Directing · b. 1915 · Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

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 pu...

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