William Castle

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film director film producer human screenwriter

William Castle was an American film director and producer best known for his low-budget horror movies and inventive, gimmick-driven promotional stunts in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Label	Occurrences
William Castle canonical	9

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1930s ⓘ
basedOnPun	changed surname from Schloss (German for castle) to Castle ⓘ
birthName	William Schloss Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
child	Terry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1914-04-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1977-05-31 ⓘ
employer	Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Schloss NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasAutobiography	Step Right Up! I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off America NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	William Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	gimmick-driven film promotion ⓘ low-budget horror films ⓘ
notableWork	13 Ghosts NERFINISHED ⓘ Homicidal NERFINISHED ⓘ House on Haunted Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Sardonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary's Baby NERFINISHED ⓘ Strait-Jacket NERFINISHED ⓘ The Night Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tingler NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
pseudonym	William Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork	producer of Rosemary's Baby ⓘ
spouse	Ellen Falck NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedPromotionalGimmick	Emergo NERFINISHED ⓘ Fright break ⓘ Illusion-O NERFINISHED ⓘ Percepto NERFINISHED ⓘ Punishment poll ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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The Busy Body → director → William Castle ⓘ

The Busy Body → producer → William Castle ⓘ

Rosemary's Baby → producer → William Castle ⓘ

The Lady from Shanghai → producer → William Castle ⓘ

Slaves of Babylon → director → William Castle ⓘ

Slaves of Babylon → partOfFilmographyOf → William Castle ⓘ

13 Ghosts → director → William Castle ⓘ

13 Ghosts → producer → William Castle ⓘ

San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → William Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: San Fernando Mission Cemetery