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William Castle

William Castle

Directing Born Apr 25, 1914 -- Died Jun 01, 1977 · New York City, New York, USA

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

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Rosemary's Baby
7.8
movie
Rosemary's Baby
as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
1968
The Lady from Shanghai
7.3
movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Associate Producer
1947
House on Haunted Hill
6.8
movie
House on Haunted Hill
Director
1959
Shampoo
6.0
movie
Shampoo
as Sid Roth
1975
The Tingler
6.4
movie
The Tingler
as Prologue Host (uncredited)
1959
13 Ghosts
5.8
movie
13 Ghosts
as Himself (uncredited)
1960
Strait-Jacket
6.5
movie
Strait-Jacket
Director
1964
The Day of the Locust
6.4
movie
The Day of the Locust
as Director
1975
Bug
5.2
movie
Bug
Screenplay
1975
Homicidal
6.4
movie
Homicidal
as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)
1961
Mr. Sardonicus
6.3
movie
Mr. Sardonicus
as Self (uncredited)
1961
I Saw What You Did
6.2
movie
I Saw What You Did
Director
1965