William Berke

Director

About

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Also Known As
Lester Williams, Wm. Berke
Birth Place
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Born
October 03, 1903
Died
February 15, 1958

Filmography

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Cop Hater (1958)
Director
The Mugger (1958)
Director
Island Women (1958)
Director
The Lost Missile (1958)
Director
Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
Director
Street of Sinners (1957)
Director

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Jungle Jim (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He Didn't See The Leopard
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Jungle Jim (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Devil Doctor Poison

Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Cop Hater (1958)
Director
The Mugger (1958)
Director
Island Women (1958)
Director
The Lost Missile (1958)
Director
Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
Director
Street of Sinners (1957)
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The Marshal's Daughter (1953)
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Valley of Head Hunters (1953)
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The Jungle (1952)
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Pier 23 (1951)
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Roaring City (1951)
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F.B.I. Girl (1951)
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Smuggler's Gold (1951)
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Fury of the Congo (1951)
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Danger Zone (1951)
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Savage Drums (1951)
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I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)
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Border Rangers (1950)
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Train to Tombstone (1950)
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Operation Haylift (1950)
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On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
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Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
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Pygmy Island (1950)
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Bandit Queen (1950)
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Captive Girl (1950)
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Gunfire (1950)
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Deputy Marshal (1949)
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Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
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Arson--Inc. (1949)
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Zamba (1949)
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Highway 13 (1949)
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The Lost Tribe (1949)
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Sky Liner (1949)
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Caged Fury (1948)
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Racing Luck (1948)
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Speed to Spare (1948)
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Jungle Jim (1948)
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Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
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Code of the West (1947)
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Shoot to Kill (1947)
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Ding Dong Williams (1946)
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Sunset Pass (1946)
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The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
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Rolling Home (1946)
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Renegade Girl (1946)
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Dick Tracy (1945)
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High Powered (1945)
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Betrayal from the East (1945)
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Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
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Girl in the Case (1944)
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That's My Baby (1944)
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Wyoming Hurricane (1944)
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The Vigilantes Ride (1944)
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Riding West (1944)
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The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
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Dangerous Passage (1944)
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Double Exposure (1944)
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The Last Horseman (1944)
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Sailor's Holiday (1944)
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The Navy Way (1944)
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Dark Mountain (1944)
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Tornado (1943)
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The Fighting Buckaroo (1943)
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Hail to the Rangers (1943)
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Silver City Raiders (1943)
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Law of the Northwest (1943)
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Frontier Fury (1943)
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Minesweeper (1943)
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Saddles and Sagebrush (1943)
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Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943)
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Robin Hood of the Range (1943)
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Pardon My Gun (1942)
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Riding Through Nevada (1942)
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Bad Men of the Hills (1942)
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Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
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The Lone Prairie (1942)
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Lawless Plainsmen (1942)
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Riders of the Northland (1942)
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A Tornado in the Saddle (1942)
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Overland to Deadwood (1942)
Director
Gun Grit (1936)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

The Lost Missile (1958)
as Lester Wm. Berke
Border Rangers (1950)
Original Screenplay
Gunfire (1950)
Writer
Deputy Marshal (1949)
Screenwriter
Rolling Home (1946)
Original Story
Timberesque (1937)
Original Story

Producer (Feature Film)

