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- Birth nameWilliam Neal Harrison
- William Harrison was born on October 29, 1933 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Rollerball (1975), Rollerball (2002) and Welcome to Paradox (1998). He was married to Merlee Portman. He died on October 22, 2013 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
- SpouseMerlee Portman(February 1, 1958 - October 29, 2013) (his death, 3 children)
- Harrison was an English professor, teaching a class in screen-writing, at the University of Arkansas when he wrote both Rollerball (1975) and Mountains of the Moon (1990).
- 1955 graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth
- He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973, and taught at the University of Arkansas until he retired in 1998.
- He wrote nine novels and dozens of short stories. Many of his stories are set in Africa, where he traveled extensively.
- Talking to one of his writing classes about the director of Rollerball (circa 1989): "He did everything to my script except use it."
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