William Castle

DirectorActorProducerWriterProduction Apr 25 (died age 63) New York City, New York, USA 1940–2021 (81 year career)

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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

Film

Rosemary's Baby

Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

Film

The Lady from Shanghai

Associate Producer

Film

House on Haunted Hill

Director

Film

The Tingler

Prologue Host (uncredited)

Film

Shampoo

Sid Roth

Film

Strait-Jacket

Director

Film

The Day of the Locust

Director

Film

13 Ghosts

Himself (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (21)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007

as Self

7.8

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

2002

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

as Self (archive footage)

4.8

The Day of the Locust

as Director

Shampoo

as Sid Roth

Shanks

as Grocer

The Sex Symbol

as Jack P. Harper

Rosemary's Baby

as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

7.8

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

as Mr. Hymer (uncredited)

5.4

Let's Kill Uncle

1966

as Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)

5.5

How to Plan a Movie Murder

1964

as Self

4.0

Zotz!

1962

as Himself (prologue)

5.6

Homicidal

1961

as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)

Mr. Sardonicus

as Self (uncredited)

13 Ghosts

as Himself (uncredited)

5.7

The Tingler

1959

as Prologue Host (uncredited)

6.4

Hollywood Story

1951

as Himself (uncredited)

It's a Small World

as Cop (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry

as Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)

6.1

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940

as Policeman

The Lady in Question

1940

as Angry Juror #1 (uncredited)

6.6

Television (1)

Ghost Story

1972

as J.B. Filmore

7.1

Crew (89)

Movies (83)

Bug

Producer

Bug

Screenplay

Shanks

Director

Shanks

Executive Producer

Riot

Producer

Rosemary's Baby

Producer

Project X

Director

Project X

Producer

The Busy Body

Director

The Busy Body

Producer

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

Director

5.4

The Spirit Is Willing

Producer

Let's Kill Uncle

Director

Let's Kill Uncle

Producer

I Saw What You Did

Director

I Saw What You Did

Producer

Strait-Jacket

Director

Strait-Jacket

Producer

The Night Walker

Director

The Night Walker

Producer

The Old Dark House

Director

The Old Dark House

Producer

13 Frightened Girls

Director

13 Frightened Girls

Producer

Zotz!

Director

Zotz!

Producer

Homicidal

Director

Homicidal

Producer

Mr. Sardonicus

Director

Mr. Sardonicus

Producer

13 Ghosts

Director

13 Ghosts

Producer

House on Haunted Hill

1959

Director

6.8

House on Haunted Hill

Producer

The Tingler

Director

The Tingler

Producer

Macabre

Director

Macabre

Producer

The Houston Story

Director

Uranium Boom

Director

Duel on the Mississippi

Director

The Americano

Director

New Orleans Uncensored

1955

Director

4.5

The Gun That Won the West

1955

Director

4.7

Drums of Tahiti

1954

Director

Masterson of Kansas

Director

The Saracen Blade

Director

The Iron Glove

Director

The Law vs. Billy the Kid

1954

Director

4.0

Battle of Rogue River

1954

Director

5.7

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

1954

Director

5.5

Charge of the Lancers

Director

Fort Ti

Director

Slaves of Babylon

Director

Serpent of the Nile

Director

Conquest of Cochise

Director

The Fat Man

Director

Cave of Outlaws

Director

Hollywood Story

Director

It's a Small World

Director

It's a Small World

Writer

Undertow

Director

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Director

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Director

5.3

The Gentleman from Nowhere

1948

Director

6.0

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

Associate Producer

7.3

The Crime Doctor's Gamble

Director

Mysterious Intruder

Director

Just Before Dawn

Director

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Director

The Return of Rusty

Director

The Crime Doctor's Warning

1945

Director

5.8

Voice of the Whistler

1945

Director

5.7

Voice of the Whistler

Writer

Dillinger

Writer

The Whistler

Director

The Mark of the Whistler

Director

When Strangers Marry

Director

She's a Soldier Too

Director

The Chance of a Lifetime

Director

Klondike Kate

Director

Black Marketing

Director

North to the Klondike

1942

Story

6.8

Television (6)

Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special

Director

Ghost Story

Producer

Man with a Camera

Director

Meet McGraw

Producer

The Man Called X

Director

Science Fiction Theatre

1955

Director

6.2