William Marchant (playwright)

William Marchant (May 1, 1923 – November 5, 1995]]) was a playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the play The Desk Set, which served as the basis for the 1957 Walter Lang movie Desk Set.

Marchant was a resident of the Actor's Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey at the time of his death. He had earlier lived in the Stanton section of Readington Township, New Jersey, in a home owned by Broadway actress Dorothy Stickney.