William Berke Net Worth
William Berke Net Worth is
$600,000
William Berke Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Berke was born on October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Gunfire (1950), Deputy Marshal (1949) and Rolling Home (1946). He died on February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Date Of Birth | October 3, 1903 |
Died | 1958-02-15 |
Place Of Birth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Height | 5' 9½" (1.77 m) |
Profession | Director, Writer, Producer |
Star Sign | Libra |
# | Fact |
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1 | American director of 1940s and '50s second features, mainly westerns (often starring Charles Starrett) and crime and jungle dramas for Republic, Columbia and Pine-Thomas Productions. A graduate of Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, Berke worked his way up the ladder from office boy to assistant camera operator to cameraman and, finally, to director/producer. He spent his final years working in episodic television. |
2 | Father of Lester Wm. Berke. |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Why Girls Leave Home | 1945 | ||
Betrayal from the East | 1945 | ||
High Powered | 1945 | ||
Dangerous Passage | 1944 | ||
Double Exposure | 1944 | ||
That's My Baby! | 1944 | ||
Dark Mountain | 1944 | ||
The Falcon in Mexico | 1944 | ||
Tornado | 1944 | ||
The Last Horseman | 1944 | ||
Riding West | 1944 | ||
Girl in the Case | 1944 | ||
Wyoming Hurricane | 1944 | ||
The Navy Way | 1944 | ||
Sailor's Holiday | 1944 | ||
The Vigilantes Ride | 1943 | ||
Minesweeper | 1943 | ||
Silver City Raiders | 1943 | ||
Hail to the Rangers | 1943 | ||
Robin Hood of the Range | 1943 | ||
Frontier Fury | 1943 | ||
Law of the Northwest | 1943 | ||
Saddles and Sagebrush | 1943 | ||
Riders of the Northwest Mounted | 1943 | ||
The Fighting Buckaroo | 1943 | ||
A Tornado in the Saddle | 1942 | ||
Pardon My Gun | 1942 | ||
Riding Through Nevada | 1942 | ||
The Lone Prairie | 1942 | ||
Overland to Deadwood | 1942 | ||
Bad Men of the Hills | 1942 | ||
Riders of the Northland | 1942 | ||
Down Rio Grande Way | 1942 | ||
Lawless Plainsmen | 1942 | ||
Gun Grit | 1936 | as Lester Williams | |
Desert Justice | 1936 | as Lester Williams | |
Toll of the Desert | 1935 | as Lester Williams | |
Wild Waters | 1935 | Short as William Hall | |
Death Fangs | 1934 | Short as William Hall | |
Crack-Up | 1934 | Short as Wm. Hall | |
The Lost Missile | 1958 | uncredited | |
The Mugger | 1958 | ||
Cop Hater | 1958 | ||
Island Women | 1958 | ||
Street of Sinners | 1957 | ||
Four Boys and a Gun | 1957 | ||
I Spy | 1956 | TV Series 5 episodes | |
Judge Roy Bean | 1956 | TV Series 1 episode | |
The Joe Palooka Story | 1954-1955 | TV Series 5 episodes | |
Annie Oakley | 1954 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
Man Against Crime | 1953 | TV Series 10 episodes | |
The Gene Autry Show | 1953 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
The Goldbergs | 1953 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Valley of Head Hunters | 1953 | ||
The Marshal's Daughter | 1953 | ||
The Range Rider | 1952-1953 | TV Series 10 episodes | |
The Jungle | 1952 | ||
The Hunter | 1952 | TV Series as William A. Berke | |
Life with Elizabeth | 1952 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
FBI Girl | 1951 | ||
Savage Drums | 1951 | ||
Pier 23 | 1951 | ||
Smuggler's Gold | 1951 | ||
Roaring City | 1951 | ||
Danger Zone | 1951 | ||
Fury of the Congo | 1951 | ||
Bandit Queen | 1950 | ||
Pygmy Island | 1950 | ||
Border Rangers | 1950 | ||
Train to Tombstone | 1950 | ||
Gunfire | 1950 | ||
On the Isle of Samoa | 1950 | ||
I Shot Billy the Kid | 1950 | ||
Operation Haylift | 1950 | ||
Captive Girl | 1950 | ||
Mark of the Gorilla | 1950 | ||
Deputy Marshal | 1949 | ||
Zamba | 1949 | ||
Treasure of Monte Cristo | 1949 | ||
Sky Liner | 1949 | ||
Arson, Inc. | 1949 | ||
The Lost Tribe | 1949 | ||
Highway 13 | 1948 | ||
Jungle Jim | 1948 | ||
Racing Luck | 1948 | ||
Waterfront at Midnight | 1948 | ||
Speed to Spare | 1948 | ||
Caged Fury | 1948 | ||
Shoot to Kill | 1947 | ||
Code of the West | 1947 | ||
Renegade Girl | 1946 | ||
The Falcon's Adventure | 1946 | ||
Rolling Home | 1946 | ||
Sunset Pass | 1946 | ||
Ding Dong Williams | 1946 | ||
Dick Tracy | 1945 |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Border Rangers | 1950 | screenplay | |
Gunfire | 1950 | written by | |
Deputy Marshal | 1949 | screenplay | |
Rolling Home | 1946 | story | |
Timberesque | 1935 | Short story | |
Post of Honor | 1930 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
The Badge of Bravery | 1930 | Short story and scenario - as William Lester | |
The Smiling Terror | 1929 | story - as William Lester | |
Playing False | 1929 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
Red Romance | 1929 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
