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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-05-15 (109 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

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Bonanza

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Western von gestern

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The High Chaparral

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The Wild Wild West

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Daniel Boone

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The Tall Man

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The Virginian

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

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Zorro

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Acting

1992

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys as Himself (archive footage)

1991

The Republic Pictures Story as Self

1982

Showdown at Eagle Gap as Sheriff

1951

The Wild Blue Yonder as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

1933

Fighting With Kit Carson as Settler / Indian / Trooper

Directing

1982

Showdown at Eagle Gap as Director

1978

Western von gestern as Director

1975

Darktown Strutters as Director

1974

Kodiak as Director

The Cowboys as Director

1973

I Escaped from Devil's Island as Director

1967

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion as Director

40 Guns to Apache Pass as Director

The High Chaparral as Director

Hondo as Director

1966

Spy Smasher Returns as Director

Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Director

Dr. Satan's Robot as Director

Tarzan as Director

1965

The Girls on the Beach as Director

Arizona Raiders as Director

Laredo as Director

The Wild Wild West as Director

Branded as Director

1964

Apache Rifles as Director

Marnie as Second Unit Director

Daniel Boone as Director

1962

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Second Unit Director

The Wide Country as Director

The Virginian as Director

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Director

1961

Master of the World as Director

The Cat Burglar as Director

The Long Rope as Director

Frontier Circus as Director

1960

The Secret of the Purple Reef as Director

Valley of the Redwoods as Director

The Tall Man as Director

Overland Trail as Director

Coronado 9 as Director

1959

Paratroop Command as Director

Laramie as Director

Riverboat as Director

Bonanza as Director

1958

Young and Wild as Director

The Bonnie Parker Story as Director

The Cool and the Crazy as Director

Juvenile Jungle as Director

Frontier Doctor as Director

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Director

1957

Panama Sal as Director

Zorro as Director

1956

Stranger at My Door as Director

A Strange Adventure as Director

Dr. Fu Manchu as Director

State Trooper as Director

1955

City of Shadows as Director

Santa Fe Passage as Director

Headline Hunters as Director

The Fighting Chance as Director

1954

The Outcast as Director

Stories of the Century as Director

1953

Shadows of Tombstone as Director

Old Overland Trail as Director

Iron Mountain Trail as Director

Down Laredo Way as Director

1952

Colorado Sundown as Director

The WAC from Walla Walla as Director

Old Oklahoma Plains as Director

Border Saddlemates as Director

The Last Musketeer as Director

South Pacific Trail as Director

1951

Spoilers of the Plains as Director

In Old Amarillo as Director

South of Caliente as Director

Pals of the Golden West as Director

Heart of the Rockies as Director

1950

Trigger, Jr. as Director

Twilight in the Sierras as Director

Bells of Coronado as Director

Trail of Robin Hood as Director

Sunset in the West as Director

North of the Great Divide as Director

Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras as Director

1949

The Golden Stallion as Director

Down Dakota Way as Director

Susanna Pass as Director

1948

Under California Stars as Director

The Far Frontier as Director

The Gay Ranchero as Director

Night Time in Nevada as Director

Grand Canyon Trail as Director

Eyes of Texas as Director

1947

Bells of San Angelo as Director

Springtime in the Sierras as Director

On the Old Spanish Trail as Director

Apache Rose as Director

1946

Home in Oklahoma as Director

Heldorado as Director

Roll on Texas Moon as Director

The Crimson Ghost as Director

1943

Drums of Fu Manchu as Director

G-men vs. the Black Dragon as Director

1942

Spy Smasher as Director

Perils of Nyoka as Director

Outlaws of Pine Ridge as Director

King of the Mounties as Director

1941

King of the Texas Rangers as Director

Jungle Girl as Director

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Director

Adventures of Captain Marvel as Director

Jungle Girl as Director

1940

Drums of Fu Manchu as Director

Mysterious Doctor Satan as Director

Heroes of the Saddle as Director

Adventures of Red Ryder as Director

King of the Royal Mounted as Director

Hi-Yo Silver as Director

1939

Zorro's Fighting Legion as Director

Dick Tracy's G-Men as Director

Daredevils of the Red Circle as Director

The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Director

1938

Hawk of the Wilderness as Director

Dick Tracy Returns as Director

The Fighting Devil Dogs as Director

The Lone Ranger as Director

1937

The Painted Stallion as Director

SOS Coast Guard as Director

Zorro Rides Again as Director

The Trigger Trio as Director

Writing

1974

Kodiak as Writer

1935

The Singing Vagabond as Story