William Wisher Jr.

William Howard Peter Wisher Jr. is an American screenwriter, known for his work with longtime friend James Cameron on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. In the first Terminator film, Wisher has a brief role as 1L19 (real name unknown), a police officer who has his head smashed into his own police cruiser by the Terminator, who then steals his vehicle and briefly assumes his identity on the police radio band. He also has a cameo appearance in Terminator 2: Judgment Day as a man who takes pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 Terminator getting back on his feet after being thrown through a store window, and as news reporter Bill Tyler in Cameron's 1989 film The Abyss.

Wisher's other screenwriting work includes Judge Dredd, The 13th Warrior and both versions of The Exorcist prequel. He is an uncredited script doctor on two films in the Die Hard series, 1995's Die Hard with a Vengeance and 2007's Live Free or Die Hard (on which he also served as executive producer).

Filmography
Year Title Credit Other notes
1977The Reunioncast
1978Xenogenesisplayed Raj
1984The Terminatoradditional dialogue also has a cameo appearance as 1L19 (police officer), and co-wrote the novelization (ISBN 0-553-25317-4)
1989Desperado: The Outlaw Warsteleplay
1989The Abysscastplayed Bill Tyler, a reporter
1991Terminator 2: Judgment Daywritten by also has a cameo appearance (tourist/photographer in Galleria Mall)
1995Die Hard with a Vengeanceuncredited rewrite
1995Judge Dreddscreenplay
1996Eraseruncredited co-writer [1]
1999The 13th Warriorscreenplay
2004Exorcist: The Beginningstory
2005Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcistwritten by
2007Live Free or Die Hardexecutive producer and uncredited co-writer [2][3]

References
  1. http://fredrikpersson.tripod.com/writers.html
  2. http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a592779/a-good-day-to-die-hards-john-moore-directing-pierce-brosnan-thriller-it/
  3. http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/die-hard/33297/the-strange-history-of-the-die-hard-movies
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