A Rider of the Sierras | 1929 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Slim Fingers | 1929 | screenplay - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
In Line of Duty | 1929 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Price of Fear | 1928 | screenplay - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
A Romeo of the Range | 1928 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Cloud Dodger | 1928 | screenplay - as William B. Lester / story - as William B. Lester | |
Greased Lightning | 1928 | story and scenario - as William Lester | |
The Ride for Help | 1928 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Valiant Rider | 1928 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
Framed | 1928 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
The Arizona Cyclone | 1928 | story and scenario - as William Lester | |
The Code of the Mounted | 1928 | Short as William Lester | |
Put 'Em Up | 1928 | as William Lester | |
Madden of the Mounted | 1928 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
The Brand of Courage | 1928 | Short as William Lester | |
The Air Patrol | 1928 | as William Lester | |
Desert Dust | 1927 | screenplay - as William B. Lester / story - as William B. Lester | |
Ridin' Wild | 1927 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
A Made-To-Order Hero | 1927 | screenplay - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
On Special Duty | 1927 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
The Scrappin' Fool | 1927 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
Daze of the West | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
The Man Tamer | 1927 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Plumed Rider | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
The Phantom Outlaw | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
The Fighting Three | 1927 | screenplay - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Gun Justice | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
Hands Off | 1927 | as William B. Lester | |
The Ore Raiders | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
The Lone Star | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
The Broncho Buster | 1927 | as William B. Lester | |
Hard Fists | 1927 | adaptation - as William Lester / screenplay - as William Lester | |
Straight Shootin' | 1927 | as William Lester / story - as William A. Berke | |
The Peace Deputy | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
Kelcy Gets His Man | 1927 | Short as William Lester | |
The Denver Dude | 1927 | adaptation - as William B. Lester | |
A One Man Game | 1927 | screenplay - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Golden Stallion | 1927 | original story and scenario - as William Lester | |
Rough and Ready | 1927 | as William Lester | |
Double Trouble | 1927/I | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Pioneer Blood | 1926 | Short as William Lester | |
The Pinnacle Rider | 1926 | Short as William Lester | |
The Shoot 'Em Up Kid | 1926 | Short as William Lester | |
Jim Hood's Ghost | 1926 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Don't Shoot | 1926 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Little Warrior | 1926 | Short as William Lester | |
The Fire Barrier | 1926 | Short as William Lester | |
Trapped | 1926 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Outlaw Love | 1926 | Short as William Lester | |
The Fighting Boob | 1926 | story - as William Lester | |
Mountain Molly O' | 1926 | Short continuity - as William Lester | |
The Flaming West | 1926 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Queen of the Hills | 1926 | Short scenario - as William Lester | |
Montana of the Range | 1926 | Short story and continuity - as William Lester | |
Peggy of the Secret Service | 1925 | as William Lester | |
The Boundary Line | 1925 | Short story - as William Lester | |
The Gold Trap | 1925 | Short scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Border Justice | 1925 | scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Riding Romance | 1925 | story - as William Lester | |
Cold Nerve | 1925 | as William Lester | |
Barriers of the Law | 1925 | as William Lester | |
Galloping Vengeance | 1925 | story - as William Lester | |
Flashing Spurs | 1924 | screenplay - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
Trigger Fingers | 1924 | scenario - as William Lester / story - as William Lester | |
The Love Pirate | 1923 | adaptation - as William Lester | |
Good Men and Bad | 1923 | as William Lester | |
Wolf Tracks | 1923 | as Wm. Lester | |
Gallopin' Through | 1923 | scenario - as William Lester | |
The Crow's Nest | 1922 | story - as William Lester | |
Barb Wire | 1922 | as William Lester |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Lost Missile | 1958 | executive producer | |
The Mugger | 1958 | producer | |
Cop Hater | 1958 | producer | |
Island Women | 1958 | producer | |
