Menu

Known For

Terry Southern is known for:

  • Easy Rider
    A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
  • Casino Royale
    Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Related Actors

These actors are frequently suggested for roles along with Terry Southern.

Top Casting Suggestions

Terry Southern has been suggested to play 5 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.

Biography

Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the 1960s and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Southern, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.