William Witney
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-05-15 (87 years old)
Deathday
2002-03-17
Place of Birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
William Whitney
William N. Witney
William Witney
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 hi...
Acting
1933
as Settler / Indian / Trooper
1951
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1991
as Self
1982
as Sheriff
1992
as Himself (archive footage)
Production
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as Director
1943
as Director
1967
as Director
1939
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1940
as Director
1958
as Director
1966
as Director
1958
as Director
1967
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1955
as Director
1948
as Director
1947
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1946
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1946
as Director
1946
as Director
1973
as Director
1961
as Director
1975
as Director
1961
as Director
1955
as Director
1955
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1949
as Director
1959
as Director
1950
as Director
1949
as Director
1965
as Director
1948
as Director
1952
as Director
1937
as Director
1939
as Director
1951
as Director
1952
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1949
as Director
1964
as Director
1956
as Director
1965
as Director
1948
as Director
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as Director
1953
as Director
1952
as Director
1958
as Director
1956
as Director
1937
as Director
1982
as Director
1953
as Director
1937
as Director
1950
as Director
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as Director
1947
as Director
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as Director
1937
as Director
1950
as Director
1958
as Director
1940
as Director
1950
as Director
1946
as Director
1952
as Director
1950
as Director
1938
as Director
1939
as Director
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as Director
1942
as Director
1953
as Director
1947
as Director
1941
as Director
1950
as Director
1960
as Director
1940
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Director
1941
as Director
1960
as Director
1952
as Director
1942
as Director
1951
as Director
1943
as Director
1939
as Director
1940
as Director
1948
as Director
1951
as Director
1947
as Director
1951
as Director
1961
as Director
1935
as Story
1951
as Director
1957
as Director
1941
as Director
1940
as Director
1948
as Director
1942
as Director
1942
as Director
1966
as Director
1964
as Second Unit Director
1955
as Director
1962
as Second Unit Director
1950
as Director
1941
as Director
1966
as Director
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