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Videos (see all 8)
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) -- The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962): Season 2: Episode 18 -- An inmate involves the prison mortician in his escape plan.
Bells of Coronado (1950) -- Open-ended Trailer from Republic Pictures
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) -- The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) -- The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.

Overview

Date of Death:
17 March 2002, Jackson, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Born in Oklahoma in 1915, Witney broke into the business in 1933, working... more
Trivia:
In the closing credits to Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Quentin Tarantino pays tribute... more
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Down 6% in popularity this week. See rank & trends on IMDbPro.
Awards:
1 win more
Alternate Names:
William Whitney | Bill Witney | William N. Witney

Filmography

Director:
  1. Showdown at Eagle Gap (1982)
    ... aka Quell and Co. (USA)

  2. Darktown Strutters (1975)
    ... aka Get Down and Boogie (USA: reissue title)
  3. "Kodiak" (1974) TV series (unknown episodes)
  4. "The Cowboys" (5 episodes, 1974)
        - Requiem for a Lost Son (1974) TV episode
        - The Indian Givers (1974) TV episode
        - The Accused (1974) TV episode
        - Many a Good Horse Died (1974) TV episode
        - Death on a Fast Horse (1974) TV episode
  5. I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
    ... aka Escape de la Isla del Diablo (Mexico)

