William Berke
| William A. Berke | |
|---|---|
_1.jpg) Nancy Kelly & William Berke on the set of Betrayal from the East - publicity still, 1945 | |
| Born |
October 3, 1903 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died |
February 15, 1958 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1922-1958 |
William A. Berke (October 3, 1903 – February 15, 1958) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.[1] He directed nearly 90 films between 1934 and 1958. He also produced nearly 80 films between 1933 and 1958.
Richard Fleischer later recalled Berke "was known as King of the B's. For years and years he had made nothing but pictures with ten or twelve day shooting schedules, minuscule budgets of about $100,000 and no stars. Without bothering with editing or any postproduction chores and with short shooting schedules, he was able to squeeze in eight or ten pictures a year. And he was going nuts".[2] According to Fleischer, Berke eventually pestered RKO executives enough to be assigned an A picture with a long shooting schedule and stars and he still shot it in twelve days.[2]
Biography
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography
- The Forbidden Trail (1923)
- Gentle Julia (1923) (actor)
- The Hellion (1924) (actor)
- The Golden Stallion (1927) (Story by)
- Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941) (producer)
- The Lone Prairie (1942) (director)
- Frontier Fury (1943) (director)
- Tornado (1943) (director)
- Minesweeper (1943) (director)
- Dangerous Passage (1944) (director)
- Betrayal from the East (1945) (director)
- High Powered (1945) (director)
- Dick Tracy (1945) (director)
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946) (producer)
- Shoot to Kill (1947) (director and producer)
- On the Isle of Samoa (1950) (director)
- The Bandit Queen (1950) (director and producer)
- FBI Girl (1951) (director and producer)
- Kaadu (The Jungle) (1952) (director and producer)
- Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
- Street of Sinners (1957)
- Island Women (1958)
- Cop Hater (1958) (director and producer)
- The Mugger (1958) (director and producer)
References
- ↑ "William Berke". NY Times. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- 1 2 Fleischer, Richard (1993). Just Tell Me When to Cry: A Memoir. Carroll and Graf. p. 47.