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 (film)|Klondike Kate]]* (1943)
* *[[The Chance of a Lifetime]]* (1943)
* *[[The Whistler (1944)|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 film)|Just Before Dawn]]* (1946)
* *[[Mysterious Intruder]]* (1946)
* *[[Rusty (film series)|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 film)|Undertow]]* (1949)
* *[[It's a Small World (1950 film)|It's a Small World]]* (1950)
* *[[The Fat Man (film)|The Fat Man]]* (1951)
* *[[Hollywood Story]]* (1951)
* *[[Cave of Outlaws]]* (1951)
* *[[Fort Ti]]* *(3-D)* (1953)
* *[[Serpent of the Nile (film)|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 (1954)|Drums of Tahiti]]* *[[3-D film|(3-D)]]* (1954)
* *[[The Saracen Blade]]* (1954)
* *[[The Law vs. Billy the Kid]]* (1954)
* *[[The Americano (1955 film)|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 film)|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 film)|The Old Dark House]]* (1963)
* *[[Strait-Jacket]]* (1964)
* *[[The Night Walker (film)|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 film)|Project X]]* (1968)
* *[[Shanks (film)|Shanks]]* (1974)

### Sebagai produser

* *[[The Lady From Shanghai]]* (1947, associate producer)
* *[[Macabre (1958 film)|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 film)|The Old Dark House]]* (1963)
* *[[Strait-Jacket]]* (1964)
* *[[The Night Walker (film)|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 film)|Project X]]* (1968)
* *[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]* (1968)
* *[[Riot (1969 film)|Riot]]* (1969)
* *[[Shanks (film)|Shanks]]* (1974)
* *[[Bug (1975 film)|Bug]]* (1975)

### Sebagai penulis skenario
* *[[North to the Klondike]]* (1942, story)
* *[[Dillinger (1945 film)|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 film)|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 (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]* (1968, uncredited)
* *The Sex Symbol* (1974 TV movie)
* *[[Shanks (film)|Shanks]]* (1974)
* *[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]* (1975)
* *[[Bug (1975 film)|Bug]]* (1975, uncredited)
* *[[The Day of the Locust (film)|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

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