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William Castle

Directing
Known For

63 Years Old

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

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 25th April 1914

Died

1st June 1977

All Credits

Ghost Story Image
Ghost Story
J.B. Filmore
Zotz! Image
Zotz!
Himself (prologue)
The Tingler Image
The Tingler
Prologue Host (uncredited)
Rosemary's Baby Image
Rosemary's Baby
Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
Let's Kill Uncle Image
Let's Kill Uncle
Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)
Mr. Sardonicus Image
Mr. Sardonicus
Self (uncredited)
Shanks Image
Shanks
Grocer
13 Ghosts Image
13 Ghosts
Himself (uncredited)
Shampoo Image
Shampoo
Sid Roth
Homicidal Image
Homicidal
Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)
The Day of the Locust Image
The Day of the Locust
Director
Hollywood Story Image
Hollywood Story
Himself (uncredited)
The Sex Symbol Image
The Sex Symbol
Jack P. Harper
The Lady in Question Image
The Lady in Question
Angry Juror #1 (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast Image
He Stayed for Breakfast
Policeman
The Spirit Is Willing Image
The Spirit Is Willing
Mr. Hymer (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry Image
When Strangers Marry
Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)
Hollywood Rated 'R' Image
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self (archive footage)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' Image
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story Image
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
It's a Small World Image
It's a Small World
Cop (uncredited)
How to Plan a Movie Murder Image
How to Plan a Movie Murder
Self