A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Bill Lester
Billy Lester
Lester Williams
Lester Wm. Berke
William A. Berke
William B. Lester
William Hall
William Lester
Wm. Berke
Wm. Hall
Birthplace:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Born:
October 3, 1903
Died:
February 15, 1958
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William A. Berke (3 October 1903 – 15 February 1958) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly 90 films between 1934 and 1958. He also produced nearly 80 films between 1933 and 1958. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article William A. Berke,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Adaptation:
1927 The Denver Dude
Associate Producer:
1927 The Denver Dude
1933 The Flaming Signal
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1940 Carolina Moon
Director:
1927 The Denver Dude
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Gun Grit
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1940 Carolina Moon
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
Executive Producer:
1927 The Denver Dude
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Gun Grit
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1940 Carolina Moon
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
Producer:
1927 The Denver Dude
1933 Corruption
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 The Last of the Clintons
1935 The Pecos Kid
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wagon Trail
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Ghost Town
1936 Gun Grit
1937 Atlantic Flight
1937 Bill Cracks Down
1937 Roaring Six Guns
1938 Call The Mesquiteers
1938 Overland Stage Raiders
1938 Pals of the Saddle
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1939 Three Texas Steers
1940 Carolina Moon
1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1946 The Falcon's Alibi
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1951 The Steel Helmet
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
Scenario Writer:
1923 Wolf Tracks
1926 Don't Shoot
1927 The Broncho Buster
1927 The Denver Dude
1933 Corruption
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 The Last of the Clintons
1935 The Pecos Kid
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wagon Trail
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Ghost Town
1936 Gun Grit
1937 Atlantic Flight
1937 Bill Cracks Down
1937 Roaring Six Guns
1938 Call The Mesquiteers
1938 Overland Stage Raiders
1938 Pals of the Saddle
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1939 Three Texas Steers
1940 Carolina Moon
1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1946 The Falcon's Alibi
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1951 The Steel Helmet
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
Screenplay:
1923 Wolf Tracks
1926 Don't Shoot
1927 A Made-To-Order Hero
1927 A One Man Game
1927 The Broncho Buster
1927 The Denver Dude
1927 The Fighting Three
1927 The Golden Stallion
1933 Corruption
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 The Last of the Clintons
1935 The Pecos Kid
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wagon Trail
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Ghost Town
1936 Gun Grit
1937 Atlantic Flight
1937 Bill Cracks Down
1937 Roaring Six Guns
1938 Call The Mesquiteers
1938 Overland Stage Raiders
1938 Pals of the Saddle
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1939 Three Texas Steers
1940 Carolina Moon
1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1946 The Falcon's Alibi
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1951 The Steel Helmet
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
Story:
1923 Wolf Tracks
1926 Don't Shoot
1927 A Made-To-Order Hero
1927 A One Man Game
1927 The Broncho Buster
1927 The Denver Dude
1927 The Fighting Three
1927 The Golden Stallion
1933 Corruption
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 The Last of the Clintons
1935 The Pecos Kid
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wagon Trail
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Ghost Town
1936 Gun Grit
1937 Atlantic Flight
1937 Bill Cracks Down
1937 Roaring Six Guns
1938 Call The Mesquiteers
1938 Overland Stage Raiders
1938 Pals of the Saddle
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1939 Three Texas Steers
1940 Carolina Moon
1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1946 The Falcon's Alibi
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1951 The Steel Helmet
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
Writer:
1922 Barb Wire
1923 Wolf Tracks
1924 Pioneer's Gold
1925 Barriers of the Law
1925 Cold Nerve
1926 Don't Shoot
1926 The Shoot 'Em Up Kid
1927 A Made-To-Order Hero
1927 A One Man Game
1927 Desert Dust
1927 Hard Fists
1927 Rough and Ready
1927 The Broncho Buster
1927 The Denver Dude
1927 The Fighting Three
1927 The Golden Stallion
1928 The Air Patrol
1928 The Cloud Dodger
1933 Corruption
1933 The Flaming Signal
1934 Crack-Up
1935 The Last of the Clintons
1935 The Pecos Kid
1935 Toll of the Desert
1935 Wagon Trail
1935 Wild Waters
1936 Desert Justice
1936 Ghost Town
1936 Gun Grit
1937 Atlantic Flight
1937 Bill Cracks Down
1937 Roaring Six Guns
1938 Call The Mesquiteers
1938 Overland Stage Raiders
1938 Pals of the Saddle
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
1939 Colorado Sunset
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 South of the Border
1939 Three Texas Steers
1940 Carolina Moon
1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 Down Rio Grande Way
1942 Lawless Plainsmen
1942 Overland to Deadwood
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Riding Through Nevada
1942 The Lone Prairie
1943 Frontier Fury
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 Law of the Northwest
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 Robin Hood of the Range
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 Silver City Raiders
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
1943 Tornado
1944 Dangerous Passage
1944 Dark Mountain
1944 Double Exposure
1944 Riding West
1944 Sailor's Holiday
1944 That's My Baby!
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 The Girl in the Case
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 The Navy Way
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Dick Tracy
1945 High Powered
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
1946 Ding Dong Williams
1946 Renegade Girl
1946 Rolling Home
1946 Sunset Pass
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1946 The Falcon's Alibi
1947 Code of the West
1947 Shoot to Kill
1948 Caged Fury
1948 Highway 13
1948 Jungle Jim
1948 Racing Luck
1948 Speed to Spare
1948 Waterfront at Midnight
1949 Arson, Inc.
1949 Deputy Marshal
1949 Sky Liner
1949 The Lost Tribe
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 Zamba
1950 Border Rangers
1950 Captive Girl
1950 Gunfire
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 Mark of the Gorilla
1950 On the Isle of Samoa
1950 Operation Haylift
1950 Pygmy Island
1950 The Bandit Queen
1950 Train To Tombstone
1951 Danger Zone
1951 FBI Girl
1951 Fury of the Congo
1951 Pier 23
1951 Roaring City
1951 Savage Drums
1951 Smuggler's Gold
1951 The Steel Helmet
1952 The Jungle
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 Valley of Head Hunters
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
1957 Street of Sinners
1958 Cop Hater
1958 Island Women
1958 The Lost Missile
1958 The Mugger
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