Street of Sinners | 1957 | producer | |
The Goldbergs | 1953-1957 | TV Series producer - 13 episodes | |
Four Boys and a Gun | 1957 | producer | |
I Spy | TV Series producer - 3 episodes executive producer - 1 episode, 1955 | ||
The Joe Palooka Story | 1954 | TV Series producer - 4 episodes | |
The Jungle | 1952 | producer | |
Life with Elizabeth | 1952 | TV Series associate producer - 1 episode | |
FBI Girl | 1951 | producer | |
Savage Drums | 1951 | producer | |
Pier 23 | 1951 | producer | |
Roaring City | 1951 | producer | |
Danger Zone | 1951 | producer | |
The Steel Helmet | 1951 | associate producer | |
Bandit Queen | 1950 | producer | |
Border Rangers | 1950 | producer | |
Train to Tombstone | 1950 | producer | |
Gunfire | 1950 | producer | |
I Shot Billy the Kid | 1950 | producer | |
Shoot to Kill | 1947 | producer | |
Renegade Girl | 1946 | producer | |
Rolling Home | 1946 | producer | |
The Falcon's Alibi | 1946 | producer | |
West of Tombstone | 1942 | producer | |
Riders of the Badlands | 1941 | producer | |
Confessions of Boston Blackie | 1941 | producer | |
The Royal Mounted Patrol | 1941 | associate producer | |
Prairie Stranger | 1941 | producer | |
Thunder Over the Prairie | 1941 | producer | |
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | 1940 | associate producer | |
Carolina Moon | 1940 | associate producer | |
Gaucho Serenade | 1940 | associate producer | |
Rancho Grande | 1940 | associate producer | |
South of the Border | 1939 | associate producer | |
Rovin' Tumbleweeds | 1939 | associate producer | |
New Frontier | 1939 | associate producer | |
Colorado Sunset | 1939 | associate producer | |
Wyoming Outlaw | 1939 | associate producer | |
Three Texas Steers | 1939 | associate producer | |
The Night Riders | 1939 | associate producer | |
Red River Range | 1938 | associate producer | |
Santa Fe Stampede | 1938 | associate producer | |
Overland Stage Raiders | 1938 | associate producer | |
Pals of the Saddle | 1938 | associate producer | |
Heroes of the Hills | 1938 | associate producer | |
Riders of the Black Hills | 1938 | associate producer | |
Outlaws of Sonora | 1938 | associate producer | |
Call the Mesquiteers | 1938 | associate producer | |
Young Dynamite | 1937 | associate producer | |
Roaring Six Guns | 1937 | executive producer | |
Atlantic Flight | 1937 | producer | |
Rough Riding Rhythm | 1937 | associate producer | |
Dangerous Holiday | 1937 | associate producer | |
Bill Cracks Down | 1937 | associate producer | |
Swing It Professor | 1937 | associate producer | |
A Man Betrayed | 1936 | associate producer | |
Aces Wild | 1936 | producer | |
Bulldog Edition | 1936 | supervising producer - as Wm. Berke | |
Gun Grit | 1936 | producer | |
Desert Justice | 1936 | producer - uncredited | |
Wildcat Saunders | 1936 | producer | |
Hair-Trigger Casey | 1936 | producer | |
Ghost Town | 1936 | producer | |
The Last of the Clintons | 1935 | producer | |
Wild Mustang | 1935 | producer - uncredited | |
Adventurous Knights | 1935 | producer | |
Toll of the Desert | 1935 | producer | |
Rustler's Paradise | 1935 | producer | |
Social Error | 1935 | producer | |
Roaring Roads | 1935 | producer - as Wm. Berke | |
Wagon Trail | 1935 | producer | |
The Pecos Kid | 1935 | producer | |
Timberesque | 1935 | Short producer | |
Wild Waters | 1935 | Short producer | |
Death Fangs | 1934 | Short producer | |
Crack-Up | 1934 | Short producer | |
Corruption | 1933 | producer | |
The Flaming Signal | 1933 | producer - as Wm. Berke | |
The Woman Who Dared | 1933 | producer |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Hellion | 1924 | The Father (as William Lester) | |
The Back Trail | 1924 | Jim Lawton (as Billy Lester) | |
Gentle Julia | 1923 | Herbert Atwater (as William Lester) | |
Wolf Tracks | 1923 | Laroque (as Wm. Lester) | |
The Forbidden Trail | 1923 | Rufe Trent (as Bill Lester) | |
Wolves of the Border | 1923 | as William Lester | |
The Firebrand | 1922 | Sheriff Harding (as William Lester) | |
Back Fire | 1922 | Henchman Latigo (as William Lester) | |
The Crow's Nest | 1922 | Pecos (as William Lester) | |
The Marshal of Moneymint | 1922 | Short | Slick Boyle (as William Lester) |
Barb Wire | 1922 | Bart Moseby (as William Lester) | |
The Double O | 1921 | Mat Haley (as William Lester) | |
Cynthiana | 1918 | Short as William Lester | |
The Clients of Aaron Green | 1918 | Short as William Lester | |
The Jest of Talky Jones | 1918 | Short as William Lester | |
The Winning of the Mocking Bird | 1918 | Short as William Lester | |
The Coming of Faro Nell | 1918 | Short as William Lester |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Ghost-Town Gold | 1936 | supervisor | |
Desert Justice | 1936 | presenter - as Wm. Berke | |
Wildcat Saunders | 1936 | presenter | |
The Pecos Kid | 1935 | presenter - as Wm. Berke |
Production Manager
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Doughnuts and Society | 1936 | production supervisor |