William Castle
- Directing
- April 25, 1914 · New York City, New York, USA
- June 1, 1977
Biography
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
Known for
Filmography
- Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special · Director
- Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story" · Self
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story · Self
- Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' · Self
- Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal" · Self
- Taking the Punishment Poll · Self
- Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' · Self
- Hollywood Rated 'R' · Self
- Bug · Screenplay, Producer
- The Day of the Locust · Director
- Shampoo · Sid Roth
- Shanks · Grocer, Executive producer
- The Sex Symbol · Jack P. Harper
- Ghost Story · J.B. Filmore, Producer
- Riot · Producer
- Rosemary's Baby · Phone Booth Man (uncredited), Producer
- Project X · Director, Producer
- The Spirit Is Willing · Mr. Hymer, Producer
- The Busy Body · Director, Producer
- Let's Kill Uncle · Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited), Director
- I Saw What You Did · Director, Producer
- The Night Walker · Producer, Director
- Strait-Jacket · Producer, Director
- How to Plan a Movie Murder · Self
- The Old Dark House · Producer, Director
- 13 Frightened Girls · Director, Producer
- Zotz! · William Castle (uncredited), Director
- Mr. Sardonicus · Self, Producer
- Homicidal · Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited), Director
- 13 Ghosts · William Castle (uncredited), Director
- The Tingler · Prologue Host (uncredited), Producer
- House on Haunted Hill · Director, Producer
- Man with a Camera · Director
- Macabre · Director, Producer
- Meet McGraw · Producer
- Uranium Boom · Director
- The Houston Story · Director
- The Man Called X · Director
- Duel on the Mississippi · Director
- The Gun That Won the West · Director
- Science Fiction Theatre · Director
- New Orleans Uncensored · Director
- The Americano · Director
- Masterson of Kansas · Director
- The Law vs. Billy the Kid · Director
- Battle of Rogue River · Director
- The Saracen Blade · Director
- Drums of Tahiti · Director
- Jesse James vs. the Daltons · Director
- The Iron Glove · Director
- Charge of the Lancers · Director
- Slaves of Babylon · Director
- Conquest of Cochise · Director
- Serpent of the Nile · Director
- Fort Ti · Director
- Cave of Outlaws · Director
- Hollywood Story · Self, Director
- The Fat Man · Director
- It's a Small World · Cop (uncredited), Director
- Undertow · Director
- Johnny Stool Pigeon · Director
- The Gentleman from Nowhere · Director
- Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven · Director
- The Lady from Shanghai · Associate Producer
- The Crime Doctor's Gamble · Director
- Crime Doctor's Man Hunt · Director
- The Return of Rusty · Director
- Mysterious Intruder · Director
- Just Before Dawn · Director
- Voice of the Whistler · Director, Writer
- The Crime Doctor's Warning · Director
- Dillinger · Writer
- The Mark of the Whistler · Director
- When Strangers Marry · Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited), Director
- She's a Soldier Too · Director
- The Whistler · Director
- Klondike Kate · Director
- The Chance of a Lifetime · Director
- Black Marketing · Director
- North to the Klondike · Story