---
name: "William Hayward"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-hayward"
fi1m_id: "william-hayward"
imdb_id: "nm0371807"
tmdb_id: 8951
wikidata_id: "Q76593249"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 March 1941"
died: "9 March 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:20:13.010037+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 Hayward

## Identity

William Hayward

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-hayward
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-hayward
- **IMDb ID:** nm0371807
- **TMDB ID:** 8951
- **Wikidata ID:** Q76593249
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76593249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8951

Producer. Born 27 March 1941 in Los Angeles. Died 9 March 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 March 1941, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 9 March 2008
- **Active:** 1969–1971
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 76 (1), 1970s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76593249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8951

## Biography

William Hayward was an American film and television producer. Born in Los Angeles in 1941, he was the son of producer and agent Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan.

He worked as associate producer on *Easy Rider* (1969) and producer on *The Hired Hand* (1971), both directed by or starring Peter Fonda. His other credits include producing *Idaho Transfer* (1973) and executive producing *High-Ballin'* (1978) and *Wanda Nevada* (1979). He also produced the 1980 television film *Haywire*, adapted from his sister Brooke Hayward's memoir.

Hayward died in Castaic, California, in 2008.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Hired Hand* (1971), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hired-hand.md)
- *Easy Rider* (1969), Fi1m 76, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Milo* (1998), Assistant Editor
- *Blue City* (1986), Producer
- *Mark, I Love You* (1980), Producer
- *Haywire* (1980), Producer
- *Wanda Nevada* (1979), Executive Producer
- *High-Ballin'* (1978), Executive Producer
- *Idaho Transfer* (1973), Producer
- *The Hired Hand* (1971), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hired-hand.md)
- *Easy Rider* (1969), Associate Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1987: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Blue City*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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