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Born in Birmingham, England, Lancaster emigrated to Australia prior to World War I.In 1916, he joined first the Australian Army and later the Australian Flying Corps.He remained in Britain after the war and joined the Royal Air Force, marrying Annie Maude Besant in 1919 and serving in India during the 1920s. [1]
William Henry Lancaster (November 17, 1947 [2] – January 4, 1997) was an American screenwriter and actor. The son of screen legend Burt Lancaster , he was perhaps best known for his screenplays for The Bad News Bears and The Thing .
The Lost Pilots, The spectacular rise and scandalous fall of aviation's golden couple, a book on Miller and Bill Lancaster by Corey Mead, was published by Macmillan, London in 2018. A TV miniseries called The Lancaster Miller Affair was made in Australia in 1985, wherein Miller was portrayed by actress Kerry Mack.
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The Lost Aviator is a feature documentary written and directed by Andrew Lancaster starring Ewen Leslie as the voice of Bill Lancaster and Yael Stone as the voice of Chubbie Miller. The film was premiered at the 58th BFI London Film Festival, [1] and was distributed theatrically by Transmission Films in Australia. [2]
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan: Paramount Pictures: John Berry (director); Bill Lancaster (screenplay); Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Antonio Inoki, George Wyner, Lonny Chapman, Brett Marx, David Pollock, Regis Philbin, Hatsune Ishihara, Matthew Douglas Anton, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Jeffrey Louis Starr Capricorn One
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia looks set to pass a reshaped tax cuts bill, that would give low-income earners more breaks and trim benefits to the wealthy, as the opposition pledged support on ...
"So the beginning of the eighth day has dawned. It is still cool. I have no water....I am waiting patiently. Come soon please. Fever wracked me last night. Hope you get my full log. Bill." [146] — Bill Lancaster, Australian aviator (20 April 1933), final note written on fuel card while dying after crash in Sahara Desert "I butted him." [147 ...