William Berke

Career Overview

William Berke has 162 screen credits in a career dating back to 1921. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Jungle Jim Collection with 7 titles. Signature works include Captive Girl, Renegade Girl, The Lost Missile. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

162

Birth Date

1903-10-03

Birth Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

• 

  Captive Girl
• 

  Renegade Girl
• 

  The Lost Missile
• 

  Cop Hater
• 

  Island Women
• 

  Street of Sinners

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

• Jungle Jim Collection (7 titles)
• The Three Mesquiteers Collection (6 titles)
• The Falcon Series (2 titles)
• The Count of Monte Cristo Collection (1 titles)
• Dick Tracy Collection (1 titles)
• Boston Blackie Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Marilee Earle (3 collaborations)
• Robert Loggia (2 collaborations)
• Ellen Parker (2 collaborations)
• Johnny Weissmüller (1 collaborations)
• Buster Crabbe (1 collaborations)
• Anita Lhoest (1 collaborations)
• John Dehner (1 collaborations)
• Rick Vallin (1 collaborations)
• Rusty Wescoatt (1 collaborations)
• Frank Lackteen (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (82 credits)

  • The Lost Missile

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Mugger

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Cop Hater

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Island Women

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Street of Sinners

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Four Boys and a Gun

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Valley of Head Hunters

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Marshal's Daughter

    director

    directing
    1953
  • FBI Girl

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Savage Drums

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Pier 23

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Smuggler's Gold

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Roaring City

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Danger Zone

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Fury of the Congo

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The Bandit Queen

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Pygmy Island

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Border Rangers

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Train To Tombstone

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Gunfire

    director

    directing
    1950
  • On the Isle of Samoa

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Captive Girl

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Operation Haylift

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Mark of the Gorilla

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Zamba

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Treasure of Monte Cristo

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Sky Liner

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Arson, Inc.

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Lost Tribe

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Highway 13

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Jungle Jim

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Racing Luck

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Waterfront at Midnight

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Speed to Spare

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Caged Fury

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Shoot to Kill

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Code of the West

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Renegade Girl

    director

    directing
    1946
  • The Falcon's Adventure

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Rolling Home

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Sunset Pass

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Ding Dong Williams

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Dick Tracy

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Why Girls Leave Home

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Betrayal from the East

    director

    directing
    1945
  • High Powered

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Dangerous Passage

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Double Exposure

    director

    directing
    1944
  • That's My Baby!

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Dark Mountain

    director

    directing
    1944
  • The Last Horseman

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Riding West

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Wyoming Hurricane

    director

    directing
    1944
  • The Girl in the Case

    director

    directing
    1944
  • The Navy Way

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Sailor's Holiday

    director

    directing
    1944
  • The Vigilantes Ride

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Minesweeper

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Silver City Raiders

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Hail to the Rangers

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Tornado

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Robin Hood of the Range

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Frontier Fury

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Law of the Northwest

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Saddles and Sagebrush

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Riders of the Northwest Mounted

    director

    directing
    1943
  • The Fighting Buckaroo

    director

    directing
    1943
  • A Tornado in the Saddle

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Pardon My Gun

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Riding Through Nevada

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Lone Prairie

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Overland to Deadwood

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Bad Men of the Hills

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Riders of the Northland

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Down Rio Grande Way

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Lawless Plainsmen

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Gun Grit

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Desert Justice

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Toll of the Desert

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Wild Waters

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Crack-Up

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Mountain Molly O'

    continuity

    directing
    1926

• production (39 credits)

