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William Witney (1915–2002)

Director | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Actor

Born in Oklahoma in 1915, Witney broke into the business in 1933, working at Mascot, the leading producer of low-budget serials. After Mascot and other small companies merged in 1935 to form Republic, Witney graduated to director (at 21, he was Hollywood's youngest). Witney teamed with director John English on many of the era's best serials... See full bio »

Born:

William Nuelsen Witney
in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Jackson, California, USA
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1982 Quell and Co.
 
1975 Darktown Strutters
 
1974 Kodiak (TV series)
– Death Chase (1974)
 
1974 The Cowboys (TV series)
– Requiem for a Lost Son (1974)
– The Indian Givers (1974)
– The Accused (1974)
– Many a Good Horse Died (1974)
– Death on a Fast Horse (1974)
 
1973 I Escaped from Devil's Island
 
1962-1969 The Virginian (TV series)
– Incident at Diablo Crossing (1969)
– Beloved Outlaw (1966)
– Old Cowboy (1965)
– A Man of the People (1964)
– Big Image... Little Man (1964)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1967-1968 The High Chaparral (TV series)
– The Deceivers (1968)
– The Stallion (1968)
– Survival (1968)
– The Firing Wall (1967)
 
1967-1968 Tarzan (TV series)
– Rendezvous for Revenge (1968)
– King of the Dwsari (1968)
– The Fanatics (1967)
– The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 2 (1967)
– The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 1 (1967)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
– Hondo and the Death Drive (1967)
– Hondo and the Apache Kid (1967)
– Hondo and the Singing Wire (1967)
 
1961-1967 Bonanza (TV series)
– The Sure Thing (1967)
– Sense of Duty (1967)
– Tommy (1966)
– The Pursued: Part 2 (1966)
– The Pursued: Part 1 (1966)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1967 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
 
1967 40 Guns to Apache Pass
 
1966-1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
– The Fallow Land (1967)
– The Williamsburg Cannon: Part 2 (1967)
– The Williamsburg Cannon: Part 1 (1967)
– River Passage (1966)
 
1966-1967 Laredo (TV series)
– Walk Softly (1967)
– Hey Diddle Diddle (1967)
– One Too Many Voices (1966)
– A Taste of Money (1966)
– Sound of Terror (1966)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1966 Branded (TV series)
– The Assassins: Part 2 (1966)
– The Assassins: Part 1 (1966)
– The Ghost of Murietta (1966)
– McCord's Way (1966)
 
1966 Spy Smasher Returns (TV movie)
 
1966 Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates (TV movie)
 
1966 Lost Island of Kioga (TV movie)
 
1966 Dr. Satan's Robot (TV movie)
 
1966 Cyclotrode 'X' (TV movie)
 
1965 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
– The Night of Sudden Death (1965)
– The Night of the Deadly Bed (1965)
 
1965 Arizona Raiders
 
1965 The Girls on the Beach (as William N. Witney)
 
1959-1965 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Jarbo Pierce Story (1965)
– The Bleecker Story (1963)
– The Robert Harrison Clarke Story (1963)
– The Fort Pierce Story (1963)
– The Jim Whitlow Story (1963)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 Apache Rifles (as William H. Witney)
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
– Deputy for a Day (1964)
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– Final Escape (1964)
 
1963 Laramie (TV series)
– The Marshals (1963)
– Broken Honor (1963)
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
– Step Over the Sky (1963)
 
1961-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
– Vignette of a Sinner (1962)
– The Wayfarers (1962)
– The Gold Witch (1962)
– Who Lives by the Gun (1962)
– Winter Storm (1962)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1961-1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
– Coals of Fire (1962)
– Patriarch of Purgatory (1961)
– Lippizan (1961)
– Depths of Fear (1961)
 
1961 The Cat Burglar (as William N. Witney)
 
1961 Master of the World
 
1960-1961 Coronado 9 (TV series)
– Gone Goose (1961)
– But the Patient Died (1961)
– The Day Ramon Fell (1961)
– Three's a Shroud (1961)
– Hunt Breakfast (1961)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1961 The Tall Man (TV series)
– Millionaire McBean (1961)
– Hard Justice (1961)
– Rovin' Gambler (1961)
– Dark Moment (1961)
 
1961 The Long Rope
 
1960 The Secret of the Purple Reef
 
1958-1960 Zorro (TV series)
– Adios, El Cuchillo (1960)
– El Bandido (1960)
– Spark of Revenge (1959)
– The Iron Box (1959)
– The Runaways (1959)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Zorro: Adios El Cuchillo (1960)
– Zorro: El Bandido (1960)
 
1959-1960 Riverboat (TV series)
– River Champion (1960)
– The Night of the Faceless Men (1960)
– Three Graves (1960)
– The Wichita Arrows (1960)
– The Treasure of Hawk Hill (1960)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
– Most Dangerous Gentleman (1960)
– The Reckoning (1960)
– Sour Annie (1960)
 
1960 Valley of the Redwoods
 
1960 M Squad (TV series)
– The Velvet Stakeout (1960)
 
1959 Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Siamese Twinge (1959)
– Doll Trouble (1959)
– Bride and Doom (1959)
– Curtains for an Angel (1959)
– Evidence on the Record (1959)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1958-1959 Frontier Doctor (TV series)
– Man to Man (1959)
– Flaming Gold (1959)
– The Counterfeiters (1959)
– The Confidence Gang (1959)
– Strange Cargo (1959)
See all 37 episodes »
 
1959 State Trooper (TV series)
– Love on the Rocks (1959)
– So Early in the Mourning (1959)
– The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1959)
– While Jerome Burned (1959)
– Pistols for Two (1959)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1959 Rescue 8 (TV series)
– Nine Minutes to Live (1959) (as William N. Witney)
– International Incident (1959) (as William N. Witney)
– Initiation to Danger (1959) (as William N. Witney)
 
