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William Berke is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer American born on 3 october 1903 at Milwaukee
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.
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Birth name William A. Berke
Nationality USA
Birth 3 october 1903 at Milwaukee
Death 15 february 1958 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 3 october 1903 at Milwaukee
Death 15 february 1958 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.Usually with
Filmography of William Berke (68 films)
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The Hellion (1924)
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Marin Sais, Boris Karloff, William Berke
Roles The Father (as William Lester)
Gentle Julia (1923)
, 1hDirected by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Bessie Love, Harold Goodwin, Frank Elliott, Charles K. French, Harry Dunkinson, William Irving
Roles Herbert Atwater
Julia (Bessie Love) is a "small-town heartbreaker" who falls for an older man (Charles K. French). When he takes her back to his home in Chicago, she finds out he is married. She leaves him, returning to neighbor Noble Dill (Harold Goodwin).
The Forbidden Trail (1923)
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jack Hoxie, Frank Rice, William Berke, Joseph McDermott, Thomas G. Lingham, Steve Clemente
Roles Rufe Trent
Rating59%
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The Lost Missile (1958)
, 1h10Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Philip Pine, Kitty Kelly, Lawrence Dobkin, Selmer Jackson
Rating51%
The appearance of an unknown "missile-like" object in nearby space leads a European nation (unnamed, but implied to be one of the countries behind the Iron Curtain) to fire a rocket at it. Though the rocket intercepts the unidentified object, the explosion only diverts the missile into an orbit around the Earth. Racing five miles above the earth, its passage causes widespread devastation of the land below.
Cop Hater (1958)
, 1h15Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Loggia, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Ellen Parker, Jerry Orbach, Vincent Gardenia, Russell Hardie
Rating62%
During an intense summer heat wave in New York City, two cops are murdered and it's up to the detectives of the 87th Precinct to find the killer. Steve Carelli (Robert Loggia) and Mike Maguire (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) are the lead investigators on the case, but they can't seem to make any progress, and their work is made more difficult by a reporter, Hank Miller (Gene Miller), who keeps sticking his nose in. The two cops try to keep their personal lives separate from their work, but it keeps bleeding through. When Maguire is shot and killed, Carelli has to comfort his partner's sexpot wife Alice (Shirley Ballard), and then goes on a bender with the reporter, inadvertently revealing his suspicions about the case, and putting his girlfriend Teddy, a deaf-mute author (Ellen Parker), in jeopardy. When a hood (Hal Riddle) shows up at her apartment, Carelli overpowers him and forces a confession: he killed all the cops, but Maguire had been the intended victim all along, as his wife wanted him out of the way.
The Mugger (1958)
, 1h14Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Kent Smith, Nan Martin, John Alexander, James Franciscus, Arthur Storch, Dick O'Neill
Rating59%
Island Women (1958)
, 1h12Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards
Rating66%
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Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
, 1h14Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Frank Sutton, James Franciscus, Bill Hinnant, J. Pat O'Malley, Patricia Bosworth, David Burns
Rating60%
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Street of Sinners (1957)
, 1h20Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors George Montgomery, Geraldine Brooks, Nehemiah Persoff, Diana Millay, Clifford David, Stephen Elliott
Rating58%
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The Marshal's Daughter (1953)
, 1h11Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Preston Foster, John Mack Brown, Ken Murray, Jimmy Wakely, Harry Lauter
Rating58%
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The Jungle (1952)
, 1h13Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Actors Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor, M. N. Nambiar, Sulochana, David Abraham
Rating47%
A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian jungle to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric wooly mammoths are responsible for the terror.
FBI Girl (1951)
, 1h14Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Tom Drake, Raymond Greenleaf
Rating60%
Governor Grisby is politically ambitious, as is ruthless right-hand man Blake and a man on their payroll, Chercourt, an influential lobbyist. There is a problem, though: Grisby is actually a wanted murderer named John Williams.
Fury of the Congo (1951)
, 1h9Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, William Henry, Lyle Talbot, George Eldredge, Rusty Wescoatt, John Hart
Rating55%
Adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) is traversing the jungles of the Congo when he notices a plane diving towards the river. The agile explorer rescues the injured pilot, Ronald Cameron (Joel Friedkin), from the deep waters. Cameron tells Jim that he is trying to find missing biochemistry professor Dunham, under the University of Cairo's request. Dunham was last seen venturing into the jungles in search of a beast known as the Okongo. The Okongo, half-antelope and half-zebra, is greatly revered by the tribal natives of Congo and its glands are rumoured to contain a rare type of drug. Jungle Jim and Cameron later discover from a tribal chief, Leta (Sherry Moreland), that Dunham has been kidnapped by hunters who wish to extract the drug from the Okongo's glands. Jim, Leta, and Cameron make their way to the hunters' hideout. Halting their sinister plans, Leta lets loose the captured Okongo. It proceeds to kill one of the hunters. A fight ensues and during the scuffle, Professor Dunham smashes all the bottles of extracted Okongo drug.
Roaring City (1951)
, 59minutesDirected by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis, Joan Valerie, Wanda McKay, Abner Biberman
Rating58%
The Bandit Queen (1950)
, 1h10Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Barbara Britton, Barton MacLane, Phillip Reed, Willard Parker, Victor Kilian, Thurston Hall
Rating58%
As the lead actress, Britton was the protagonist child of an American father and Spanish mother, Dones Jose and Zara Montalvo, as portrayed by Victor Kilian and Cecil Weston who is credited as Cecile Weston. The Montalvo family possessed land rights or Spanish land grants to a hacienda with gold mines present. Abroad, the daughter came home to California and witnessed her parents being murdered by Hank (John Merton) and an unknown man, Sheriff Jim Harden, who was played by Barton MacLane. Montalvo initially approached Harden about the crimes but eventually recognized him as part of murderers' gang. She teamed up with Phillip Reed, in the role of Joaquin Murietta, to regain her rightful inheritance. Together they assumed false identities with Montalvo hidden behind the alias of a Zorro-like character named Lola Belmont with Murietta as Carlos del Rio.