "SexTV"
       - The Naked Woman/Queer Beats/Modern Paul (2006) TV episode .... Himself
7. "Silenci?"
       - Episode #5.9 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
8. Elephant (2003) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) .... Voice (text excerpts)
9. The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003) (V) .... Himself
10. Destroy All Rational Thought (1998) (V) .... Himself
11. Laurie Anderson: Collected Videos (1990) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself
12. "La edad de oro"
        - Episode dated 30 October 1984 (1984) TV episode .... Himself