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William Castle (1914-1977)

Alias:
Bill Castle
Billy Castle
William C. Castle
William Schloss

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
April 25, 1914

Died:
June 1, 1977

Biography from TheMovieDB

William Castle  (April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Castle was known for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Castle began directing films in the early 1940s, and later television, before moving on to the "gimmick films".  Description above from the Wikipedia article William Castle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Film Production

Additional Writing:
1947  The Lady from Shanghai

Associate Producer:
1947  The Lady from Shanghai

Director:
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1974  Shanks

Executive Producer:
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1974  Shanks

Producer:
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1968  Rosemary's Baby
1969  Riot
1974  Shanks
1975  Bug

Screenplay:
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1968  Rosemary's Baby
1969  Riot
1974  Shanks
1975  Bug

Second Unit Director:
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1968  Rosemary's Baby
1969  Riot
1974  Shanks
1975  Bug

Story:
1942  North to the Klondike
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1968  Rosemary's Baby
1969  Riot
1974  Shanks
1975  Bug

Writer:
1942  North to the Klondike
1943  Black Marketing
1943  Klondike Kate
1943  The Chance of a Lifetime
1944  She's a Soldier Too
1944  The Mark of the Whistler
1944  The Whistler
1944  When Strangers Marry
1945  Dillinger
1945  The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945  Voice of the Whistler
1946  Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946  Just Before Dawn
1946  Mysterious Intruder
1946  The Return of Rusty
1947  The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1948  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948  The Gentleman from Nowhere
1949  Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949  Undertow
1950  It's a Small World
1951  Cave of Outlaws
1951  Hollywood Story
1951  The Fat Man
1953  Conquest of Cochise
1953  Fort Ti
1953  Serpent of the Nile
1953  Slaves of Babylon
1954  Battle of Rogue River
1954  Charge of the Lancers
1954  Drums of Tahiti
1954  Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954  Masterson of Kansas
1954  The Iron Glove
1954  The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954  The Saracen Blade
1955  Duel on the Mississippi
1955  New Orleans Uncensored
1955  The Americano
1955  The Gun That Won the West
1956  The Houston Story
1956  Uranium Boom
1958  Macabre
1959  House on Haunted Hill
1959  The Tingler
1960  13 Ghosts
1961  Homicidal
1961  Mr. Sardonicus
1962  Zotz!
1963  13 Frightened Girls
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  Strait-Jacket
1964  The Night Walker
1965  I Saw What You Did
1966  Let's Kill Uncle
1967  The Busy Body
1967  The Spirit Is Willing
1968  Project X
1968  Rosemary's Baby
1969  Riot
1974  Shanks
1975  Bug

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Creator:
1972  Ghost Story

Director:
1955  Science Fiction Theatre
1956  The Man Called X
1958  Man with a Camera
1972  Ghost Story
2021  Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special

Producer:
1955  Science Fiction Theatre
1956  The Man Called X
1957  Meet McGraw
1958  Man with a Camera
1972  Ghost Story
2021  Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special

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