  • The Lost Missile

    executive producer

    production
    1958
  • The Mugger

    producer

    production
    1958
  • Cop Hater

    producer

    production
    1958
  • Street of Sinners

    producer

    production
    1957
  • FBI Girl

    producer

    production
    1951
  • Savage Drums

    producer

    production
    1951
  • Pier 23

    producer

    production
    1951
  • Roaring City

    producer

    production
    1951
  • Danger Zone

    producer

    production
    1951
  • The Steel Helmet

    producer

    production
    1951
  • The Bandit Queen

    producer

    production
    1950
  • Train To Tombstone

    producer

    production
    1950
  • Gunfire

    producer

    production
    1950
  • Shoot to Kill

    producer

    production
    1947
  • Renegade Girl

    producer

    production
    1946
  • The Falcon's Alibi

    producer

    production
    1946
  • Confessions of Boston Blackie

    producer

    production
    1941
  • Thunder Over the Prairie

    producer

    production
    1941
  • Carolina Moon

    associate producer

    production
    1940
  • South of the Border

    associate producer

    production
    1939
  • Rovin' Tumbleweeds

    associate producer

    production
    1939
  • Colorado Sunset

    associate producer

    production
    1939
  • Three Texas Steers

    producer

    production
    1939
  • Red River Range

    associate producer

    production
    1938
  • Overland Stage Raiders

    producer

    production
    1938
  • Pals of the Saddle

    producer

    production
    1938
  • Riders of the Black Hills

    associate producer

    production
    1938
  • Call The Mesquiteers

    producer

    production
    1938
  • Roaring Six Guns

    producer

    production
    1937
  • Atlantic Flight

    producer

    production
    1937
  • Bill Cracks Down

    producer

    production
    1937
  • Swing It Professor

    associate producer

    production
    1937
  • Hair-Trigger Casey

    producer

    production
    1936
  • Ghost Town

    producer

    production
    1936
  • The Last of the Clintons

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Wagon Trail

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The Pecos Kid

    producer

    production
    1935
  • The Flaming Signal

    associate producer

    production
    1933
  • Corruption

    producer

    production
    1933

• writing (31 credits)

  • Border Rangers

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Gunfire

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Rolling Home

    story

    writing
    1946
  • The Cloud Dodger

    writer

    writing
    1928
  • The Arizona Cyclone

    writer

    writing
    1928
  • The Air Patrol

    writer

    writing
    1928
  • Desert Dust

    writer

    writing
    1927
  • A Made-To-Order Hero

    screenplay

    writing
    1927
  • The Man Tamer

    scenario writer

    writing
    1927
  • The Fighting Three

    screenplay

    writing
    1927
  • Hands Off

    writer

    writing
    1927
  • The Ore Raiders

    screenplay

    writing
    1927
  • The Broncho Buster

    scenario writer

    writing
    1927
  • Hard Fists

    writer

    writing
    1927
  • Straight Shootin'

    story

    writing
    1927
  • The Denver Dude

    adaptation

    writing
    1927
  • A One Man Game

    screenplay

    writing
    1927
  • The Golden Stallion

    screenplay

    writing
    1927
  • Rough and Ready

    writer

    writing
    1927
  • The Shoot 'Em Up Kid

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Don't Shoot

    scenario writer

    writing
    1926
  • The Fighting Boob

    story

    writing
    1926
  • Peggy of the Secret Service

    scenario writer

    writing
    1925
  • Cold Nerve

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • Barriers of the Law

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • Pioneer's Gold

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • Trigger Fingers

    scenario writer

    writing
    1924
  • The Love Pirate

    adaptation

    writing
    1923
  • Wolf Tracks

    scenario writer

    writing
    1923
  • The Crow's Nest

    story

    writing
    1922
  • Barb Wire

    writer

    writing
    1922

• actors (10 credits)

  • The Hellion

    The Father (as William Lester)

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Back Trail

    Jim Lawton

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Slow as Lightning

    Mortimer Fenton

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Wolf Tracks

    Laroque

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Forbidden Trail

    Rufe Trent

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Firebrand

    Sheriff Harding

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Crow's Nest

    Pecos

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Marshal of Moneymint

    Slick Boyle

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Barb Wire

    Bart Moseby

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Double O

    Mat Haley

    actor

    actors
    1921