William Castle

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William Castle

Directing April 25, 1914

New York City, New York, USA

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 wer…

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Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

7.8 1968 Movie
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

7.3 1947 Movie
House on Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill

6.7 1959 Movie
Shampoo

Shampoo

6.1 1975 Movie
The Tingler

The Tingler

6.4 1959 Movie
13 Ghosts

13 Ghosts

5.8 1960 Movie
Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

6.6 1964 Movie
The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

6.4 1975 Movie
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

7.4 1972 TV Show
Bug

Bug

5.3 1975 Movie
Homicidal

Homicidal

6.4 1961 Movie
Mr. Sardonicus

Mr. Sardonicus

6.3 1961 Movie

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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

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special

    TV show Director

  2. 2011
    Larger Than Life: The Making of "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story"

    Movie Self (archive)

  3. 2007
    Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

    Movie Self (archive)

  4. 2002
    Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2002
    Taking the Punishment Poll

    Movie Self (archive)

  6. 2002
    Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"

    Movie Self (archive)

  7. 1999
    Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'

    Movie Self (archive)

  8. 1997
    Hollywood Rated 'R'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 1975
    Bug

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1975
    The Day of the Locust

    Movie Director

  11. 1975
    Shampoo

    Movie Sid Roth

  12. 1974
    Shanks

    Movie Grocer

  13. 1974
    The Sex Symbol

    Movie Jack P. Harper

  14. 1972
    Ghost Story

    TV show J.B. Filmore

  15. 1969
    Riot

    Movie Producer

  16. 1968
    Rosemary's Baby

    Movie Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1968
    Project X

    Movie Director

  2. 1967
    The Spirit Is Willing

    Movie Mr. Hymer

  3. 1967
    The Busy Body

    Movie Director

  4. 1966
    Let's Kill Uncle

    Movie Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)

  5. 1965
    I Saw What You Did

    Movie Director

  6. 1964
    The Night Walker

    Movie Producer

  7. 1964
    Strait-Jacket

    Movie Producer

  8. 1964
    How to Plan a Movie Murder

    Movie Self

  9. 1963
    The Old Dark House

    Movie Producer

  10. 1963
    13 Frightened Girls

    Movie Director

  11. 1962
    Zotz!

    Movie William Castle (uncredited)

  12. 1961
    Mr. Sardonicus

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  13. 1961
    Homicidal

    Movie Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)

  14. 1960
    13 Ghosts

    Movie William Castle (uncredited)

  15. 1959
    The Tingler

    Movie Prologue Host (uncredited)

  16. 1959
    House on Haunted Hill

    Movie Director

  17. 1958
    Man with a Camera

    TV show Director

  18. 1958
    Macabre

    Movie Director

  19. 1957
    Meet McGraw

    TV show Producer

  20. 1956
    Uranium Boom

    Movie Director

  21. 1956
    The Houston Story

    Movie Director

  22. 1956
    The Man Called X

    TV show Director

  23. 1955
    Duel on the Mississippi

    Movie Director

  24. 1955
    The Gun That Won the West

    Movie Director