William 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
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Movies (44)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2007
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Bug
Screenplay (Writing)
1975
The Day of the Locust
as Director
1975
Shampoo
as Sid Roth
1975
Shanks
as Grocer
1974
The Sex Symbol
as Jack P. Harper
1974
Riot
Producer (Production)
1969
Rosemary's Baby
as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
1968
Project X
Director (Directing)
1968
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mr. Hymer (uncredited)
1967
The Busy Body
Director (Directing)
1967
Let's Kill Uncle
as Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)
1966
I Saw What You Did
Director (Directing)
1965
The Night Walker
Producer (Production)
1964
Strait-Jacket
Producer (Production)
1964
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
1964
The Old Dark House
Producer (Production)
1963
13 Frightened Girls
Director (Directing)
1963
Zotz!
as Himself (prologue)
1962
Mr. Sardonicus
as Self (uncredited)
1961
Homicidal
as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)
1961
13 Ghosts
as Himself (uncredited)
1960
The Tingler
as Prologue Host (uncredited)
1959
House on Haunted Hill
Director (Directing)
1959
Macabre
Director (Directing)
1958
Uranium Boom
Director (Directing)
1956
The Houston Story
Director (Directing)
1956
Duel on the Mississippi
Director (Directing)
1955
The Gun That Won the West
Director (Directing)
1955
New Orleans Uncensored
Director (Directing)
1955
The Americano
Director (Directing)
1955
Masterson of Kansas
Director (Directing)
1954
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Director (Directing)
1954
Battle of Rogue River
Director (Directing)
1954
The Saracen Blade
Director (Directing)
1954
Drums of Tahiti
Director (Directing)
1954
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Director (Directing)
1954
The Iron Glove
Director (Directing)
1954
Charge of the Lancers
Director (Directing)
1954
Slaves of Babylon
Director (Directing)
1953
Conquest of Cochise
Director (Directing)
1953
Serpent of the Nile
Director (Directing)
1953
