William Berke

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 129

Gender Male

Birthday October 3, 1903

Day of Death February 15, 1958 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Lester Wm. Berke
William A. Berke
Wm. Berke
William Hall
Wm. Hall
Billy Lester
Bill Lester
William B. Lester
William Lester
Lester Williams

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William Berke

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William A. Berke (3 October 1903 – 15 February 1958) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly 90 films between 1934 and 1958. He also produced nearly 80 films between 1933 and 1958.

He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.

Description above from the Wikipedia article William A. Berke,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.

Description above from the Wikipedia article William A. Berke,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Directing

1958		The Lost Missile … Director
1958		The Mugger … Director
1958		Cop Hater … Director
1958		Island Women … Director

1957		Street of Sinners … Director
1957		Four Boys and a Gun … Director

1953		Valley of Head Hunters … Director
1953		The Marshal's Daughter … Director

1952

… Director

1951		FBI Girl … Director
1951		Savage Drums … Director
1951		Pier 23 … Director
1951		Smuggler's Gold … Director
1951		Roaring City … Director
1951		Danger Zone … Director
1951		Fury of the Congo … Director

1950		The Bandit Queen … Director
1950		Pygmy Island … Director
1950		Border Rangers … Director
1950		Train To Tombstone … Director
1950		Gunfire … Director
1950		On the Isle of Samoa … Director
1950		I Shot Billy the Kid … Director
1950		Captive Girl … Director
1950		Operation Haylift … Director
1950		Mark of the Gorilla … Director

1949		Deputy Marshal … Director
1949		Zamba … Director
1949		Treasure of Monte Cristo … Director
1949		Sky Liner … Director
1949		Arson, Inc. … Director
1949		The Lost Tribe … Director

1948		Highway 13 … Director
1948		Jungle Jim … Director
1948		Racing Luck … Director
1948		Waterfront at Midnight … Director
1948		Speed to Spare … Director
1948		Caged Fury … Director

1947		Shoot to Kill … Director
1947		Code of the West … Director

1946		Renegade Girl … Director
1946		The Falcon's Adventure … Director
1946		Rolling Home … Director
1946		Sunset Pass … Director
1946		Ding Dong Williams … Director

1945		Dick Tracy … Director
1945		Why Girls Leave Home … Director
1945		Betrayal from the East … Director
1945		High Powered … Director

1944		Dangerous Passage … Director
1944		Double Exposure … Director
1944		That's My Baby! … Director
1944		Dark Mountain … Director
1944		The Falcon in Mexico … Director
1944		The Last Horseman … Director
1944		Riding West … Director
1944		Wyoming Hurricane … Director
1944		The Girl in the Case … Director
1944		The Navy Way … Director
1944		Sailor's Holiday … Director

1943		The Vigilantes Ride … Director
1943		Minesweeper … Director
1943		Silver City Raiders … Director
1943		Hail to the Rangers … Director
1943		Tornado … Director
1943		Robin Hood of the Range … Director
1943		Frontier Fury … Director
1943		Law of the Northwest … Director
1943		Saddles and Sagebrush … Director
1943		Riders of the Northwest Mounted … Director
1943		The Fighting Buckaroo … Director

1942		A Tornado in the Saddle … Director
1942		Pardon My Gun … Director
1942		Riding Through Nevada … Director
1942		The Lone Prairie … Director
1942		Overland to Deadwood … Director
1942		Bad Men of the Hills … Director
1942		Riders of the Northland … Director
1942		Down Rio Grande Way … Director
1942		Lawless Plainsmen … Director

1936		Gun Grit … Director
1936		Desert Justice … Director

1935		Toll of the Desert … Director
1935		Wild Waters … Director

1934

… Director

Production

1958		The Lost Missile … Executive Producer
1958		The Mugger … Producer
1958		Cop Hater … Producer

1952

… Producer

1951		FBI Girl … Producer
1951		Savage Drums … Producer
1951		Pier 23 … Producer
1951		Roaring City … Producer
1951		The Steel Helmet … Producer

1950		The Bandit Queen … Producer
1950		Train To Tombstone … Producer
1950		Gunfire … Producer
1950		I Shot Billy the Kid … Producer

1947

… Producer

1946		Renegade Girl … Producer
1946		The Falcon's Alibi … Producer

1941		Confessions of Boston Blackie … Producer
1941		Thunder Over the Prairie … Producer

1940

… Associate Producer

1939		South of the Border … Associate Producer
1939		Rovin' Tumbleweeds … Associate Producer
1939		Colorado Sunset … Associate Producer
1939		Three Texas Steers … Producer

1938		Overland Stage Raiders … Producer
1938		Pals of the Saddle … Producer
1938		Riders of the Black Hills … Associate Producer
1938		Call The Mesquiteers … Producer

1937		Roaring Six Guns … Producer
1937		Atlantic Flight … Producer
1937		Bill Cracks Down … Producer

1936

… Producer

1935		The Last of the Clintons … Producer
1935		Wagon Trail … Producer
1935		The Pecos Kid … Producer

1933		The Flaming Signal … Associate Producer
1933		Corruption … Producer

Writing

1950		Border Rangers … Screenplay
1950		Gunfire … Writer

1949

… Screenplay

1946

… Story

1928		The Cloud Dodger … Writer
1928		The Air Patrol … Writer

1927		Desert Dust … Writer
1927		A Made-To-Order Hero … Story … Screenplay
1927		The Fighting Three … Story … Screenplay
1927		The Broncho Buster … Scenario Writer
1927		Hard Fists … Writer
1927		The Denver Dude … Adaptation
1927		A One Man Game … Story … Screenplay
1927		The Golden Stallion … Screenplay
1927		Rough and Ready … Writer

1926		The Shoot 'Em Up Kid … Writer
1926		Don't Shoot … Scenario Writer … Story

1925		Cold Nerve … Writer
1925		Barriers of the Law … Writer

1924

… Writer

1923

… Scenario Writer … Story

1922

… Writer

Acting

1924

as The Father (as William Lester)

1923		Wolf Tracks as Laroque
1923		The Forbidden Trail as Rufe Trent

1922		The Firebrand as Sheriff Harding
1922		Barb Wire as Bart Moseby

1921

as Mat Haley

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