William Witney

ActorDirectorWriterDirectingEditor May 15 (died age 86) Lawton, Oklahoma, USA 1933–1992 (59 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu. He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, wh…

Known For

Film

Marnie

Second Unit Director

Film

Bonanza

Director

Film

Zorro

Director

Film

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Director

Film

The Wild Wild West

Director

Film

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Second Unit Director

Film

Master of the World

Director

Film

Daniel Boone

Director

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

1992

as Himself (archive footage)

The Republic Pictures Story

1991

as Self

Quell and Co.

1982

as Sheriff

5.0

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951

as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

6.0

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

as Settler / Indian / Trooper

6.0

Crew (127)

Movies (100)

Quell and Co.

Director

Darktown Strutters

Director

I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973

Director

4.8

40 Guns to Apache Pass

1967

Director

4.9

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

1967

Director

5.0

Dr. Satan's Robot

1966

Director

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

Director

Spy Smasher Returns

Director

The Girls on the Beach

Director

Arizona Raiders

Director

Marnie

Second Unit Director

Apache Rifles

Director

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Second Unit Director

The Cat Burglar

Director

The Long Rope

Director

Master of the World

Director

The Secret of the Purple Reef

1960

Director

2.5

Valley of the Redwoods

Director

Paratroop Command

Director

The Bonnie Parker Story

Director

Young and Wild

Director

Juvenile Jungle

Director

The Cool and the Crazy

1958

Director

5.1

Panama Sal

1957

Director

A Strange Adventure

Director

Stranger at My Door

Director

Headline Hunters

Director

City of Shadows

Director

Santa Fe Passage

Director

The Fighting Chance

Director

The Outcast

Director

Down Laredo Way

Director

Iron Mountain Trail

Director

Old Overland Trail

Director

Shadows of Tombstone

Director

The Last Musketeer

Director

South Pacific Trail

1952

Director

Colorado Sundown

Director

Border Saddlemates

Director

Old Oklahoma Plains

Director

The WAC from Walla Walla

1952

Director

Spoilers of the Plains

1951

Director

6.0

Pals of the Golden West

1951

Director

Heart of the Rockies

Director

In Old Amarillo

Director

South of Caliente

Director

North of the Great Divide

1950

Director

Twilight in the Sierras

1950

Director

5.5

Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras

1950

Director

Sunset in the West

Director

Trail of Robin Hood

Director

Bells of Coronado

Director

Trigger, Jr.

Director

Down Dakota Way

Director

Susanna Pass

Director

The Golden Stallion

Director

Night Time in Nevada

Director

The Far Frontier

Director

Under California Stars

Director

Eyes of Texas

Director

The Gay Ranchero

Director

Grand Canyon Trail

Director

Apache Rose

Director

Springtime in the Sierras

Director

Bells of San Angelo

Director

On the Old Spanish Trail

Director

Home in Oklahoma

Director

Heldorado

Director

The Crimson Ghost

Director

Roll on Texas Moon

Director

Drums of Fu Manchu

Director

G-men vs. the Black Dragon

1943

Director

5.0

Perils of Nyoka

1942

Director

Spy Smasher

1942

Director

6.0

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

1942

Director

King of the Mounties

1942

Director

Jungle Girl

1941

Director

6.2

Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941

Director

6.3

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941

Director

5.7

King of the Texas Rangers

1941

Director

6.0

Mysterious Doctor Satan

Director

Hi-Yo Silver

Director

King of the Royal Mounted

Director

Drums of Fu Manchu

Director

Adventures of Red Ryder

1940

Director

5.5

Heroes of the Saddle

1940

Director

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Director

Dick Tracy's G-Men

Director

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939

Director

5.2

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939

Director

6.0

Hawk of the Wilderness

Director

Dick Tracy Returns

Director

The Fighting Devil Dogs

Director

The Lone Ranger

Director

Dick Tracy

Editor

Zorro Rides Again

Director

The Painted Stallion

Director

SOS Coast Guard

Director

The Trigger Trio

Director

The Singing Vagabond

Story

Television (27)

Western von gestern

Director

Kodiak

Director

Kodiak

Writer

The Cowboys

Director

The High Chaparral

Director

Hondo

Director

Tarzan

Director

The Wild Wild West

Director

Laredo

Director

Branded

Director

Daniel Boone

Director

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Director

The Virginian

Director

The Wide Country

Director

Frontier Circus

Director

The Tall Man

Director

Coronado 9

Director

Overland Trail

Director

Bonanza

Director

Laramie

Director

Riverboat

Director

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Director

Frontier Doctor

Director

Zorro

Director

State Trooper

Director

Dr. Fu Manchu

Director

Stories of the Century

1954

Director

6.8