---
name: "Will Corry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-corry"
fi1m_id: "will-corry"
imdb_id: "nm0181051"
tmdb_id: 97353
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 May 1930"
died: "23 December 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:33:27.735771+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."
---

# Will Corry

## Identity

Will Corry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-corry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-corry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0181051
- **TMDB ID:** 97353
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97353

Writer. Born 13 May 1930 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Died 23 December 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 May 1930, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 23 December 1984
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97353

## Biography

Will Corry (1930–1984) was an American actor and writer. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he began his career with guest roles in television series including *Gunsmoke*, *Kraft Suspense Theatre* and *The Great Adventure*.

He received a writing credit on one episode of *Gunsmoke* (1965). Corry originated the story for the 1971 road film *Two-Lane Blacktop*, directed by Monte Hellman, and shared screenplay credit with Rudolph Wurlitzer. The project stemmed from a script he wrote following a cross-country road trip in 1968.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tcm.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Two-Lane Blacktop* (1971), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/two-lane-blacktop.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Two-Lane Blacktop* (1971), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/two-lane-blacktop.md)
- *Strategy of Terror* (1969), as Wally Pit
- *Gunslinger* (1961), series, as Lieutenant Wilcox

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