As Actor, As Director
Quell and Co.
1982
5.0
William Witney
Acting
Birth Date
May 15, 1915
Place of Birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Date of Death
March 17, 2002
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, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley.[1] Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982. Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle.[2] Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Witney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Complete Filmography
As Director
Darktown Strutters
1975
4.7
As Director
40 Guns to Apache Pass
1967
4.9
As Director
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966
6.8
As Director
Arizona Raiders
1965
6.4
As Director
The Girls on the Beach
1965
4.0
As Director
Apache Rifles
1964
5.7
As Director
The Cat Burglar
1961
5.5
As Director
Master of the World
1961
5.9
As Director
The Long Rope
1961
5.8
As Director
Paratroop Command
1959
5.4
As Director
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958
4.6
As Director
A Strange Adventure
1956
5.3
As Director
Headline Hunters
1955
4.0
As Director
Santa Fe Passage
1955
5.9
As Director
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
6.0
As Director
Iron Mountain Trail
1953
6.0
As Director
Old Overland Trail
1953
6.0
As Director
Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
5.0
As Director
Colorado Sundown
1952
3.3