  6. "The Virginian" (10 episodes, 1962-1969)
    ... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
        - Incident at Diablo Crossing (1969) TV episode
        - Beloved Outlaw (1966) TV episode
        - Old Cowboy (1965) TV episode
        - A Man of the People (1964) TV episode
        - Big Image... Little Man (1964) TV episode
          (5 more)
  7. "The High Chaparral" (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
        - The Deceivers (1968) TV episode
        - The Stallion (1968) TV episode
        - Survival (1968) TV episode
        - The Firing Wall (1967) TV episode
  8. "Tarzan" (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
        - Rendevouz for Revenge (1968) TV episode
        - King of the Dwsari (1968) TV episode
        - The Fanatics (1967) TV episode
        - The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 2 (1967) TV episode
        - The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 1 (1967) TV episode
          (1 more)
  9. "Hondo" (3 episodes, 1967)
        - Hondo and the Death Drive (1967) TV episode
        - Hondo and the Apache Kid (1967) TV episode
        - Hondo and the Singing Wire (1967) TV episode
  10. "Bonanza" (27 episodes, 1961-1967)
    ... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Sure Thing (1967) TV episode
        - Sense of Duty (1967) TV episode
        - Tommy (1966) TV episode
        - The Pursued: Part 2 (1966) TV episode
        - The Pursued: Part 1 (1966) TV episode
          (22 more)
  11. Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)
    ... aka Tarzan and the Blue Stone of Heaven (USA)
  12. 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
  13. "Daniel Boone" (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
        - The Fallow Land (1967) TV episode
        - The Williamsburg Cannon: Part 2 (1967) TV episode
        - The Williamsburg Cannon: Part 1 (1967) TV episode
        - River Passage (1966) TV episode
  14. "Laredo" (7 episodes, 1966-1967)
        - Walk Softly (1967) TV episode
        - Hey Diddle Diddle (1967) TV episode
        - One Two Many Voices (1966) TV episode
        - A Taste of Money (1966) TV episode
        - The Sound of Terror (1966) TV episode
          (2 more)
  15. "Branded" (4 episodes, 1966)
        - The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) TV episode
        - The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) TV episode
        - The Ghost of Murietta (1966) TV episode
        - McCord's Way (1966) TV episode
  16. Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates (1966) (TV)
  17. Spy Smasher Returns (1966) (TV)
  18. Dr. Satan's Robot (1966) (TV)
  19. Cyclotrode 'X' (1966) (TV)
  20. Lost Island of Kioga (1966) (TV)
  21. "The Wild Wild West" (2 episodes, 1965)
        - The Night of Sudden Death (1965) TV episode
        - The Night of the Deadly Bed (1965) TV episode
  22. Arizona Raiders (1965)
  23. The Girls on the Beach (1965) (as William N. Witney)
    ... aka Summer of '64 (USA: reissue title)
  24. "Wagon Train" (6 episodes, 1959-1965)
    ... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
        - The Jarbo Pierce Story (1965) TV episode
        - The Bleeker Story (1963) TV episode
        - The Robert Harrison Clarke Story (1963) TV episode
        - The Fort Pierce Story (1963) TV episode
        - The Jim Whitlow Story (1963) TV episode
          (1 more)
  25. Apache Rifles (1964)
  26. "Destry" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Deputy for a Day (1964) TV episode
  27. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Final Escape (1964) TV episode
  28. "Laramie" (3 episodes, 1960-1963)
        - The Marshals (1963) TV episode
        - Broken Honor (1963) TV episode
        - Men of Defiance (1960) TV episode
  29. "The Wide Country" (1 episode, 1963)
        - Step Over the Sky (1963) TV episode
  30. "Tales of Wells Fargo" (5 episodes, 1961-1962)
        - Vignette of a Sinner (1962) TV episode
        - The Wayfarers (1962) TV episode
        - Who Lives by the Gun (1962) TV episode
        - Winter Storm (1962) TV episode
        - That Washburn Girl (1961) TV episode
  31. "Frontier Circus" (4 episodes, 1961-1962)
        - Coals of Fire (1962) TV episode
        - The Patriarch of Purgatory (1961) TV episode
        - Lippizan (1961) TV episode
        - The Depths of Fear (1961) TV episode
  32. The Cat Burglar (1961) (as William N. Witney)
  33. Master of the World (1961)
  34. "Coronado 9" (15 episodes, 1960-1961)
        - Gone Goose (1961) TV episode
        - But the Patient Died (1961) TV episode
        - The Day Ramon Fell (1961) TV episode
        - Three's a Shroud (1961) TV episode
        - Hunt Breakfast (1961) TV episode
          (10 more)
  35. "The Tall Man" (4 episodes, 1961)
        - Millionaire McBean (1961) TV episode
        - Hard Justice (1961) TV episode
        - Rovin' Gambler (1961) TV episode
        - Dark Moment (1961) TV episode
  36. The Long Rope (1961)
  37. The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
  38. "Disneyland" (2 episodes, 1960)
    ... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
        - Zorro: Adios El Cuchillo (1960) TV episode
        - Zorro: El Bandido (1960) TV episode
  39. "Zorro" (11 episodes, 1958-1960)
        - Adios, El Cuchillo (1960) TV episode
        - El Bandido (1960) TV episode
        - Spark of Revenge (1959) TV episode
        - The Iron Box (1959) TV episode
        - The Runaways (1959) TV episode
          (6 more)
  40. "Riverboat" (8 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - River Champion (1960) TV episode
        - The Night of the Faceless Men (1960) TV episode
        - Three Graves (1960) TV episode
        - The Wichita Arrows (1960) TV episode
        - The Treasure of Hawk Hill (1960) TV episode
          (3 more)
  41. "Overland Trail" (3 episodes, 1960)
    ... aka "Overland Stage"
        - The Most Dangerous Gentleman (1960) TV episode
        - The Reckoning (1960) TV episode
        - Sour Annie (1960) TV episode
  42. Valley of the Redwoods (1960)
  43. "M Squad" (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Velvet Stakeout (1960) TV episode

