William Castle

Personal Info

Birthday

April 25, 1914

Day of Death

1977-06-01

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Schloss

Billy Castle

Bill Castle

William C. Castle

William Castle

Biography

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

Known For

Ghost Story

Rosemary's Baby

Shampoo

The Tingler

The Day of the Locust

The Sex Symbol

Shanks

The Lady in Question

Filmography

2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2002
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Day of the Locust
as Director
Shampoo
as Sid Roth
1974
Shanks
as Grocer
The Sex Symbol
as Jack P. Harper
1968
Rosemary's Baby
as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
1967
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mr. Hymer (uncredited)
1966
Let's Kill Uncle
as Russell Harrison (in car wreck) (uncredited)
1964
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
1962
Zotz!
as Himself (prologue)
1961
Mr. Sardonicus
as Self (uncredited)
Homicidal
as Self, Prologue Host (Uncredited)
1960
13 Ghosts
as Himself (uncredited)
1959
The Tingler
as Prologue Host (uncredited)
1951
Hollywood Story
as Himself (uncredited)
1950
It's a Small World
as Cop (uncredited)
1944
When Strangers Marry
as Man in Photograph Given to Police (uncredited)
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Policeman
The Lady in Question
as Angry Juror #1 (uncredited)