William S. Burroughs
Biography
Movies 77
Drugstore Cowboy
as Tom the Priest
1989
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Self
1994
This Is Buzz
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Twister
as Man in Barn
1989
For No Good Reason
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Decoder
as Old Man
1984
Fix: The Ministry Movie
as Self
2011
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Butler
1989
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Burroughs: The Movie
as Self
1984
The Book of Life
as Preacher on Radio (voice)
1998
Witchcraft Through the Ages
as Narrator
1968
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
as James "Hive" Maker
1991
The Source
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Chappaqua
as Opium Jones
1966
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976
The Junky's Christmas
as Narrator
1993
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
2010
Joy Division
2009
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
as Self
1986
Heavy Petting
as Self
1989
Nova '78
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Condo Painting
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Ah Pook Is Here.
as Narrator
1994
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
as Self
1999
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
as Mafioso
1985
Uncle Howard
as Self
2017
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
1989
Music, Fashion, Film
as Self (archive footage)
2026
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
as Self
1994
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Underground and Emigrants
as Self
1976
The Beat Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Thanksgiving Prayer
as A Speaker
1991
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
This Song for Jack
as Self
1983
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
as Self
1994
Energy and How to Get It
1981
Ornette: Made in America
as Self
1986
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Chicago
as Self
1968
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
as Self
2015
FLicKeR
as Self
2009
Glitterbug
as Self
1994
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Wanderlust
as Tom the Priest
2006
Chelsea Hotel
as Self (uncredited)
1981
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
2015
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982
Shamans of the Blind Country
as Narrator (voice)
1981
William Buys a Parrot
as Self
1963
Thot-Fal'N
as Self
1978
Cain's Film
as Self
1969
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
2015
The Final Academy Documents
1984
Destroy All Rational Thought
as Self
1998
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
2007
Nova Express
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Pirate Tape
1983
Relics: Einstein's Brain
as Self
1994
Pirates: William Burroughs in London
1982
Naked Making Lunch
as Self
1992
Ghost at No. 9
1982
Poem Posters
as Self
1967
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
as Self
1991
Towers Open Fire
1963
Coda I + Coda II
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2013
Coda II
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2013
The Cut-Ups
1966
Bill and Tony
as Self
1972
The Black Rider
as Himself
1990
Coda I
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2013
Speak Out
2007
Pantelia
as Self
2006