  44. "Mike Hammer" (9 episodes, 1959)
    ... aka "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer" (USA: complete title)
        - Siamese Twinge (1959) TV episode
        - Doll Trouble (1959) TV episode
        - Bride and Doom (1959) TV episode
        - Curtains for an Angel (1959) TV episode
        - Evidence on the Record (1959) TV episode
          (4 more)
  45. "Frontier Doctor" (37 episodes, 1958-1959)
    ... aka "Man of the West" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Unarmed" (USA: syndication title)
        - Man to Man (1959) TV episode
        - Flaming Gold (1959) TV episode
        - The Counterfeiters (1959) TV episode
        - The Confidence Gang (1959) TV episode
        - Strange Cargo (1959) TV episode
          (32 more)
  46. "State Trooper" (6 episodes, 1959)
        - So Early in the Morning (1959) TV episode
        - While Jerome Burned (1959) TV episode
        - Pistols for Two (1959) TV episode
        - The Patient Skeleton (1959) TV episode
        - Let 'Em Eat Smoke (1959) TV episode
          (1 more)
  47. "Sky King" (4 episodes, 1959)
        - Dead Giveaway (1959) TV episode
        - A Mickey for Sky (1959) TV episode
        - Operation Urgent aka Runaway Truck (1959) TV episode
        - Frogmen (1959) TV episode
  48. Paratroop Command (1959)
  49. "Lassie" (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "Jeff's Collie" (USA)
    ... aka "Timmy and Lassie" (USA: syndication title)
        - Tartan Queen (1959) TV episode
  50. Zorro Rides Again (1959)
  51. Young and Wild (1958)
  52. Juvenile Jungle (1958)
  53. The Cool and the Crazy (1958)
  54. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
  55. "Rescue 8" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
  56. "Special Agent 7" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
  57. Panama Sal (1957)
  58. "The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu" (6 episodes, 1956)
        - The Assassins of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode
        - The Satellites of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode
        - The Master Plan of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode
        - The Counterfeiters of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode
        - The Death Ships of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode
          (1 more)
  59. A Strange Adventure (1956)
    ... aka White Nightmare (USA)
  60. Stranger at My Door (1956)
  61. The Fighting Chance (1955)
  62. Headline Hunters (1955)
  63. City of Shadows (1955)
  64. Santa Fe Passage (1955)
  65. "Stories of the Century" (30 episodes, 1954-1955)
    ... aka "The Fast Guns" (USA: reissue title)
        - Kate Bender (1955) TV episode
        - Tom Bell (1955) TV episode
        - Apache Kid (1955) TV episode
        - Burt Alvord (1955) TV episode
        - Clay Allison (1954) TV episode
          (25 more)
  66. The Outcast (1954)
    ... aka The Fortune Hunter (UK)
  67. Shadows of Tombstone (1953)
  68. Down Laredo Way (1953)
  69. Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
  70. Old Overland Trail (1953)
  71. South Pacific Trail (1952)
  72. The WAC from Walla Walla (1952)
    ... aka Army Capers (UK)
  73. Old Oklahoma Plains (1952)
  74. Border Saddlemates (1952)
  75. The Last Musketeer (1952)
  76. Colorado Sundown (1952)
  77. Pals of the Golden West (1951)
  78. South of Caliente (1951)
  79. In Old Amarillo (1951)
  80. Heart of the Rockies (1951)
  81. Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
  82. Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
  83. North of the Great Divide (1950)
  84. Sunset in the West (1950)
  85. Trigger, Jr. (1950)
  86. Twilight in the Sierras (1950)
  87. Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras (1950)
    ... aka The Mardi Gras (USA: short title)
  88. Land of Opportunity: Tillers of the Soil (1950)
    ... aka Tillers of the Soil (USA: short title)
  89. Bells of Coronado (1950)

