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name: "Bill Canterbury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-canterbury"
fi1m_id: "bill-canterbury"
tmdb_id: 1216662
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:34.523723+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bill Canterbury

## Identity

Bill Canterbury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-canterbury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-canterbury
- **TMDB ID:** 1216662
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216662

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216662

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bill Canterbury is a television writer. He served as a staff writer on *The Simpsons* in 1993 and 1994, contributing to twenty-two episodes across seasons five and six, and received writing credits on two episodes: *Marge on the Lam* and *Treehouse of Horror IV*.

He has written episodes for other series including *Duckman* (1994–1997), *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), *Phil of the Future* (2004) and *What's New, Scooby-Doo?* (2002). Canterbury graduated from Harvard University with a degree in applied mathematics and lives in Los Angeles. He has also written children's books, including the *My Life is Weird* series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, penguinrandomhouse.com, tvmaze.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), series, Writer
- *Phil of the Future* (2004), series, Writer
- *What's New, Scooby-Doo?* (2002), series, Writer
- *Shasta McNasty* (1999), series, Writer
- *Maggie Winters* (1998), series, Writer
- *You're the One* (1998), series, Writer
- *Boston Common* (1996), series, Writer
- *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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