# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-witney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:36.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-witney"
name: "William Witney"
slug: "william-witney"
description: "William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the action films he made for Republic Pictures, particularly serials: Dick Tracy Returns, G-Men vs. the Black Dragon, Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion, and Drums of Fu Manchu. Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued working until 1982."
tagline: "American director (1915-2002)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/53QGpXbUPltuhfSNQmocBFbBBV3.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1915-05-15"
deathDate: "2002-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.035496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936823/"
    handle:    "nm0936823"
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    title: "ویلیام ویتنی"
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    title: "William Witney"
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    title: "William Witney"
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    title: "William Witney"
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    title: "William Witney"
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    title: "William Witney"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump