---
name: "William Aldrich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-aldrich"
fi1m_id: "william-aldrich"
imdb_id: "nm0017703"
tmdb_id: 41157
wikidata_id: "Q55683002"
roles: []
born: "17 October 1943"
died: "31 August 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:42:53.546415+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."
---

# William Aldrich

## Identity

William Aldrich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-aldrich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-aldrich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0017703
- **TMDB ID:** 41157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55683002
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55683002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41157

Producer. Born 17 October 1943 in Los Angeles. Died 31 August 2006.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 October 1943, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 31 August 2006
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55683002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41157

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?*](https://film.one/film/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane.md) (82)

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## Biography

William Aldrich was an American film producer and occasional actor. The son of director Robert Aldrich, he began his career with small acting roles in his father's films, including as the Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach in *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962).

He later worked as assistant to the producer and associate producer on several Robert Aldrich productions. His producing credits include *Hustle* (1975), *Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?* (1978), *...All the Marbles* (1981), *The Sheltering Sky* (1990) as executive producer, and the 2004 remake *Flight of the Phoenix*.

Aldrich also executive produced the 1991 television remake of *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?*. He died in Los Angeles in 2006.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962), Fi1m 82, as Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach — [page](https://film.one/film/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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- *Flight of the Phoenix* (2004), Producer
- *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1991), Executive Producer
- *The Sheltering Sky* (1990), Executive Producer
- *...All the Marbles* (1981), Producer
- *Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?* (1978), Producer
- *Hustle* (1975), Producer
- *The Greatest Mother of 'em All* (1969), Producer's Assistant
- *What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?* (1969), Producer
- *The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965), as Bill
- *Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte* (1964), as Boy Dancer
- *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962), as Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane.md)

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