William Peter Blatty

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William Peter Blatty
Gender:	Male
Medium(s):	Film; Novels
Roles:	Writer; Director; Producer; Actor
Date of birth:	January 7th, 1928
Place of birth:	New York City, New York
Date of death:	January 12th, 2017
Place of death:	Bethesda, Maryland
Notable works:	The Exorcist
1st Horror:	Exorcist, The (1973)

William Peter Blatty is a novelist as well as a film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was born in New York City, New York on January 7th, 1928. Blatty is best known for authoring the 1971 supernatural thriller novel The Exorcist, which was adapted into The Exorcist film directed by William Friedkin in 1973. Blatty made his horror genre directorial debut in 1990 with the second sequel film to his seminal work, The Exorcist III, which adapted his novel Legion, first published in 1983.

As Author

• The Exorcist (1971)
• Legion (1983)
• Elsewhere (2009)

As Producer

• Exorcist, The (1973)

As Director

• Exorcist III, The (1990)

As Screenwriter

• Exorcist, The (1973)
• Exorcist III, The (1990)

As Actor

• Exorcist, The (1973), As a producer.

External Links

• William Peter Blatty at IMDB
• William Peter Blatty at Starpulse
• William Peter Blatty at Wikipedia
• William Peter Blatty at Fandango
• William Peter Blatty at Rotten Tomatoes

References

Exorcist Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors, crew members and other behind-the-scenes creators pertaining to the Exorcist franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Exorcist Crew Members category.