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William Campbell is a Actor and Director American born on 30 october 1923 at Newark (USA)

William Campbell

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Nationality USA
Birth 30 october 1923 at Newark (USA)
Death 28 april 2011 (at 87 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

William Campbell (October 30, 1923 – April 28, 2011) was an American actor who appeared in supporting roles in major film productions and also starred in several low-budget B-movies, and horror films.

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Il épousa Judith Campbell, avec qui il divorcera en 1958. Celle-ci devint par la suite maîtresse de John F. Kennedy.

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Filmography of William Campbell (33 films)

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The Great Gatsby
Directed by Robert Markowitz
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, William Campbell
Rating57% 2.851552.851552.851552.851552.85155
Le courtier en valeurs mobilières Nick Carraway accepte de jouer à Cupidon pour sa riche cousine Daisy Buchanan et son ancien amour, Jay Gatsby.
Black Gunn
Black Gunn (1972)
, 1h36
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Martin Landau, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Brenda Sykes, Timothy Brown, Luciana Paluzzi, Stephen McNally
Roles Rico
Rating58% 2.902472.902472.902472.902472.90247
In Los Angeles, a nighttime robbery of an illegal mafia bookmaking operation is carried out by the militant African-American organization BAG (Black Action Group). Though successful, several of the bookmakers and one of the burglars are killed. The mastermind behind the robbery, a Vietnam veteran named Scott (Herbert Jefferson Jr.), is the brother of a prominent nightclub owner, Gunn (Jim Brown). Seeking safe haven, Scott hides out at his brother's mansion after a brief reunion.
Pretty Maids All in a Row, 1h31
Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Films about virginity
Actors Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn
Roles Grady
Rating60% 3.048143.048143.048143.048143.04814
Un étudiant est obsédé par le sexe. Heureusement, il rencontre beaucoup de femmes. Malheureusement, elles vont toutes mourir...
Blood Bath
Blood Bath (1966)
, 1h9
Directed by Jack Hill
Genres Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors William Campbell, Sid Haig, Roger Corman, Lori Saunders, Biff Elliot, Jonathan Haze
Roles Antonio Sordi
Rating51% 2.5613552.5613552.5613552.5613552.561355
In Venice, California, student Daisy (Merissa Mathes) leaves a club alone after having an argument with her beatnik boyfriend Max (Carl Schanzer). Walking through the deserted streets, she stops to admire some gruesome paintings in a gallery window painted by artist Antonio Sordi (Campbell), who coincidentally also comes by to look in on his "lost children." After a friendly conversation, Sordi convinces the young woman to pose nude for him that night. At his bell-tower studio, Sordi is possessed by the spirit of a long-dead ancestor and suddenly transforms into a vampiric monster who hacks the screaming Daisy to death with a cleaver. Afterwards, he lowers her mutilated corpse into a vat of boiling wax.
The Money Trap, 1h31
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, Rita Hayworth, Joseph Cotten, Ricardo Montalbán, Argentina Brunetti
Roles Jack Archer, l'avocat de Lisa
Rating61% 3.0924353.0924353.0924353.0924353.092435
Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is an under appreciated, under paid cop who lives a life of luxury because of his very wealthy, beautiful and much younger, wife Lisa Baron (Elke Sommer) and the stock that her father left behind. Unfortunately for the happy couple, when their stock's dividends stop coming in, Joe finds himself in some serious need of cash to continue his life style. To further heighten Joe's concerns, Lisa intimates she is unwilling to lower her standard of living.
Nightmare Castle, 1h30
Directed by Jack Hill, Mario Caiano
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Barbara Steele, Paul Müller, Helga Liné, William Campbell, Giuseppe Addobbati, Rik Battaglia
Rating56% 2.8483452.8483452.8483452.8483452.848345
Stephen Arrowsmith (Paul Muller), a scientist experimenting with the possibility of regenerating blood through electricity has his home and laboratory in the castle owned by his wife Muriel (Barbara Steele). Arrowsmith finds her later having sex with a gardener and disfigures him with a hot poker and burns Muriel's face with acid before electrocuting both of them. Arrowsmith hides their hearts in an urn and then uses their blood to rejuvenate the aged servant Solange (Helga Liné).
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 2h13
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Mary Astor
Roles Paul Marchand
Rating74% 3.7471853.7471853.7471853.7471853.747185
In 1927, young belle Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) and her married lover, John Mayhew (Bruce Dern), plan to elope during a party at the Hollis family's antebellum mansion in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. However, after Charlotte's father intimidates him, telling him that John's wife had visited the day before and revealed the affair, John pretends he no longer loves Charlotte and tells her they must part.
Dementia 13, 1h15
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee
