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name: "William Sackheim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-sackheim"
fi1m_id: "william-sackheim"
imdb_id: "nm0755266"
tmdb_id: 16547
wikidata_id: "Q3568926"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 October 1919"
died: "1 December 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:47:28.382729+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."
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# William Sackheim

## Identity

William Sackheim

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-sackheim
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-sackheim
- **IMDb ID:** nm0755266
- **TMDB ID:** 16547
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3568926
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16547

Writer. Born 31 October 1919 in Fulton County. Died 1 December 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 October 1919, Fulton County
- **Died:** 1 December 2004
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16547

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*First Blood*](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md) (74)

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## Biography

William Sackheim was an American writer and producer. Born on 31 October 1919 in Gloversville, New York, he began his career in the 1940s writing for films and later moved into television production and screenwriting.

His credits include the story for *The Art of Love* (1965) and the screenplay for *First Blood* (1982), co-written with Michael Kozoll. As a producer he worked on *The In-Laws* (1979), *The Competition* (1980) and numerous television films and series, including *Gidget* and *The Flying Nun*. He won two Primetime Emmy Awards, for an episode of *The Alcoa/Goodyear Theatre* (1959) and the television film *The Law* (1975).

Sackheim died on 1 December 2004 in Beverly Hills, California.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *First Blood* (1982), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *White Sands* (1992), Producer
- *The Hard Way* (1991), Producer
- *Pacific Heights* (1990), Producer
- *Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Gideon Oliver* (1989), series, Producer
- *No Small Affair* (1984), Producer
- *The Survivors* (1983), Producer
- *First Blood* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)
- *The Competition* (1980), Story, Producer
- *The In-Laws* (1979), Producer
- *Once an Eagle* (1976), series, Producer
- *Delvecchio* (1976), series, Producer
- *Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence* (1976), Producer
- *The Law* (1974), Story, Producer
- *The Harness* (1971), Producer
- *The Impatient Heart* (1971), Producer
- *The Neon Ceiling* (1971), Producer
- *Mean Justice* (1971), Producer
- *A Clear and Present Danger* (1970), Producer
- *Dial Hot Line* (1970), Producer
- *Night Gallery* (1969), Producer
- *Deadlock* (1969), Producer, Story
- *The Art of Love* (1965), Story
- *Massacre at Sand Creek* (1956), Writer, Producer
- *Chicago Syndicate* (1955), Story
- *The Human Jungle* (1954), Story, Screenplay
- *Tanganyika* (1954), Screenplay
- *Border River* (1954), Screenplay
- *Forbidden* (1953), Screenplay, Story
- *Column South* (1953), Screenplay, Story
- *Man in the Dark* (1953), Adaptation
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Writer
- *Paula* (1952), Writer
- *Purple Heart Diary* (1951), Screenplay
- *Reunion in Reno* (1951), Short Story
- *A Yank in Korea* (1951), Writer
- *Revenue Agent* (1950), Writer
- *Barricade* (1950), Screenplay
- *One Last Fling* (1949), Screenplay
- *Homicide* (1949), Writer
- *Smart Girls Don't Talk* (1948), Screenplay
- *My Dog Rusty* (1948), Story
- *The Return of Rusty* (1946), Screenplay
- *Let's Go Steady* (1945), Story

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