1959 Sky King (TV series)
– Dead Giveaway (1959)
– A Mickey for Sky (1959)
– Operation Urgent aka Runaway Truck (1959)
– Frogmen (1959)
 
1959 Paratroop Command
 
1959 Lassie (TV series)
– Tartan Queen (1959)
 
1959 Zorro Rides Again (archive footage)
 
1958 The Bonnie Parker Story
 
1958 Young and Wild
 
1958 Juvenile Jungle
 
1958 The Cool and the Crazy
 
1958 Special Agent 7 (TV series)
 
1957 Panama Sal
 
1956 The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV series)
– The Assassins of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
– The Satellites of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
– The Master Plan of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
– The Counterfeiters of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
– The Death Ships of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1956 A Strange Adventure
 
1956 Stranger at My Door
 
1955 The Fighting Chance
 
1955 Headline Hunters
 
1955 City of Shadows
 
1955 Santa Fe Passage
 
1954-1955 Stories of the Century (TV series)
– Kate Bender (1955)
– Tom Bell (1955)
– Apache Kid (1955)
– Burt Alvord (1955)
– Clay Allison (1954)
See all 30 episodes »
 
1954 The Outcast
 
1953 Shadows of Tombstone
 
1953 Down Laredo Way
 
1953 Iron Mountain Trail
 
1953 Old Overland Trail
 
1952 South Pacific Trail
 
1952 The WAC from Walla Walla
 
1952 Old Oklahoma Plains
 
1952 Border Saddlemates
 
1952 The Last Musketeer
 
1952 Colorado Sundown
 
1951 Pals of the Golden West
 
1951 South of Caliente
 
1951 In Old Amarillo
 
1951 Heart of the Rockies
 
1951 Spoilers of the Plains
 
1950 Trail of Robin Hood
 
1950 North of the Great Divide
 
1950 Sunset in the West
 
1950 Trigger, Jr.
 
1950 Twilight in the Sierras
 
1950 Land of Opportunity: Tillers of the Soil (documentary short)
 
1950 Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras (documentary short)
 
1950 Bells of Coronado
 
1949 Land of Opportunity: The Sponge Diver (documentary short)
 
1949 The Golden Stallion
 
1949 Land of Opportunity: The American Rodeo (documentary short)
 
1949 Down Dakota Way
 
1949 Susanna Pass
 
1948 The Far Frontier
 
1948 Grand Canyon Trail (as William Whitney)
 
1948 Night Time in Nevada
 
1948 Eyes of Texas (as William Whitney)
 
1948 Under California Stars
 
1948 The Gay Ranchero
 
1947 On the Old Spanish Trail
 
1947 Springtime in the Sierras
 
1947 Bells of San Angelo
 
1947 Apache Rose
 
1946 Heldorado
 
1946 The Crimson Ghost
 
1946 Home in Oklahoma
 
1946 Roll on Texas Moon
 
1943 Drums of Fu Manchu
 
1943 The Fighting Devil Dogs (archive footage)
 
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon
 
1942 Outlaws of Pine Ridge
 
1942 King of the Mounties
 
1942 Perils of Nyoka
 
1942 The Yukon Patrol
 
1942 SOS Coast Guard (archive footage)
 
1942 The Girl from Alaska (uncredited)
 
1942 Spy Smasher
 
1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
 
1941 King of the Texas Rangers
 
1941 Jungle Girl
 
1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
 
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan
 
1940 King of the Royal Mounted
 
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder
 
1940 Hi-Yo Silver (archive footage)
 
1940 Drums of Fu Manchu
 
1940 Heroes of the Saddle
 
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion
 
1939 Dick Tracy's G-Men
 
1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle
 
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
 
1938 Hawk of the Wilderness
 
1938 Dick Tracy Returns
 
1938 The Fighting Devil Dogs
 
1938 The Lone Ranger
 
1938 The Painted Stallion (archive footage)
 
1937 Zorro Rides Again
 
1937 The Trigger Trio
 
1937 SOS Coast Guard
 
1937 The Painted Stallion
 
1964 Marnie (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (second unit director)
 
1955 The Last Command (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1940 Men with Steel Faces (assistant director)
 
1937/I Dick Tracy (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming (assistant director: second unit - uncredited)
 
1935 The Phantom Empire (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1934 The Law of the Wild (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1982 Quell and Co.
Sheriff (as W.B. Whitney)
 
1951 The Wild Blue Yonder
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
 
1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming
Cossack (uncredited)
 
1933 Fighting with Kit Carson
Settler/Indian/Trooper (uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditor (4 titles)
1960 The Tall Man (TV series)
 
1937/II Dick Tracy (archive footage)
 
1937/I Dick Tracy (as Bill Witney)
 
1936 Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
1943 Drums of Fu Manchu (director: archive footage)
 
1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming (script clerk - uncredited)
 
1936 Red River Valley (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
1936 Darkest Africa (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1974 The Cowboys (TV series)
– The Indian Givers (1974) (writer)
 
1935 The Singing Vagabond (story - uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
1935 The Miracle Rider (assistant editor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1993 Cliffhangers! Adventures from the Thrill Factory (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The Republic Pictures Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Quote:

[on what it took to become a director] Good headlights on your car, because you come to work in the dark and go home in the dark, and a good bladder, because you don't have time to go potty. See more »

Trivia:

When work on Republic Pictures' The Painted Stallion fell far behind schedule because of incessant rainfall and director Ray Taylor's alcoholism, Republic fired Taylor and the youthful Witney was given his first directing job. See more »

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