Engel's film credits include The Man from Planet X (1951), Confidence Girl (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Indestructible Man (1956), The Houston Story (1956), Spartacus (1960), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Lawman (1971), Switchblade Sisters (1975) and Kingdom of the Spiders (1977).