The Mugger (1958)
Producer
Cop Hater (1958)
Producer
Island Women (1958)
Producer
The Lost Missile (1958)
Executive Producer
Street of Sinners (1957)
Producer
Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
Producer
The Jungle (1952)
Producer
Roaring City (1951)
Producer
Danger Zone (1951)
Producer
Pier 23 (1951)
Producer
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Associate Producer
F.B.I. Girl (1951)
Producer
Savage Drums (1951)
Producer
I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)
Producer
Train to Tombstone (1950)
Producer
Gunfire (1950)
Producer
Border Rangers (1950)
Producer
Bandit Queen (1950)
Producer
Shoot to Kill (1947)
Producer
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Producer
Renegade Girl (1946)
Producer
Rolling Home (1946)
Producer
West of Tombstone (1942)
Producer
Confessions of Boston Blackie (1942)
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Prairie Stranger (1941)
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Thunder Over the Prairie (1941)
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The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941)
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Riders of the Badlands (1941)
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Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Associate Producer
Rancho Grande (1940)
Associate Producer
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
Associate Producer
Carolina Moon (1940)
Associate Producer
Colorado Sunset (1939)
Associate Producer
The Night Riders (1939)
Associate Producer
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
Associate Producer
New Frontier (1939)
Associate Producer
Three Texas Steers (1939)
Associate Producer
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
Associate Producer
South of the Border (1939)
Associate Producer
Heroes of the Hills (1938)
Associate Producer
Red River Range (1938)
Associate Producer
Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
Associate Producer
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Associate Producer
Pals of the Saddle (1938)
Associate Producer
Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
Associate Producer
Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Associate Producer
Call the Mesquiteers (1938)
Associate Producer
Rough Riding Rhythm (1938)
Associate Producer
Young Dynamite (1937)
Associate Producer
Roaring Six Guns (1937)
Associate Producer
Dangerous Holiday (1937)
Associate Producer
Atlantic Flight (1937)
Associate Producer
Swing It Professor (1937)
Associate Producer
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
Associate Producer
Ghost Town (1936)
Producer
Aces Wild (1936)
Producer
The Pecos Kid (1936)
Producer
Doughnuts and Society (1936)
Supervisor
A Man Betrayed (1936)
Associate Producer
Ghost-Town Gold (1936)
Supervisor
Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)
Producer
Bulldog Edition (1936)
Supervisor
Desert Justice (1936)
Presented By
Gun Grit (1936)
Producer
Wild Mustang (1935)
Producer
Wildcat Saunders (1935)
Producer
Last of the Clintons (1935)
Producer
Adventurous Knights (1935)
Producer
Wagon Trail (1935)
Presented By
Social Error (1935)
Producer

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Toll of the Desert (1935)
Company
Corruption (1933)
Company
The Flaming Signal (1933)
Company

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Jungle Jim (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He Didn't See The Leopard Holmes Herbert narrates the opening, Johnny Weissmuller in his first scene in the title role, in his first post-Tarzan serial, based on the Alex Raymond comic strip, Jungle Jim, 1948.
Jungle Jim (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Devil Doctor Poison The commissioner (Holmes Herbert) is just about recovered from finding out Dr. Hilary Parker (Virginia Grey) is a woman, come to investigate the funny potion discovered by Johnny Weissmuller (title character), who makes a grand entrance, in Jungle Jim, 1948.
Dick Tracy (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Must Be The Fuse First appearance for both Jane Greer (as "Judith") and Mike Mazurki (as "Splitface"), as Dick (Morgan Conway) and girlfriend Tess (Anne Jeffreys) visit first Jane's dad's restaurant, then his house where the villain lurks, in RKO's Dick Tracy, 1945.
Dick Tracy (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Blood Drips From Two Dick (Morgan Conway) reaches the roof of the house into which his suspect fled, meeting star-gazing "professor" Starling (Trevor Bardette), whom he interrogates until fellow cops led by Pat (Lyle Latell) arrive, in Dick Trach, 1945.
Lost Missile, The -- (Movie Clip) Havenbrook Narration takes us from the blazing UFO, via New York, to the lab where David (Robert Loggia) and Joan (Ellen Parker) are balancing rocket science with romance in The Lost Missile, 1958.
Lost Missile, The -- (Movie Clip) CONAD Lawrence Dobkin's narration takes us through the frying of an Alaskan dog-sledder, introduction to "Continental Air Defense," and justified panic at an Arctic monitoring station in The Lost Missile, 1958.
Lost Missile, The -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Hydrogen War A big thank-you to the armed services, ominous credits and apparent Russians, though not named as such, using advanced missile defense to prevent disaster, form the snappy opening to writer-producer-director William Berke's The Lost Missile., 1958.

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