William Witney
Directing

William Witney

Born 15 May 1915 · Lawton, Oklahoma, USA · Died 17 March 2002

​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 his 20s, and continued until 1982.

Known for

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