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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mr. Hymer
1967
Let's Kill Uncle
as Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)
1966
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Homicidal
as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)
1961
Shanks
as Grocer
1974
The Lady in Question
as Angry Juror #1 (uncredited)
1940
The Sex Symbol
as Jack P. Harper
1974
It's a Small World
as Cop (uncredited)
1950
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Policeman
1940
The Tingler
as Prologue Host (uncredited)
1959
13 Ghosts
as Himself (uncredited)
1960
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
1964
Shampoo
as Sid Roth
1975
Zotz!
as William Castle (uncredited)
1962
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2007
The Day of the Locust
as Director
1975
Hollywood Story
as Himself (uncredited)
1951
When Strangers Marry
as Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)
1944
Rosemary's Baby
as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
1968
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
