William Dodson Broyles Jr. (born October 8, 1944) is an American screenwriter, who has worked on the television series *China Beach*, and the films *Apollo 13*, *Cast Away*, *Entrapment*, *Planet of the Apes*, *Unfaithful*, *The Polar Express*, and *Jarhead*. He also assisted in the screenplay of *Saving Private Ryan*. **Source**: [William Broyles Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Broyles_Jr.) on Wikipedia.