William Witney

William Witney

  • Birthday: 1915-05-15
  • Deathday: 2002-03-17
  • Place of birth: Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
  • Also know as: William Whitney

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Witney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

1992

As Himself (archive footage)

Showdown at Eagle Gap

1982

As Sheriff

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

As Settler / Indian / Trooper

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951

As Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Production

Drums of Fu Manchu

1943

As Director

Drums of Fu Manchu

1940

As Director

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

1967

As Director

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939

As Director

Mysterious Doctor Satan

1940

As Director

The Bonnie Parker Story

1958

As Director

City of Shadows

1955

As Director

Young and Wild

1958

As Director

40 Guns to Apache Pass

1967

As Director

Under California Stars

1948

As Director

Bells of San Angelo

1947

As Director

Home in Oklahoma

1946

As Director

Heldorado

1946

As Director

Roll on Texas Moon

1946

As Director

Master of the World

1961

As Director

Darktown Strutters

1975

As Director

The Cat Burglar

1961

As Director

Santa Fe Passage

1955

As Director

The Golden Stallion

1949

As Director

Trigger, Jr.

1950

As Director

Paratroop Command

1959

As Director

The Girls on the Beach

1965

As Director

Down Dakota Way

1949

As Director

The Far Frontier

1948

As Director

The Painted Stallion

1937

As Director

Dick Tracy's G-Men

1939

As Director

Colorado Sundown

1952

As Director

Spoilers of the Plains

1951

As Director

The WAC From Walla Walla

1952

As Director

Susanna Pass

1949

As Director

Apache Rifles

1964

As Director

Stranger at My Door

1956

As Director

Arizona Raiders

1965

As Director

The Gay Ranchero

1948

As Director

Night Time in Nevada

1948

As Director

Showdown at Eagle Gap

1982

As Director

Twilight in the Sierras

1950

As Director

Springtime in the Sierras

1947

As Director

Juvenile Jungle

1958

As Director

Trail of Robin Hood

1950

As Director

A Strange Adventure

1956

As Director

SOS Coast Guard

1937

As Director

Iron Mountain Trail

1953

As Director

The Trigger Trio

1937

As Director

Old Oklahoma Plains

1952

As Director

Shadows of Tombstone

1953

As Director

The Cool and the Crazy

1958

As Director

Old Overland Trail

1953

As Director

Zorro Rides Again

1937

As Director

The Outcast

1954

As Director

Bells of Coronado

1950

As Director

Heroes of the Saddle

1940

As Director

The Crimson Ghost

1946

As Director

Border Saddlemates

1952

As Director

Hawk of the Wilderness

1938

As Director

Spy Smasher

1942

As Director

On the Old Spanish Trail

1947

As Director

Down Laredo Way

1953

As Director

King of the Texas Rangers

1941

As Director

North of the Great Divide

1950

As Director

Adventures of Red Ryder

1940

As Director

Sunset in the West

1950

As Director

The Last Musketeer

1952

As Director

Jungle Girl

1941

As Director

Dick Tracy Returns

1938

As Director

The Fighting Devil Dogs

1938

As Director

The Lone Ranger

1938

As Director

Valley of the Redwoods

1960

As Director

South Pacific Trail

1952

As Director

Perils of Nyoka

1942

As Director

In Old Amarillo

1951

As Director

Grand Canyon Trail

1948

As Director

King of the Royal Mounted

1940

As Director

South of Caliente

1951

As Director

Apache Rose

1947

As Director

Pals of the Golden West

1951

As Director

The Long Rope

1961

As Director

Heart of the Rockies

1951

As Director

Panama Sal

1957

As Director

Hi-Yo Silver

1940

As Director

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941

As Director

Eyes of Texas

1948

As Director

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

1942

As Director

King of the Mounties

1942

As Director

Ride the Wind

1970

As Director

The Fighting Chance

1955

As Director

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962

As Second Unit Director

Headline Hunters

1955

As Director

Spy Smasher Returns

1966

As Director

The Singing Vagabond

1935

As Story

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