# Willy Castello
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{{short description|Dutch actor (1910–1953)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Willy Castello
| image = File:Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943) - Willy Castello.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = ''[Confessions of a Vice Baron](/source/Confessions_of_a_Vice_Baron)'' (1943)
| birth_date = April 24, 1910
| birth_place = [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|02|07|1910|04|24}}
| death_place = [Munich](/source/Munich), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
| other_names = William Castello
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1927–1953 (film)
}}
'''Willy Castello''' (April 24, 1910 – February 7, 1953) was a Dutch-American [film actor](/source/film_actor), also sometimes credited as '''William Castello'''. While he spent much of his screen career playing [supporting role](/source/supporting_role)s, he appeared for producer [Willis Kent](/source/Willis_Kent) in several [Poverty Row](/source/Poverty_Row) [exploitation films](/source/exploitation_films).[Schaefer p.47][Pitts p.204]
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[The Girl from Everywhere](/source/The_Girl_from_Everywhere)'' (1927)
* ''[The King of Kings](/source/The_King_of_Kings_(1927_film))'' (1927)
* ''[Border Romance](/source/Border_Romance)'' (1929)
* ''[Sailor's Song](/source/Sailor's_Song_(film))'' (1932)
* ''[Abduct Me](/source/Abduct_Me)'' (1932)
* ''[The Tars](/source/The_Tars)'' (1934)
* ''[Three Kids and a Queen](/source/Three_Kids_and_a_Queen)'' (1935)
* ''[Melody Trail](/source/Melody_Trail)'' (1935)
* ''[The Great Impersonation](/source/The_Great_Impersonation_(1935_film))'' (1935)
* ''[Smashing the Vice Trust](/source/Smashing_the_Vice_Trust)'' (1937)
* ''[Heroes of the Alamo](/source/Heroes_of_the_Alamo)'' (1937)
* ''[Young Dynamite](/source/Young_Dynamite)'' (1937)
* ''[Special Agent K-7](/source/Special_Agent_K-7)'' (1937)
* ''[The Wages of Sin](/source/The_Wages_of_Sin_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[Wanted by the Police](/source/Wanted_by_the_Police)'' (1938)
* ''[Race Suicide](/source/Race_Suicide_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[The Port of Missing Girls](/source/The_Port_of_Missing_Girls_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[Death Rides the Range](/source/Death_Rides_the_Range)'' (1939)
* ''[Balalaika](/source/Balalaika_(film))'' (1939)
* ''[Chasing Trouble](/source/Chasing_Trouble)'' (1940)
* ''[Foreign Correspondent](/source/Foreign_Correspondent_(film))'' (1940)
* ''[Argentine Nights](/source/Argentine_Nights)'' (1940)
* ''[Phantom of Chinatown](/source/Phantom_of_Chinatown)'' (1940)
* ''[Drums of the Desert](/source/Drums_of_the_Desert_(1940_film))'' (1940)
* ''[Mad Youth](/source/Mad_Youth)'' (1940)
* ''[Hidden Enemy](/source/Hidden_Enemy)'' (1940)
* ''[You're Out of Luck](/source/You're_Out_of_Luck)'' (1941)
* ''[The Panther's Claw](/source/The_Panther's_Claw)'' (1942)
* ''[Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen](/source/Enemy_Agents_Meet_Ellery_Queen)'' (1942)
* ''[The Dawn Express](/source/The_Dawn_Express)'' (1942)
* ''[We Were Dancing](/source/We_Were_Dancing_(film))'' (1942)
* ''[Hangmen Also Die!](/source/Hangmen_Also_Die!)'' (1943)
*''[Confessions of a Vice Baron](/source/Confessions_of_a_Vice_Baron)'' (1943)
* ''[The Boy from Stalingrad](/source/The_Boy_from_Stalingrad)'' (1943)
* ''[You Can't Beat the Law](/source/You_Can't_Beat_the_Law)'' (1943)
* ''[Man on a Tightrope](/source/Man_on_a_Tightrope)'' (1953)
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 1997.
* Schaefer, Eric. ''"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!": A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959''. Duke University Press, 1999.
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0144825}}
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Category:1910 births
Category:1953 deaths
Category:Male actors from Amsterdam
Category:American male film actors
Category:Dutch emigrants to the United States
Category:Dutch male film actors
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