  90. Land of Opportunity: The Sponge Diver (1949)
    ... aka The Sponge Diver (USA: short title)
  91. The Golden Stallion (1949)
  92. Land of Opportunity: The American Rodeo (1949)
    ... aka The American Rodeo (USA: short title)
  93. Down Dakota Way (1949)
  94. Susanna Pass (1949)
  95. The Far Frontier (1948)
  96. Grand Canyon Trail (1948) (as William Whitney)
  97. Night Time in Nevada (1948)
  98. Eyes of Texas (1948) (as William Whitney)
  99. Under California Stars (1948)
    ... aka Under California Skies
  100. The Gay Ranchero (1948) (as William Whitney)
  101. On the Old Spanish Trail (1947)
  102. Springtime in the Sierras (1947)
    ... aka Song of the Sierra
  103. Bells of San Angelo (1947)
  104. Apache Rose (1947)
  105. Heldorado (1946)
    ... aka Helldorado
  106. The Crimson Ghost (1946)
  107. Home in Oklahoma (1946)
  108. Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
  109. The Fighting Devil Dogs (1943) (archive footage)
    ... aka The Fighting Devil Dogs: The Feature Version (USA: informal title)
  110. G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
    ... aka Black Dragons of Manzanar (USA: recut version)
  111. Outlaws of Pine Ridge (1942)
  112. King of the Mounties (1942)
  113. Perils of Nyoka (1942)
    ... aka Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates
    ... aka Nyoka and the Tigermen (USA: reissue title)
  114. The Yukon Patrol (1942)
  115. The Girl from Alaska (1942) (uncredited)
  116. S.O.S. Coast Guard (1942)
  117. Spy Smasher (1942)
  118. Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
    ... aka Dick Tracy vs. the Phantom Empire (USA: TV title)
  119. King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
  120. Jungle Girl (1941)
    ... aka Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Girl (USA: informal alternative title)
  121. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
    ... aka Captain Marvel
    ... aka Return of Captain Marvel (USA: reissue title)
  122. Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
  123. King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
    ... aka Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted (USA: complete title)
  124. Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
  125. Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
  126. Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
    ... aka Drums of Fu Manchu: The Serial (USA: informal alternative title)
  127. Heroes of the Saddle (1940)

  128. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
  129. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
  130. Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
  131. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
  132. Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
  133. Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
  134. The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
  135. The Lone Ranger (1938)
  136. The Painted Stallion (1938)
  137. Zorro Rides Again (1937)
  138. The Trigger Trio (1937)
  139. S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937)
  140. The Painted Stallion (1937)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
  1. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) (second unit director)

  2. The Last Command (1955) (second unit director) (uncredited)
    ... aka San Antonio de Bexar (USA)

  3. Men with Steel Faces (1940) (assistant director)
    ... aka Couldn't Possibly Happen (UK)
    ... aka Radio Ranch

  4. Dick Tracy (1937/I) (second unit director) (uncredited)
  5. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) (assistant director: second unit) (uncredited)
  6. The Phantom Empire (1935) (assistant director) (uncredited)
    ... aka Gene Autry and the Phantom Empire
  7. Law of the Wild (1934) (assistant director) (uncredited)
Actor:
  1. Showdown at Eagle Gap (1982) .... Sheriff
    ... aka Quell and Co. (USA)

  2. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) .... Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
    ... aka Thunder Across the Pacific (UK)

  3. The Spider's Web (1938) (uncredited) .... Policeman
    ... aka The Spider: Master of Men
  4. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) (uncredited) .... Cossack
  5. Fighting with Kit Carson (1933) (uncredited) .... Settler/Indian/Trooper
Editor:
  1. "The Tall Man" (1960) TV series (unknown episodes)

  2. Dick Tracy (1937/II)
  3. Dick Tracy (1937/I) (as Bill Witney)
  4. Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
    ... aka S.O.S. Clipper Island (UK)
  5. The Miracle Rider (1935) (uncredited)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Drums of Fu Manchu (1943) (director: archive footage)
    ... aka Drums of Fu Manchu: The Feature Version (USA: informal alternative title)

  2. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) (script clerk) (uncredited)
  3. Red River Valley (1936) (script supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka Man of the Frontier (USA: TV title)
  4. Darkest Africa (1936) (script supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka Bat Men of Africa (USA: TV title)
    ... aka King of Jungleland (USA: reissue title)
Writer:
  1. "The Cowboys" (1 episode, 1974)
        - The Indian Givers (1974) TV episode (writer)

  2. The Singing Vagabond (1935) (story) (uncredited)
Thanks:
  1. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (dedicatee)
    ... aka Kill Bill (USA: closing credits title)
    ... aka Kill Bill 2 (USA: informal title)
    ... aka Vol. 2 (USA)

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