William Witney

Known for: Directing
Born: May 15, 1915, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Died: March 17, 2002
Movies: 102

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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.

Best-Known Movies

6.0

Master of the World

1961

6.4

Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941

6.4

Arizona Raiders

1965

5.1

I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973

5.3

40 Guns to Apache Pass

1967

6.0

Apache Rifles

1964

4.9

Darktown Strutters

1975

6.1

Santa Fe Passage

1955

6.8

Stranger at My Door

1956

5.6

A Strange Adventure

1956

Filmography

1993	Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory	Himself
1992	Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys	Himself (archive footage)
1991	The Republic Pictures Story	Self
1982	Quell and Co.	Sheriff
1951	The Wild Blue Yonder	Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1933	Fighting With Kit Carson	Settler / Indian / Trooper

Directing, Writing & Producing

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

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