William Castle

William Castle () adalah aktor, sutradara, penulis skenario, dan produser film berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat.

Menjadi yatim piatu sejak umur 11 tahun, Castle putus sekolah pada usia 15 tahun, untuk bekerja di teater. Dia mendatangi Columbia Pictures untuk mengikuti promosi talent, dan dia diterima. Dia mempelajari pembuatan film dan menjadi sutradara.

Filmografi

Sebagai sutradara 

 Coney Island (1939 documentary short)
 Black Marketing (1942 documentary short)
 Klondike Kate (1943)
 The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
 The Whistler (1944)
 She's a Soldier Too (1944)
 When Strangers Marry (1944)
 The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
 Voice of the Whistler (1945)
 Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
 Just Before Dawn (1946)
 Mysterious Intruder (1946)
 The Return of Rusty (1946)
 Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
 Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
 Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (1948)
 The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
 Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
 Undertow (1949)
 It's a Small World (1950)
 The Fat Man (1951)
 Hollywood Story (1951)
 Cave of Outlaws (1951)
 Fort Ti (3-D) (1953)
 Serpent of the Nile (1953)
 Conquest of Cochise (1953)
 Slaves of Babylon (1953)
 Masterson of Kansas (1954)
 Charge of the Lancers (1954)
 The Battle of Rogue River (1954)
 The Iron Glove (1954)
 Jesse James vs. the Daltons (3-D) (1954)
 Drums of Tahiti (3-D) (1954)
 The Saracen Blade (1954)
 The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954)
 The Americano (1955)
 New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
 The Gun That Won the West (1955)
 Duel on the Mississippi (1955)
 The Houston Story (1956)
 Uranium Boom (1956)
 Macabre (1958)
 House on Haunted Hill (1959)
 The Tingler (1959)
 13 Ghosts (1960)
 Homicidal (1961)
 Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
 Zotz! (1962)
 13 Frightened Girls (1963)
 The Old Dark House (1963)
 Strait-Jacket (1964)
 The Night Walker (1964)
 I Saw What You Did (1965)
 Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
 The Busy Body (1967)
 The Spirit Is Willing (1967)
 Project X (1968)
 Shanks (1974)

Sebagai produser 

 The Lady From Shanghai (1947, associate producer)
 Macabre (1958)
 House on Haunted Hill (1959)
 The Tingler (1959)
 13 Ghosts (1960)
 Homicidal (1961)
 Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
 Zotz! (1962)
 13 Frightened Girls (1963)
 The Old Dark House (1963)
 Strait-Jacket (1964)
 The Night Walker (1964)
 I Saw What You Did (1965)
 Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
 The Busy Body (1967)
 The Spirit Is Willing (1967)
 Project X (1968)
 Rosemary's Baby (1968)
 Riot (1969)
 Shanks (1974)
 Bug (1975)

Sebagai penulis skenario 
 North to the Klondike (1942, story)
 Dillinger (1945, uncredited)
 Voice of the Whistler (1945)
 The Lady From Shanghai (1947, uncredited)
 It's a Small World (1950)
 The Plot Thickens (1963 TV movie)
 Bug (1975)

Sebagai aktor 

 When Love Is Young (1937, uncredited)
 It Could Happen to You! (1937, uncredited)
 The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937, uncredited)
 The Lady in Question (1940, uncredited)
 He Stayed for Breakfast (1944, uncredited)
 When Strangers Marry (1944, uncredited)
 It's a Small World (1950, uncredited)
 The Tingler (1959, uncredited)
 A Christmas Festival (1959 TV movie, uncredited)
 Let's Kill Uncle (1966, uncredited)
 The Spirit Is Willing (1967, uncredited)
 Rosemary's Baby (1968, uncredited)
 The Sex Symbol (1974 TV movie)
 Shanks (1974)
 Shampoo (1975)
 Bug (1975, uncredited)
 The Day of the Locust (1975)

Referensi 

 Castle, William, with introduction by John Waters (1976, republished 1992, republished 2010). Step Right Up! I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Movie Mogul. New York, Putnam. ISBN 0-88687-657-5 (Pharos edition 1992). ISBN 978-0-578-06682-0 (William Castle Productions 2010).
 Castle, William and Joseph, Robert, with introduction by Orson Welles (1945). Hero's Oak. New York, The Reader's Press.
 Waters, John (1983). Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Chapter 2, "Whatever Happened to Showmanship?", was originally published in American Film December 1983 in a slightly different form.
 Castle, William (2011). "From the Grave: The Prayer". William Castle Productions. ISBN 0-615-50757-3.
 Documentary. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) Director: Jeffrey Schwarz

Pranala luar 

 
 "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story" Official Site 
 
 
 Film Forum's WILLIAM CASTLE Series screening of many of his films with the gimmicks 
 

Pemeran film Amerika Serikat
Pemeran televisi laki-laki Amerika Serikat
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Jewish American male actors
People from Beverly Hills, California
20th-century American businesspeople
Penulis skenario Amerika Serikat abad ke-20
Penulis laki-laki Amerika Serikat abad ke-20
Produser televisi dari New York City
Penulis skenario dari California
Sutradara film dari California
Produser film dari Utah
Pemeran laki-laki Amerika Serikat abad ke-20
Pemeran laki-laki dari Kota New York
Sutradara film Horor
Penulis skenario laki-laki Amerika Serikat
Produser televisi dari California
Sutradara televisi Amerika Serikat
Pemeran film laki-laki Amerika Serikat
Produser film dari California
Produser film horor