# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-castle
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:01:45.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-castle"
name: "William Castle"
slug: "william-castle"
description: "William Castle was an American filmmaker and actor. He was best known as a director of horror and thriller B-movies in the 1950s and '60s, for which he devised innovative and distinctive promotional gimmicks."
tagline: "American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1914–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-Castle-1946.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-04-24"
deathDate: "1977-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5991735537190083
  historical:           22.10009066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0145336"
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    url:       "http://www.williamcastle.com"
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    title: "Касл, Уильям"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump