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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

112

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-04-25

Day of Death

1977-06-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Schloss

Billy Castle

Bill Castle

William C. Castle

William Castle

Biography

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

Acting

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

The Spirit Is Willing

as

Mr. Hymer (uncredited)

Let's Kill Uncle

1966

Let's Kill Uncle

as

Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

Hollywood Rated 'R'

as

Self (archive footage)

Homicidal

1961

Homicidal

as

Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)

Shanks

1974

Shanks

as

Grocer

The Lady in Question

1940

The Lady in Question

as

Angry Juror #1 (uncredited)

The Sex Symbol

1974

The Sex Symbol

as

Jack P. Harper

It's a Small World

1950

It's a Small World

as

Cop (uncredited)

The Tingler

1959

The Tingler

as

Prologue Host (uncredited)

13 Ghosts

1960

13 Ghosts

as

Himself (uncredited)

Shampoo

1975

Shampoo

as

Sid Roth

Zotz!

1962

Zotz!

as

Himself (prologue)

The Day of the Locust

1975

The Day of the Locust

as

Director

Hollywood Story

1951

Hollywood Story

as

Himself (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry

1944

When Strangers Marry

as

Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)

Rosemary's Baby

1968

Rosemary's Baby

as

Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

2002

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

as

Self (archive footage)

Mr. Sardonicus

1961

Mr. Sardonicus

as

Self (uncredited)

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

as

J.B. Filmore

Production

Crew

Directing