Name
William Witney
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1915-05-15
Deathday
2002-03-17 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
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
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A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace....
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Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists...
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A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been...
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Notorious outlaw Clay Anderson and gang rob the town bank and flee in separate directions....
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A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclo...
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A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through I...
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Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be dep...
- 1933 Fighting With Kit Carson as Settler / Indian / Trooper
- 1951 The Wild Blue Yonder as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
- 1991 The Republic Pictures Story as Self
- 1982 Quell and Co. as Sheriff
- 1992 Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys as Himself (archive footage)
- 1993 Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory as Himself
