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William Castle

Directing

Born April 25, 1914 · New York City, New York, USA

Died June 1, 1977

Also known as William Schloss · Billy Castle · Bill Castle

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

Filmography27 titles

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007as Self (archive)

Rosemary's Baby

1968as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

The Lady from Shanghai

1947Associate Producer

The Busy Body

1967Director, Producer

House on Haunted Hill

1959Director, Producer

Strait-Jacket

1964Director, Producer

The Day of the Locust

1975as Director

Homicidal

1961as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)

The Tingler

1959as Prologue Host (uncredited)

Mr. Sardonicus

1961as Self (uncredited)

Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949Director

I Saw What You Did

1965Director, Producer

When Strangers Marry

1944as Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)

Shampoo

1975as Sid Roth

Macabre

1958Director, Producer

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

1954Director

Dillinger

1945Writer

13 Ghosts

1960as Himself (uncredited)

It's a Small World

1950as Cop (uncredited)

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948Director

Project X

1968Director, Producer

The Spirit Is Willing

1967as Mr. Hymer

Man with a Camera

Director

Cave of Outlaws

1951Director

Bug

1975Producer, Screenplay

Conquest of Cochise

1953Director

Shanks

1974as Grocer