About

Known credits:
104
Birthday:
1915-05-15
Place of birth:
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
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William Witney

Overview

​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.

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Known for

Acting
1992 Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys Actor Himself (archive footage) N/A
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1991 The Republic Pictures Story Actor Self N/A
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1982 Showdown at Eagle Gap Actor Sheriff 58
Average
1951 The Wild Blue Yonder Actor Gen. Curtis E. LeMay 59
Average
1933 Fighting With Kit Carson Actor Settler / Indian / Trooper 59
Average

Directing
2022 Spy Smasher Strikes Back Directing Director 60
Fair
1982 Showdown at Eagle Gap Directing Director 58
Average
1975 Darktown Strutters Directing Director 58
Average
1973 I Escaped from Devil's Island Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion Directing Director 59
Average
1967 40 Guns to Apache Pass Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Spy Smasher Returns Directing Director 59
Average
1966 Bonanza: Ride the Wind Directing Director 58
Average
1965 Arizona Raiders Directing Director 59
Average
1965 The Girls on the Beach Directing Director 58
Average
1964 Apache Rifles Directing Director 58
Average
1964 Marnie Directing Second Unit Director 67
Fair
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1961 The Cat Burglar Directing Director 58
Average
1961 Master of the World Directing Director 58
Average
1961 The Long Rope Directing Director 58
Average
1960 The Secret of the Purple Reef Directing Director 58
Average
1960 Valley of the Redwoods Directing Director 59
Average
1959 Paratroop Command Directing Director 59
Average
1958 The Bonnie Parker Story Directing Director 58
Average
1958 Young and Wild Directing Director 58
Average
1958 Juvenile Jungle Directing Director 59
Average
1958 The Cool and the Crazy Directing Director 58
Average
1957 Panama Sal Directing Director N/A
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1956 A Strange Adventure Directing Director 58
Average
1956 Stranger at My Door Directing Director 58
Average
1955 The Fighting Chance Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Headline Hunters Directing Director 58
Average
1955 City of Shadows Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Santa Fe Passage Directing Director 58
Average
1954 The Outcast Directing Director 58
Average
1953 Shadows of Tombstone Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Down Laredo Way Directing Director N/A
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1953 Iron Mountain Trail Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Old Overland Trail Directing Director 59
Average
1952 South Pacific Trail Directing Director N/A
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1952 The WAC From Walla Walla Directing Director N/A
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1952 Old Oklahoma Plains Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Border Saddlemates Directing Director 58
Average
1952 The Last Musketeer Directing Director N/A
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1952 Colorado Sundown Directing Director 58
Average
1951 Pals of the Golden West Directing Director N/A
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1951 South of Caliente Directing Director N/A
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1951 In Old Amarillo Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Heart of the Rockies Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Spoilers of the Plains Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Trail of Robin Hood Directing Director 58
Average
1950 North of the Great Divide Directing Director N/A
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1950 Sunset in the West Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Trigger, Jr. Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Twilight in the Sierras Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras Directing Director N/A
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1950 Bells of Coronado Directing Director 59
Average
1949 The Golden Stallion Directing Director 59
Average
1949 Down Dakota Way Directing Director 59
Average
1949 Susanna Pass Directing Director 59
Average
1948 The Far Frontier Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Grand Canyon Trail Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Night Time in Nevada Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Eyes of Texas Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Under California Stars Directing Director 58
Average
1948 The Gay Ranchero Directing Director 59
Average
1947 On the Old Spanish Trail Directing Director 58
Average
1947 Springtime in the Sierras Directing Director 58
Average
1947 Bells of San Angelo Directing Director 58
Average
1947 Apache Rose Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Heldorado Directing Director 59
Average
1946 The Crimson Ghost Directing Director 58
Average
1946 Home in Oklahoma Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Roll on Texas Moon Directing Director 59
Average
1943 Drums of Fu Manchu Directing Director 58
Average
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon Directing Director 59
Average
1942 Outlaws of Pine Ridge Directing Director N/A
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1942 King of the Mounties Directing Director N/A
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1942 Perils of Nyoka Directing Director N/A
N/A
1942 Spy Smasher Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Directing Director 58
Average
1941 King of the Texas Rangers Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Jungle Girl Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Heroes of the Saddle Directing Director N/A
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1940 King of the Royal Mounted Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Hi-Yo Silver Directing Director N/A
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1940 Drums of Fu Manchu Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Dick Tracy's G-Men Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle Directing Director 59
Average
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again Directing Director 59
Average
1938 Hawk of the Wilderness Directing Director 59
Average
1938 Dick Tracy Returns Directing Director 58
Average
1938 The Fighting Devil Dogs Directing Director 59
Average
1938 The Lone Ranger Directing Director N/A
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1937 Zorro Rides Again Directing Director 59
Average
1937 The Trigger Trio Directing Director 59
Average
1937 SOS Coast Guard Directing Director 58
Average
1937 The Painted Stallion Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1935 The Singing Vagabond Writing Story 59
Average