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William Witney

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
6

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 15, 1915 (111 years old)

Place of Birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

William Witney

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.

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Known For

Directing

1982Quell and Co....Director
1978Western von gestern...Director
1975Darktown Strutters...Director
1974Kodiak...Director
1974The Cowboys...Director
1973I Escaped from Devil's Island...Director
1967The High Chaparral...Director
1967Hondo...Director
1967Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion...Director
196740 Guns to Apache Pass...Director
1966Tarzan...Director
1966Dr. Satan's Robot...Director
1966Spy Smasher Returns...Director
1966Bonanza: Ride the Wind...Director
1965The Wild Wild West...Director
1965Laredo...Director
1965Arizona Raiders...Director
1965The Girls on the Beach...Director
1965Branded...Director
1964Apache Rifles...Director
1964Daniel Boone...Director
1964Marnie...Second Unit Director
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour...Director
1962The Wide Country...Director
1962The Virginian...Director
1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation...Second Unit Director
1961Frontier Circus...Director
1961The Cat Burglar...Director
1961Master of the World...Director
1961The Long Rope...Director
1960The Secret of the Purple Reef...Director
1960The Tall Man...Director
1960Coronado 9...Director
1960Valley of the Redwoods...Director
1960Overland Trail...Director
1959Laramie...Director
1959Riverboat...Director
1959Bonanza...Director
1959Paratroop Command...Director
1958Frontier Doctor...Director
1958The Bonnie Parker Story...Director
1958Young and Wild...Director
1958Juvenile Jungle...Director
1958The Cool and the Crazy...Director
1958Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer...Director
1957Panama Sal...Director
1957Zorro...Director
1956State Trooper...Director
1956Dr. Fu Manchu...Director
1956A Strange Adventure...Director
1956Stranger at My Door...Director
1955The Fighting Chance...Director
1955Headline Hunters...Director
1955City of Shadows...Director
1955Santa Fe Passage...Director
1954The Outcast...Director
1954Stories of the Century...Director
1953Shadows of Tombstone...Director
1953Down Laredo Way...Director
1953Iron Mountain Trail...Director
1953Old Overland Trail...Director
1952South Pacific Trail...Director
1952The WAC from Walla Walla...Director
1952Old Oklahoma Plains...Director
1952Border Saddlemates...Director
1952The Last Musketeer...Director
1952Colorado Sundown...Director
1951Pals of the Golden West...Director
1951South of Caliente...Director
1951In Old Amarillo...Director
1951Heart of the Rockies...Director
1951Spoilers of the Plains...Director
1950Trail of Robin Hood...Director
1950North of the Great Divide...Director
1950Sunset in the West...Director
1950Trigger, Jr....Director
1950Twilight in the Sierras...Director
1950Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras...Director
1950Bells of Coronado...Director
1949The Golden Stallion...Director
1949Down Dakota Way...Director
1949Susanna Pass...Director
1948The Far Frontier...Director
1948Grand Canyon Trail...Director
1948Night Time in Nevada...Director
1948Eyes of Texas...Director
1948Under California Stars...Director
1948The Gay Ranchero...Director
1947On the Old Spanish Trail...Director
1947Springtime in the Sierras...Director
1947Bells of San Angelo...Director
1947Apache Rose...Director
1946Heldorado...Director
1946The Crimson Ghost...Director
1946Home in Oklahoma...Director
1946Roll on Texas Moon...Director
1943Drums of Fu Manchu...Director
1943G-men vs. the Black Dragon...Director
1942Outlaws of Pine Ridge...Director
1942King of the Mounties...Director
1942Perils of Nyoka...Director
1942Spy Smasher...Director
1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc....Director
1941King of the Texas Rangers...Director
1941Jungle Girl...Director
1941Adventures of Captain Marvel...Director
1940Mysterious Doctor Satan...Director
1940Heroes of the Saddle...Director
1940King of the Royal Mounted...Director
1940Adventures of Red Ryder...Director
1940Hi-Yo Silver...Director
1940Drums of Fu Manchu...Director
1939Zorro's Fighting Legion...Director
1939Dick Tracy's G-Men...Director
1939Daredevils of the Red Circle...Director
1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again...Director
1938Hawk of the Wilderness...Director
1938Dick Tracy Returns...Director
1938The Fighting Devil Dogs...Director
1938The Lone Ranger...Director
1937Zorro Rides Again...Director
1937The Trigger Trio...Director
1937SOS Coast Guard...Director
1937The Painted Stallion...Director

Writing

1974Kodiak...Writer
1935The Singing Vagabond...Story

Editing

1937Dick Tracy...Editor

Acting

1993Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factoryas Himself
1992Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboysas Himself (archive footage)
1991The Republic Pictures Storyas Self
1982Quell and Co.as Sheriff
1951The Wild Blue Yonderas Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1933Fighting With Kit Carsonas Settler / Indian / Trooper