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Director, Producer Born: April 24, 1914 in New York City, NY Death: May 31, 1977 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:New York-born "William Castle" was known to some as one of the movies' great schlockmeisters, but his films are also among the most beloved "B"-pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and he did produce one unabashed classic, "Rosemary's Baby". Starting out as an actor on stage, he got to Hollywood in the late 1930s and became a director in 1943. He made numerous low budget pictures, most notably as part of the "Whistler and Crime Doctor" series, but it was as an independent producer during the late 1950s that "Castle" made his mark. Recognizing the growing enthusiasm for shock thrillers and horror films, he devised various exploitation campaigns to go with his films--thus, a good haunted-house chiller like "The House On Haunted Hill" was marketed around a new process called "Emergo," which consisted of a luminous skeleton swung out over the audience during scenes involving a disembodied skeleton's... Full Biography
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