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William Eckhardt(1909-1977)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
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William Eckhardt was born on 4 March 1909 in Minnesota, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Planet of the Apes (1968), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). He died on 9 May 1977 in Vista, California, USA.
BornMarch 4, 1909
DiedMay 9, 1977(68)
BornMarch 4, 1909
DiedMay 9, 1977(68)
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Known for

Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes
8.0
  • Production Manager
  • 1968
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
6.1
  • Production Manager(as William G. Eckhardt)
  • 1972
Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5
  • Production Manager
  • 1970
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Doctor Dolittle
6.2
  • Production Manager
  • 1967

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Anita Ekberg and Sterling Hayden in Valerie (1957)
    Valerie
    5.9
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Joan Collins, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason, Jayne Mansfield, and Dolores Michaels in The Wayward Bus (1957)
    The Wayward Bus
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons in Désirée (1954)
    Désirée
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • The Egyptian (1954)
    The Egyptian
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • Anne Bancroft, Susan Hayward, Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Michael Rennie, and Jay Robinson in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
    Demetrius and the Gladiators
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • Vicki (1953)
    Vicki
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1953
  • Two Flags West (1950)
    Two Flags West
    6.7
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • No Way Out (1950)
    No Way Out
    7.4
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte in House of Strangers (1949)
    House of Strangers
    7.3
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, El Brendel, Porter Hall, and Rudy Vallee in The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
    6.0
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark in Yellow Sky (1948)
    Yellow Sky
    7.4
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and June Havoc in The Iron Curtain (1948)
    The Iron Curtain
    6.3
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Victor Mature in Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
    Fury at Furnace Creek
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1948
  • Tyrone Power, Lee J. Cobb, Cesar Romero, Jean Peters, and John Sutton in Captain from Castile (1947)
    Captain from Castile
    6.8
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946)
    My Darling Clementine
    7.7
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1946

Production Manager

  • Cliff Robertson in Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
    Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
    4.7
    • unit production manager (as W.G. Eckhardt)
    • 1973
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
    6.1
    • unit production manager (as William G. Eckhardt)
    • 1972
  • Yvonne De Carlo, Edy Williams, Philip Carey, Jay C. Flippen, Wayne Maunder, and Marianne McAndrew in The Seven Minutes (1971)
    The Seven Minutes
    5.5
    • unit production manager
    • 1971
  • The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
    The Mephisto Waltz
    6.1
    • unit production manager
    • 1971
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    7.5
    • unit production manager
    • 1970
  • Myra Breckinridge (1970)
    Myra Breckinridge
    4.5
    • unit production manager
    • 1970
  • Walter Matthau and Edy Williams in The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
    The Secret Life of an American Wife
    5.5
    • unit production manager
    • 1968
  • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)
    Planet of the Apes
    8.0
    • unit production manager
    • 1968
  • Doctor Dolittle (1967)
    Doctor Dolittle
    6.2
    • unit production manager
    • 1967
  • Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, and Janet Margolin in Morituri (1965)
    Morituri
    7.0
    • unit production manager
    • 1965
  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
    5.0
    • unit production manager
    • 1965
  • Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, and Robert Cummings in What a Way to Go! (1964)
    What a Way to Go!
    6.9
    • unit production manager
    • 1964
  • The 300 Spartans (1962)
    The 300 Spartans
    6.5
    • production manager (as William G. Eckhardt)
    • 1962
  • Peter Lorre, Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Fabian, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Haydn, BarBara Luna, and Chester the Chimp in Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
    Five Weeks in a Balloon
    5.7
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • These Thousand Hills (1959)
    These Thousand Hills
    6.2
    • unit manager (uncredited)
    • 1959

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • W. K. Eckhardt
  • Born
    • March 4, 1909
    • Minnesota, USA
  • Died
    • May 9, 1977
    • Vista, California, USA(stroke)

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    William Eckhardt graduated with a degree in geology from Northwestern in 1929.

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