William Castle
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
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1914-04-25 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 1977-06-01
Known for
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) — Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) — Associate Producer
- House on Haunted Hill (1959) — Director
- Shampoo (1975) — Sid Roth
- The Tingler (1959) — Prologue Host (uncredited)
- 13 Ghosts (1960) — William Castle (uncredited)
- Strait-Jacket (1964) — Producer
- The Day of the Locust (1975) — Director
- Bug (1975) — Screenplay
- Homicidal (1961) — Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)
- Mr. Sardonicus (1961) — Self (uncredited)
- I Saw What You Did (1965) — Director
- The Old Dark House (1963) — Producer
- The Night Walker (1964) — Producer
- Macabre (1958) — Director
- Dillinger (1945) — Writer