Roles Richard Haloran
Rating56% 2.8496252.8496252.8496252.8496252.849625
One night, while out rowing in the middle of a lake, John Haloran and his young wife Louise argue about his rich mother's will. Louise is upset that everything is currently designated to go to charity in the name of a mysterious "Kathleen." John tells Louise that if he dies before his mother does, Louise will be entitled to none of the inheritance. He then promptly drops dead from a massive heart attack. Thinking quickly, the scheming Louise throws the fresh corpse over the side of the boat, where he comes to rest at the bottom of the lake. Her plan is to pretend that he is still alive in order to ingratiate her way back into the will. She types up a letter to Lady Haloran, inviting herself to the family's Irish castle while her husband is "away on business.
The Secret Invasion, 1h38
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, Henry Silva, William Campbell
Roles Jean Saval
Rating58% 2.9487652.9487652.9487652.9487652.948765
In 1943, British Intelligence in Cairo recruits criminal mastermind Roberto Rocca (Raf Vallone), demolitions expert and Irish Republican Army member Terence Scanlon (Mickey Rooney), forger Simon Fell (Edd Byrnes), cold-blooded murderer John Durrell (Henry Silva), and thief and impersonator Jean Saval (William Campbell) for a dangerous mission. The men are offered pardons in exchange for attempting to rescue an Italian general sympathetic to the Allies who is imprisoned in German-occupied Yugoslavia. The group is led by Major Richard Mace (Stewart Granger), who is trying to expiate his feelings of guilt for sending his own brother on a dangerous mission and waiting too long to extricate him. The fishing boat transporting Mace's team is stopped by a patrol boat, but they dispose of the Germans.
The Young Racers, 1h24
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, Béatrice Altariba, Francis Ford Coppola
Roles Joe Machin
Rating49% 2.4748252.4748252.4748252.4748252.474825
Joe Machin est coureur automobile, et il compte gagner le Grand Prix de Monaco. Dans la vie privée, il se conduit mal moralement, trompant sa femme avec la petite amie d'un autre coureur, Steve, et se servant de son frère pour les alibis. Mais cette fois Steve vient aussi à Monte-Carlo, pour écrire une biographie de Joe.
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, 1h43
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Steampunk films, Children's films
Actors Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, Bruce Cabot, Ronald Squire, William Campbell
Roles Keeno
Rating60% 3.0017553.0017553.0017553.0017553.001755
Jonathon Tibbs (Kenneth More), son of a family of English gunsmiths, has no interest in the business and prefers inventing gadgets, in particular a steam-powered horseless carriage. Threatened with disinheritance if he does not report for work, he discovers that the company is not doing very well, and concludes that someone must expand their sales.
The Naked and the Dead, 2h5
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Barbara Nichols, Richard Jaeckel, James Best
Roles Brown
Rating63% 3.195813.195813.195813.195813.19581
Filled with flashbacks, the film relates the story of Lt Hearn (Cliff Robertson) who is an aide to General Cummings (Raymond Massey), who treats Hearn as a son and a friend. The General believes that commanding officers ought to inspire fear in their subordinates, in order to enforce discipline. Hearn expresses distaste for these views, preferring instead that soldiers should have mutual respect for each other, regardless of rank. Hearn is eventually transferred to lead an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon on a dangerous reconnaissance mission.
Money, Women and Guns, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Gene Evans, Timothy Hovey, Tom Drake, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Clinton Gunston
Rating60% 3.046793.046793.046793.046793.04679
Avant de mourir, assassiné par trois bandits masqués dont deux tombent sous ses balles, Ben, un vieux chercheur d'or, écrit son testament, léguant $ 300.000 à cinq hommes. Célèbre marshal fédéral, Ward Hogan reçoit pour mission de les retrouver. Un à un, méthodiquement, il les identifie, tout en ne perdant jamais de vue qu'il doit aussi démasquer le troisième tueur. Et si, justement, celui-ci compte parmi les héritiers ?
Backlash
Backlash (1956)
, 1h20
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, John McIntire, William Campbell, Barton MacLane, Harry Morgan
Roles Johnny Cool
Rating65% 3.2949153.2949153.2949153.2949153.294915
Jim Slater (Richard Widmark) meets Karyl Orton (Donna Reed) in Gila Valley, Arizona. She thinks that he is searching for a gold cache believed to hidden somewhere in the valley. When a man with a rifle starts shooting at him, Jim wonders if she can be trusted. After Jim kills his foe, he discovers the dead man was a deputy sheriff from Silver City. He takes the body there.
Man in the Vault, 1h13
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors William Campbell, Anita Ekberg, Karen Sharpe, Berry Kroeger, Paul Fix, James Seay
Roles Tommy Dancer
Rating59% 2.9973852.9973852.9973852.9973852.997385
The criminal Willis Trent wants to rob the safety deposit box of a crooked Los Angeles businessman, Paul De Camp. He has lawyer Earl Farraday smooth-talk the guy's girlfriend, the two-timing Flo Randall, into revealing the bank box's number.