Portrait of William Castle

William Castle

Directing

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

Born: April 25, 1914

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2002
1997
Hollywood Rated 'R'

as Self (archive footage)

1975
1975
Shampoo

as Sid Roth

1974
Shanks

as Grocer

1974
The Sex Symbol

as Jack P. Harper

1972
Ghost Story

as J.B. Filmore

1968
Rosemary's Baby

as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

1967
The Spirit Is Willing

as Mr. Hymer (uncredited)

1966
Let's Kill Uncle

as Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)

1962
Zotz!

as Himself (prologue)

1961
Mr. Sardonicus

as Self (uncredited)

1961
Homicidal

as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)

1960
13 Ghosts

as Himself (uncredited)

1959
The Tingler

as Prologue Host (uncredited)

1951
Hollywood Story

as Himself (uncredited)

1950
It's a Small World

as Cop (uncredited)

1944
When Strangers Marry

as Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)

1940
1940
The Lady in Question

as Angry Juror #1 (uncredited)