Edward Bunker
Edward Heward Bunker (born December 31, 1933 in Hollywood , California - † July 19, 2005 in Burbank , California) was an American writer and actor.
Life
Bunker came into conflict with the law as a child and was sentenced to prison several times as a teenager. At 18 he got ten years in prison and ended up in San Quentin , but was released on parole after four and a half years. After further offenses, he was again sentenced to 14 years, seven of which he served - again in San Quentin. He began to write while in prison, but his first novel was not published until 1973 after he had been convicted and released several times.
In the mid-1970s, Hollywood discovered the qualities of bunker; Dustin Hoffman produced and starred in Straight Time ( Straight Time ), the film adaptation of No Beast so Fierce wherein Bunker also took a first small role. Since 1978 he worked regularly as a screenwriter and actor. For example, he played Mr. Blue in Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs and the inmate Jonah in Express to Hell , whose script he played a major role. His books and film scripts are largely based on his own experiences in prison. For his autobiography Mr Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade , he received the prestigious Dagger Award for crime literature (non-fiction) in 2000.
Edward Bunker died in 2005 of complications from an operation.
Works
Novels
- 1973 No Beast So Fierce
- Wilder than ein Tier, German by Ulrich Wünsch, Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt 1995. ISBN 3-499-43152-1
- 1977 The Animal Factory
- Place of damnation, German by Michael K. Georgi, Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt 1996. ISBN 3-499-43248-X
- 1996 Dog Eat Dog
- The last coup, German by Uschi Gnade, Munich: Heyne 2002. ISBN 3-453-19920-0
- 1997 Little Boy Blue
- 2007 strong
- Lock call of the night, German by Jürgen Bürger, Munich: Liebeskind 2009. ISBN 978-3-935890-61-8
- 2010 Death Row Breakout and other stories
Autobiographical
- 1999 Mr Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade (published in 2001 in the USA under Education of a Felon: A Memoir )
Scripts
- 1978 Straight Time ( Straight Time ) - Director: Ulu Grosbard , Dustin Hoffman
- 1985 Runaway Train ( Express to Hell ) - Director: Andrej Konchalovsky
- 2000 Animal Factory (Revenge of a Convict) - Director: Steve Buscemi
Movies
- 1978: hour of probation (straight time)
- 1980: The Long Riders
- 1985: Express to Hell (Runaway Train)
- 1986: Cold Hell (Slow Burn) - Director: Matthew Chapman
- 1987: Running Man
- 1987: Shy People - Threatening Silence (Shy people)
- 1987: Black Scorpion (Fear) - Director: Robert A. Ferretti
- 1988: Night of Decision - Miracle Mile (Miracle Mile)
- 1989: Tango and Cash (Tango & Cash)
- 1989: Karate Tiger IV - Best of the Best (Best of the Best) - Director: Robert Radler
- 1989: The Sunset Killer (Relentless) - Director: William Lustig
- 1990: Hunter (TV Series) - Episode: Where Echoes End - Director: Walter Brough
- 1992: Reservoir Dogs (Reservoir Dogs)
- 1993: Best of the Best - Der Unbesiegbaren (Best of the Best 2) - Director: Robert Radler
- 1993: Evil Shadows (Love, Cheat & Steal)
- 1993: Distant Cousins - Directed by Andrew Lane
- 1994: Somebody to Love - directed by Alexandre Rockwell
- 1995: Fallen Angels (TV series) Episode: Love and Blood - Director: Kiefer Sutherland
- 1996: Chameleon (Caméléone) - Director: Benoît Cohen
- 1998: Shadrach - The Homecoming of the Stranger (Shadrach) - Director: Susann Styron
- 2000: Animal Factory - Revenge of a convicted person (Animal Factory) - Director: Steve Buscemi
- 2001: Family Secrets - Directed by Sally Champlin
- 2002: 13 Moons - Director: Alexandre Rockwell
- 2005: Game Without Rules (The Longest Yard)
- 2005: Champion - Director: Joe Eckardt
- 2005: High Hopes (Nice Guys) - Director: Joe Eckardt
Web links
- Literature by and about Edward Bunker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Edward Bunker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait in CULTurMAG by Frank Göhre
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scott Wilson: Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7 ( google.de [accessed June 11, 2020]).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bunker, Edward |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bunker, Edward Heward (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollywood , Los Angeles , California |
DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 2005 |
Place of death | Burbank , California |