Writing

William Raynor

Born — Died

1920-04-09 — 1994-01-05

Place of birth

Queens, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

28 titles

Known for

Francis in the Haunted House poster
5.8

Reporter David Prescott becomes unlikely friends with Francis, who is the only witness to a murder. As Prescott finds himself in and out of the police station as a supposedly delirious suspect, he must clear his name with Francis in tow, and set off to the spooky old castle where the real killer waits!

Francis in the Haunted House

1956

My Dog, the Thief poster
6.8

As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's new co-pilot helps send ratings sky-high, but the canine's chronic kleptomania generates girl trouble, jewel thievery, and loads of laughs.

My Dog, the Thief

1969

Phantom from Space poster
4.5

After a UFO sighting, a mysterious phantom in a bizarre outfit starts attacking people in San Fernando Valley.

Phantom from Space

1953

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm poster
6.4

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957

Son of Belle Starr poster
7.0

The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession.

Son of Belle Starr

1953

Killers from Space poster
3.8

Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.

Killers from Space

1954

Film credits

Behind the camera

Francis in the Haunted House poster
5.8

Reporter David Prescott becomes unlikely friends with Francis, who is the only witness to a murder. As Prescott finds himself in and out of the police station as a supposedly delirious suspect, he must clear his name with Francis in tow, and set off to the spooky old castle where the real killer waits!

Francis in the Haunted House

1956

My Dog, the Thief poster
6.8

As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's new co-pilot helps send ratings sky-high, but the canine's chronic kleptomania generates girl trouble, jewel thievery, and loads of laughs.

My Dog, the Thief

1969

Phantom from Space poster
4.5

After a UFO sighting, a mysterious phantom in a bizarre outfit starts attacking people in San Fernando Valley.

Phantom from Space

1953

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm poster
6.4

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957

Son of Belle Starr poster
7.0

The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession.

Son of Belle Starr

1953

Killers from Space poster
3.8

Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.

Killers from Space

1954

Fangs of the Arctic poster
6.0

Canadian Mounties Corporal Rod Webb and Constable Mike Kelly, along with Rod's dog Chinook, are sent to the Blackfoot Crossing country to find a killer.

Fangs of the Arctic

1953

Yukon Gold poster
5.0

In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and encounters a female gambler. Action ensues, but justice prevails.

Yukon Gold

1952

Without Warning! poster
6.0

Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears

Without Warning!

1952

Two Dollar Bettor poster
5.4

An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.

Two Dollar Bettor

1951

Secret of Outlaw Flats poster
7.0

Two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series edited together and released as a feature.

Secret of Outlaw Flats

1953

Murder Without Tears poster
5.8

A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.

Murder Without Tears

1953

Yukon Vengeance poster
5.5

In this north-western set in the Yukon, a Mountie must investigate the violent deaths of three mail carriers.

Yukon Vengeance

1954

Snow Dog poster
7.5

The third installment in low-budget producer Lindsley Parson's "Chinook" series, Snow Dog was ostensibly based on pulp writer James Oliver Curwood's 1915 short-story "The Tentacles of the North," which was also the working title. Kirby Grant again played Rod McDonald of the Canadian Royal Mounted, and once again the vehicle was stolen by his canine sidekick, the white malamute Chinook. This time, Rod and Chinook are tracking a mysterious white wolf, thought to have killed several of the local traders.

Snow Dog

1950

Target Earth poster
6.0

Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café, Vicki Harris and Jim Wilson. The quartet escape the robot patrol and take refuge in a large hotel. There, they encounter a new danger in Davis, a psychopathic killer.

Target Earth

1954

Northwest Territory poster
6.5

Wilderness adventure starring Kirby Grant and Chinook.

Northwest Territory

1951

Yukon Manhunt poster
5.3

In this North Woods adventure, the Mounties investigate a series of payroll robberies and discover that it is an inside job.

Yukon Manhunt

1951

Rock, Pretty Baby poster
5.8

A high school rock group enters a band contest.

Rock, Pretty Baby

1956

Summer Love poster
5.5

A neighborhood rock band gets a job playing at a summer camp.

Summer Love

1958

The Matchmaking Marshal poster
8.0

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

The Matchmaking Marshal

1955

Border City Rustlers poster
7.0

Two episodes of "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

Border City Rustlers

1953

Two Gun Marshal poster
9.0

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature film.

Two Gun Marshal

1953

No artwork available
6.2

A bunch of ugly, tubby, nefarious middle-aged square mobsters threaten to take over a hoppin' Lone Star state teen nightspot, so the smart and resourceful kids hold an impromptu charity rock benefit concert to raise enough bread to save their beloved hangout from the greasy gangsters' vile clutches.

Rock Baby - Rock It

1957

The Tilted Tenderfoot poster
8.0

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

The Tilted Tenderfoot

1955

Six Gun Decision poster
9.0

A compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and Pony Express vs. Telegraph, edited together and released as a feature film.

Six Gun Decision

1953

Marshals in Disguise poster
8.0

Another of the series of "movies" created by stitching two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series together, U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles P. Jones are working to solve the mystery of a number of gold robberies from a stage line and expose the plot of a bank manager to buy the bank with funds stolen from it. Wrapping that one up tightly in less than thirty minutes, they move on up the road to round up another gang that has been holding up Wells Fargo offices, with Jingles posing as a medicine show magician.

Marshals in Disguise

1954

Rhythm Inn poster
4.0

A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a local club if he will let the band "borrow" their instruments at night. The clerk's girlfriend, however, thinks that the band singer is after more than her boyfriend's songs.

Rhythm Inn

1951