William Bast

William Bast was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen actor James Dean. He often worked with his partner Paul Huson.

3 April 1931

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Albert Walsh • Arturo Prat • Clairette Oddera • Doon Arbus • Harold Kushner • Hikaru Saeki • Megan Rohrer • Mike Ness • Robert Sink • Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos • Tomoaki Kanemoto

Born in the same month (April 1931): Catherine Tizard • Chris Pearson (politician) • David Shepherd (artist) • Donald Barthelme • Ivan Dixon • James Dickens • John Barrett (tennis) • Paul Almond • Tomas Tranströmer • Vladimir Kuznetsov (javelin thrower)