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William Witney

William Witney

Director · Born 1915-05-15 · Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

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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, 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

Directed

  1. Bonanza (1959) — Director
  2. Zorro (1957) — Director
  3. Master of the World (1961) — Director
  4. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Director
  5. The Wild Wild West (1965) — Director
  6. The Virginian (1962) — Director
  7. Daniel Boone (1964) — Director
  8. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) — Director
  9. Arizona Raiders (1965) — Director
  10. The High Chaparral (1967) — Director
  11. I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) — Director
  12. Tarzan (1966) — Director
  13. 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967) — Director
  14. Apache Rifles (1964) — Director
  15. Darktown Strutters (1975) — Director
  16. Laramie (1959) — Director
  17. Branded (1965) — Director
  18. Santa Fe Passage (1955) — Director
  19. Laredo (1965) — Director
  20. Stranger at My Door (1956) — Director
  21. The Crimson Ghost (1946) — Director
  22. Under California Stars (1948) — Director
  23. A Strange Adventure (1956) — Director
  24. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) — Director
  25. City of Shadows (1955) — Director
  26. Bells of San Angelo (1947) — Director
  27. The Cat Burglar (1961) — Director
  28. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) — Director
  29. Heldorado (1946) — Director
  30. SOS Coast Guard (1937) — Director
  31. Trigger, Jr. (1950) — Director
  32. Home in Oklahoma (1946) — Director
  33. Paratroop Command (1959) — Director
  34. The Girls on the Beach (1965) — Director
  35. The Cool and the Crazy (1958) — Director
  36. The Outcast (1954) — Director
  37. Sunset in the West (1950) — Director
  38. Spy Smasher (1942) — Director
  39. The Tall Man (1960) — Director
  40. Hondo (1967) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Quell and Co. (1982) — Sheriff
  2. Fighting With Kit Carson (1933) — Settler / Indian / Trooper
  3. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) — Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
  4. Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992) — Himself (archive footage)
  5. The Republic Pictures Story (1991) — Self
  6. Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993) — Himself