---
name: "William Richert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-richert"
fi1m_id: "william-richert"
imdb_id: "nm0724927"
tmdb_id: 6385
wikidata_id: "Q8017559"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1942"
died: "19 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T19:49:00.329559+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 Richert

## Identity

William Richert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-richert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-richert
- **IMDb ID:** nm0724927
- **TMDB ID:** 6385
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8017559
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Richert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8017559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6385

Actor. Born 1 January 1942 in Florida, USA. Died 19 July 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1942, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 19 July 2022
- **Active:** 1991–1994
- **Also known as:** Bill Richert , William John Richert
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Richert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8017559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6385

## Biography

William Richert was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Born in Florida in 1942, he worked on documentaries in the early 1970s before writing screenplays for features such as *Law and Disorder* (1974) and *The Happy Hooker* (1975).

Richert directed *Winter Kills* (1979), *The American Success Company* (1980) and *A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon* (1988). He played the role of Bob Pigeon in Gus Van Sant's *My Own Private Idaho* (1991) and appeared in other films including *The Client* (1994). He died in Portland, Oregon, on 19 July 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Client* (1994), Fi1m 72, as Harry Bono — [page](https://film.one/film/the-client.md)
- *My Own Private Idaho* (1991), Fi1m 82, as Bob Pigeon — [page](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *My Own Private River* (2012), as Bob Pigeon (archive footage)
- *Manic* (2002), as Diego
- *Echos of Enlightenment* (2001), Actor
- *ATF* (1999), as Patrick McKennan
- *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1998), as Alexandre Dumas / Count Aramis · Director, Screenplay
- *The Random Factor* (1995), as Alex O'Keefe
- *Paradise Framed* (1995), Actor
- *The Client* (1994), as Harry Bono — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-client.md)
- *My Own Private Idaho* (1991), as Bob Pigeon — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md)
- *A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon* (1988), Director, Writer
- *All God's Children* (1980), Actor
- *The American Success Company* (1980), as Boyfriend Teller · Director, Writer
- *Winter Kills* (1979), Writer, Director
- *Flying High* (1978), series, Actor
- *Crime and Passion* (1976), Adaptation
- *The Happy Hooker* (1975), Writer
- *Law and Disorder* (1974), as Desk Sergeant · Screenplay, Producer
- *A Dancer's Life* (1972), Producer, Director
- *Derby* (1970), Producer

## Gallery

- ![William Richert](https://film.one/media/person/79593/gallery-98f76f8737a0.jpg) William Richert — Image via TMDB
- ![William Richert](https://film.one/media/person/79593/gallery-13e42e0b2c50.jpg) William Richert — Image via TMDB

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