Bill Lancaster: Bill Lancaster. Writer: The Thing. Bill was known by his friends as "Billy", when he was a youth. He attended "public" school, as many actor's sons and daughters did in the 1960s. He was never athletic since he was stricken with a childhood disease. He was well liked at Emerson Junior High School in West Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Emerson in June 1962. He was known as a...
Known For: The Thing (Writer), The Bad News Bears (Writer), The Bad News Bears (Writer), Bad News Bears (Writer(1976 screenplay))