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Actor | Writer | Producer

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Wrote the book Midnight Express which detailed his imprisonment in Turkey from 1970 for drug smuggling to his escape in 1975.

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in New York City, New York, USA
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1996 The Bachelor's Baby (TV movie)
Mr. O'Brien
 
1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering (TV movie)
Traveler (as William Hayes)
 
1992 Nails (TV movie)
Guard #1
 
1991 Defenseless
Board Member in Law Firm
 
1991 Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
Duke Orsino
 
1990 The Cage (as William Hayes)
 
1987 Stingray (TV series)
Edward Benton
– Gemini (1987) … Edward Benton (as William Hayes)
 
1987 Assassination
Pritchard Young (as William Hayes)
 
1986 Scorpion
Wolfgang Stoltz
 
1985 Capitol (TV series)
Len
 
1983 Under Arrest
Billy
 
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2003 Southside (screenplay)
 
1978 Midnight Express (book / as William Hayes)
 
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1996 The Bachelor's Baby (TV movie) (co-producer)
 
1990 The Cage (associate producer - as William Hayes)
 
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2003 Southside
 
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1990 The Cage (as William Hayes)
 
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1985 Blue Money (TV movie) (writer: "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday")
 
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2010 Locked Up Abroad (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Real Midnight Express (2010) … Himself
 
1977 I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (TV documentary short)
Himself
 

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Locked Up Abroad: Season 4: Episode 1 -- The film "Midnight Express" told the story of Billy Hayes' imprisonment for drug smuggling - now he tells the full escape story. Southside -- Two friends are torn apart by passion and ambition in the violent world of amateur boxing.
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

William Hayes

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

Wrote the book Midnight Express which detailed his imprisonment in Turkey from 1970 for drug smuggling to his escape in 1975. See more »

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