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William Berke

Age: N/A | From: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Aliases: Lester Wm. Berke , William A. Berke , Wm. Berke , William Hall , Wm. Hall , Billy Lester , Bill Lester , William B. Lester , William Lester , Lester Williams

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Movie Involvements: 152

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1924	The Father (as William Lester)	The Hellion 1924-07-15 Movie
1923	Laroque	Wolf Tracks 1923-04-01 Movie
	Rufe Trent	The Forbidden Trail 1923-02-01 Movie
1922	Sheriff Harding	The Firebrand 1922-12-15 Movie
	Bart Moseby	Barb Wire 1922-05-31 Movie
1921	Mat Haley	The Double O 1921-11-29 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1958	Director	The Lost Missile 1958-12-01 Movie
	Director	The Mugger 1958-11-01 Movie
	Director	Cop Hater 1958-10-01 Movie
	Director	Island Women 1958-05-01 Movie
1957	Director	Street of Sinners 1957-08-30 Movie
	Director	Four Boys and a Gun 1957-01-11 Movie
1953	Director	Valley of Head Hunters 1953-07-29 Movie
	Director	The Marshal's Daughter 1953-06-25 Movie
1952	Director	The Jungle 1952-08-01 Movie
1951	Director	FBI Girl 1951-11-04 Movie
	Director	Savage Drums 1951-06-22 Movie
	Director	Pier 23 1951-05-11 Movie
	Director	Smuggler's Gold 1951-05-05 Movie
	Director	Roaring City 1951-05-04 Movie
	Director	Danger Zone 1951-04-20 Movie
	Director	Fury of the Congo 1951-02-26 Movie
1950	Director	The Bandit Queen 1950-12-22 Movie
	Director	Pygmy Island 1950-11-22 Movie
	Director	Border Rangers 1950-10-05 Movie
	Director	Train To Tombstone 1950-09-16 Movie
	Director	Gunfire 1950-08-12 Movie
	Director	On the Isle of Samoa 1950-08-03 Movie
	Director	I Shot Billy the Kid 1950-07-27 Movie
	Director	Captive Girl 1950-07-01 Movie
	Director	Operation Haylift 1950-05-05 Movie
	Director	Mark of the Gorilla 1950-01-12 Movie
1949	Director	Deputy Marshal 1949-10-28 Movie
	Director	Zamba 1949-09-01 Movie
	Director	Treasure of Monte Cristo 1949-08-27 Movie
	Director	Sky Liner 1949-07-28 Movie
	Director	Arson, Inc. 1949-06-24 Movie
	Director	The Lost Tribe 1949-04-19 Movie
1948	Director	Highway 13 1948-12-28 Movie
	Director	Jungle Jim 1948-12-15 Movie
	Director	Racing Luck 1948-11-18 Movie
	Director	Waterfront at Midnight 1948-06-25 Movie
	Director	Speed to Spare 1948-05-14 Movie
	Director	Caged Fury 1948-03-05 Movie
1947	Director	Shoot to Kill 1947-03-15 Movie
	Director	Code of the West 1947-02-20 Movie
1946	Director	Renegade Girl 1946-12-25 Movie
	Director	The Falcon's Adventure 1946-12-13 Movie
	Director	Rolling Home 1946-11-01 Movie
	Director	Sunset Pass 1946-07-08 Movie
	Director	Ding Dong Williams 1946-04-15 Movie
1945	Director	Dick Tracy 1945-12-01 Movie
	Director	Why Girls Leave Home 1945-10-09 Movie
	Director	Betrayal from the East 1945-04-24 Movie
	Director	High Powered 1945-02-27 Movie
1944	Director	Double Exposure 1944-12-18 Movie
	Director	Dangerous Passage 1944-12-18 Movie
	Director	That's My Baby! 1944-09-14 Movie
	Director	Dark Mountain 1944-09-01 Movie
	Director	The Falcon in Mexico 1944-08-04 Movie
	Director	The Last Horseman 1944-06-22 Movie
	Director	Riding West 1944-05-17 Movie
	Director	The Girl in the Case 1944-04-20 Movie
	Director	Wyoming Hurricane 1944-04-20 Movie
	Director	The Navy Way 1944-02-26 Movie
	Director	Sailor's Holiday 1944-02-24 Movie
1943	Director	The Vigilantes Ride 1943-12-23 Movie
	Director	Minesweeper 1943-11-10 Movie
	Director	Silver City Raiders 1943-11-04 Movie
	Director	Hail to the Rangers 1943-09-15 Movie
	Director	Tornado 1943-08-09 Movie
	Director	Robin Hood of the Range 1943-07-28 Movie
	Director	Frontier Fury 1943-06-23 Movie
	Director	Law of the Northwest 1943-05-26 Movie
