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