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William Witney
Catalogued films 98Director 97Actor 1
William Nuelsen Witney (May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the action films he made for Republic Pictures, particularly serials: Dick Tracy Returns, G-Men vs. the Black Dragon, Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion, and Drums of Fu Manchu. Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued working until 1982.
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Quell and Co.
Darktown Strutters
I Escaped from Devil's Island
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Arizona Raiders
The Girls on the Beach
Apache Rifles
The Cat Burglar
Master of the World
The Long Rope
The Secret of the Purple Reef
Valley of the Redwoods
Paratroop Command
Zorro Rides Again
Juvenile Jungle
Young and Wild
The Cool and the Crazy
The Bonnie Parker Story
Panama Sal
A Strange Adventure
Stranger at My Door
The Fighting Chance
Headline Hunters
City of Shadows
Santa Fe Passage
The Outcast
Shadows of Tombstone
Down Laredo Way
Iron Mountain Trail
Old Overland Trail
South Pacific Trail
The WAC from Walla Walla
Border Saddlemates
The Last Musketeer
Colorado Sundown
Old Oklahoma Plains
Pals of the Golden West
South of Caliente
Heart of the Rockies
In Old Amarillo
Spoilers of the Plains
Sunset in the West
Bells of Coronado
North of the Great Divide
Trail of Robin Hood
Trigger, Jr.
Twilight in the Sierras
Susanna Pass
The Golden Stallion
Down Dakota Way
Grand Canyon Trail
Under California Stars
The Far Frontier
Eyes of Texas
The Gay Ranchero
Nighttime in Nevada
Springtime in the Sierras
Bells of San Angelo
Apache Rose
On the Old Spanish Trail
The Crimson Ghost
Roll on Texas Moon
Heldorado
Home in Oklahoma
G-men vs. the Black Dragon
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Drums of Fu Manchu
King of the Mounties
Perils of Nyoka
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Spy Smasher
SOS Coast Guard
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Adventures of Captain Marvel
King of the Texas Rangers
Jungle Girl
Heroes of the Saddle
King of the Royal Mounted
Hi-Yo Silver
Adventures of Red Ryder
Drums of Fu Manchu
Mysterious Doctor Satan
Dick Tracy's G-Men
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Zorro's Fighting Legion
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Hawk of the Wilderness
Dick Tracy Returns
The Fighting Devil Dogs- THThe Painted Stallion
The Lone Ranger
The Painted Stallion
SOS Coast Guard
Zorro Rides Again
The Trigger Trio