---
name: "William Porter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-porter"
fi1m_id: "william-porter"
imdb_id: "nm0692332"
tmdb_id: 1120414
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 January 1947"
died: "3 December 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:38:56.694259+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 Porter

## Identity

William Porter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-porter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-porter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0692332
- **TMDB ID:** 1120414
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120414

Writer. Born 19 January 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Died 3 December 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 January 1947, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Died:** 3 December 2019
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120414

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Back to School*](https://film.one/film/back-to-school.md) (72)

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

## Biography

William Porter was an American writer, actor and director. He wrote the screenplay for the comedy film *Back to School* (1986) with Steven Kampmann, Peter Torokvei and Harold Ramis, and the screenplay for *The Couch Trip* (1988).

He also wrote and directed *Stealing Home* (1988) under the name Will Aldis, and contributed a story to the television series *Newhart* (1982). Porter graduated from Ripon College and received a master's degree in education from Miami University.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Back to School* (1986), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-school.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Stealing Home* (1988), Director, Writer
- *The Couch Trip* (1988), Writer
- *Back to School* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-school.md)
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Story
- *Mae West* (1982), Actor

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