	Director	Saddles and Sagebrush 1943-04-26 Movie
	Director	Riders of the Northwest Mounted 1943-02-15 Movie
	Director	The Fighting Buckaroo 1943-02-01 Movie
1942	Director	A Tornado in the Saddle 1942-12-15 Movie
	Director	Pardon My Gun 1942-12-01 Movie
	Director	Riding Through Nevada 1942-11-02 Movie
	Director	The Lone Prairie 1942-10-15 Movie
	Director	Overland to Deadwood 1942-09-25 Movie
	Director	Bad Men of the Hills 1942-08-13 Movie
	Director	Riders of the Northland 1942-06-18 Movie
	Director	Down Rio Grande Way 1942-04-23 Movie
	Director	Lawless Plainsmen 1942-03-17 Movie
1936	Director	Gun Grit 1936-05-27 Movie
	Director	Desert Justice 1936-04-26 Movie
1935	Director	Toll of the Desert 1935-05-04 Movie
	Director	Wild Waters 1935-03-03 Movie
1934	Director	Crack-Up 1934-06-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1958	Executive Producer	The Lost Missile 1958-12-01 Movie
	Producer	The Mugger 1958-11-01 Movie
	Producer	Cop Hater 1958-10-01 Movie
1952	Producer	The Jungle 1952-08-01 Movie
1951	Producer	FBI Girl 1951-11-04 Movie
	Producer	Savage Drums 1951-06-22 Movie
	Producer	Pier 23 1951-05-11 Movie
	Producer	The Steel Helmet 1951-01-24 Movie
1950	Producer	The Bandit Queen 1950-12-22 Movie
	Producer	Gunfire 1950-08-12 Movie
	Producer	I Shot Billy the Kid 1950-07-27 Movie
1947	Producer	Shoot to Kill 1947-03-15 Movie
1946	Producer	Renegade Girl 1946-12-25 Movie
	Producer	The Falcon's Alibi 1946-04-12 Movie
1941	Producer	Confessions of Boston Blackie 1941-12-08 Movie
	Producer	Thunder Over the Prairie 1941-07-29 Movie
1940	Associate Producer	Carolina Moon 1940-07-14 Movie
1939	Associate Producer	South of the Border 1939-12-15 Movie
	Associate Producer	Rovin' Tumbleweeds 1939-11-16 Movie
	Associate Producer	Colorado Sunset 1939-07-30 Movie
	Producer	Three Texas Steers 1939-05-12 Movie
1938	Producer	Overland Stage Raiders 1938-09-20 Movie
	Producer	Pals of the Saddle 1938-08-28 Movie
	Associate Producer	Riders of the Black Hills 1938-06-15 Movie
	Producer	Call The Mesquiteers 1938-03-07 Movie
1937	Producer	Roaring Six Guns 1937-09-01 Movie
	Producer	Atlantic Flight 1937-08-25 Movie
	Producer	Bill Cracks Down 1937-03-22 Movie
1936	Producer	Ghost Town 1936-02-15 Movie
1935	Producer	The Last of the Clintons 1935-11-12 Movie
	Producer	Wagon Trail 1935-04-08 Movie
	Producer	The Pecos Kid 1935-04-03 Movie
1933	Associate Producer	The Flaming Signal 1933-07-24 Movie
	Producer	Corruption 1933-06-18 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1950	Screenplay	Border Rangers 1950-10-05 Movie
	Writer	Gunfire 1950-08-12 Movie
1949	Screenplay	Deputy Marshal 1949-10-28 Movie
1946	Story	Rolling Home 1946-11-01 Movie
1928	Writer	The Cloud Dodger 1928-09-30 Movie
	Writer	The Air Patrol 1928-01-01 Movie
1927	Writer	Desert Dust 1927-12-18 Movie
	Screenplay	A Made-To-Order Hero 1927-10-08 Movie
	Story	A Made-To-Order Hero 1927-10-08 Movie
	Screenplay	The Fighting Three 1927-07-03 Movie
	Story	The Fighting Three 1927-07-03 Movie
	Scenario Writer	The Broncho Buster 1927-04-30 Movie
	Writer	Hard Fists 1927-04-24 Movie
	Adaptation	The Denver Dude 1927-02-13 Movie
	Screenplay	A One Man Game 1927-01-30 Movie
	Story	A One Man Game 1927-01-30 Movie
	Screenplay	The Golden Stallion 1927-01-15 Movie
	Writer	Rough and Ready 1927-01-09 Movie
1926	Writer	The Shoot 'Em Up Kid 1926-09-11 Movie
	Story	Don't Shoot 1926-08-07 Movie
	Scenario Writer	Don't Shoot 1926-08-07 Movie
1925	Writer	Cold Nerve 1925-06-08 Movie
	Writer	Barriers of the Law 1925-03-26 Movie
1924	Writer	Pioneer's Gold 1924-12-01 Movie
1923	Story	Wolf Tracks 1923-04-01 Movie
	Scenario Writer	Wolf Tracks 1923-04-01 Movie
1922	Writer	Barb Wire 1922-05-31 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv