William Dodson "Bill" 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. He was married to the actress
Linda Purl from 1988–92. Thereafter, he married Andrea Berndt and had two daughters with her.