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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-09-13 (125 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Hal B. Wallis

Biography:

Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best remembered for producing Casablanca (1942), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and True Grit (1969), along with many other major films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Errol Flynn.

For his consistently high quality of motion picture production, he was twice honored with the Academy Awards' Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He was also nominated for seven Golden Globe awards, twice winning awards for Best Picture. In 1975, he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

Known For

Acting

2018

Elvis Presley: The Searcher as Self (archive footage)

2008

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Producer (archive footage)

1983

1955

The Rose Tattoo as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)

1943

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)

1935

A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)

Production

1975

Rooster Cogburn as Producer

1973

The Don Is Dead as Producer

1972

Follow Me! as Producer

1971

Red Sky at Morning as Producer

1970

Norwood as Producer

1969

True Grit as Producer

1968

5 Card Stud as Producer

1967

Easy Come, Easy Go as Producer

1966

1965

Boeing, Boeing as Producer

1964

Roustabout as Producer
Becket as Producer

1963

Fun in Acapulco as Producer

1962

1961

Blue Hawaii as Producer
Summer and Smoke as Producer

1960

G.I. Blues as Producer

1959

Career as Producer

1958

Hot Spell as Producer
King Creole as Producer

1957

Loving You as Producer
Wild Is the Wind as Producer
The Sad Sack as Producer

1956

Hollywood or Bust as Producer
The Rainmaker as Producer

1955

The Rose Tattoo as Producer
Artists and Models as Producer

1954

About Mrs. Leslie as Producer
3 Ring Circus as Producer

1953

Scared Stiff as Producer
Cease Fire! as Producer
Money from Home as Producer

1952

Sailor Beware as Producer
Jumping Jacks as Producer

1951

The Stooge as Producer
Red Mountain as Producer
Peking Express as Producer
That's My Boy as Producer

1950

The Furies as Producer
Dark City as Producer
Paid in Full as Producer
September Affair as Producer

1949

The Accused as Producer
Rope of Sand as Producer
My Friend Irma as Producer

1948

So Evil My Love as Producer

1947

Desert Fury as Producer
I Walk Alone as Producer

1945

Love Letters as Producer
You Came Along as Producer
Rhapsody in Blue as Executive Producer

1944

1943

Casablanca as Producer
Air Force as Producer
This Is the Army as Producer
The Constant Nymph as Executive Producer
Watch on the Rhine as Producer
Princess O'Rourke as Producer

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy as Executive Producer
Larceny, Inc. as Executive Producer
The Gay Sisters as Executive Producer
Desperate Journey as Producer
Captains of the Clouds as Executive Producer
Now, Voyager as Producer
All Through the Night as Executive Producer
Kings Row as Executive Producer
Juke Girl as Executive Producer
The Male Animal as Executive Producer
In This Our Life as Executive Producer

1941

The Maltese Falcon as Executive Producer
Blues in the Night as Executive Producer
Sergeant York as Producer
Dive Bomber as Executive Producer
The Strawberry Blonde as Executive Producer
Out of the Fog as Executive Producer
The Great Lie as Executive Producer
The Man Who Came to Dinner as Executive Producer
Underground as Executive Producer
Manpower as Executive Producer
They Died with Their Boots On as Executive Producer
High Sierra as Executive Producer
Honeymoon for Three as Executive Producer
Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Executive Producer
Four Mothers as Executive Producer
Navy Blues as Executive Producer
Footsteps in the Dark as Executive Producer
Affectionately Yours as Executive Producer

1940

City for Conquest as Executive Producer
Brother Orchid as Executive Producer
The Letter as Executive Producer
No Time for Comedy as Executive Producer
Brother Rat and a Baby as Executive Producer
The Sea Hawk as Executive Producer
Castle on the Hudson as Executive Producer
They Drive by Night as Executive Producer
Virginia City as Executive Producer
Torrid Zone as Executive Producer
All This, and Heaven Too as Executive Producer
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Executive Producer
It All Came True as Executive Producer
Murder in the Air as Executive Producer
Santa Fe Trail as Executive Producer
Gambling on the High Seas as Executive Producer
Tear Gas Squad as Executive Producer
A Fugitive from Justice as Executive Producer
The Fighting 69th as Executive Producer
Knute Rockne All American as Executive Producer

1939

The Return of Doctor X as Executive Producer
Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Executive Producer
Invisible Stripes as Executive Producer
Angels Wash Their Faces as Executive Producer
No Place to Go as Executive Producer
Four Wives as Executive Producer
Dark Victory as Executive Producer
Espionage Agent as Executive Producer
They Made Me a Criminal as Executive Producer
Juarez as Executive Producer
The Old Maid as Executive Producer
Dodge City as Executive Producer
Smashing the Money Ring as Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Executive Producer
Code of the Secret Service as Executive Producer
Torchy Runs for Mayor as Executive Producer
On Dress Parade as Executive Producer
The Oklahoma Kid as Executive Producer
Private Detective as Executive Producer
We Are Not Alone as Executive Producer
Each Dawn I Die as Executive Producer
Sweepstakes Winner as Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter as Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Reporter as Executive Producer
Waterfront as Executive Producer
The Adventures of Jane Arden as Executive Producer
Daughters Courageous as Executive Producer
Dust Be My Destiny as Executive Producer
You Can't Get Away with Murder as Executive Producer

1938

Jezebel as Executive Producer
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Executive Producer
The Sisters as Executive Producer
Men Are Such Fools as Executive Producer
Boy Meets Girl as Executive Producer
Hollywood Hotel as Executive Producer
Gold Diggers in Paris as Executive Producer
Torchy Gets Her Man as Executive Producer
The Dawn Patrol as Executive Producer
Four's a Crowd as Executive Producer
Broadway Musketeers as Executive Producer
Accidents Will Happen as Executive Producer
Mystery House as Executive Producer
Over the Wall as Executive Producer
Angels with Dirty Faces as Executive Producer
Crime School as Executive Producer
A Slight Case of Murder as Executive Producer
Gold Is Where You Find It as Executive Producer
Blondes at Work as Executive Producer
Four Daughters as Producer

1937

Black Legion as Executive Producer
Kid Galahad as Executive Producer
Stolen Holiday as Executive Producer
Confession as Executive Producer
Draegerman Courage as Executive Producer
The Go-Getter as Producer
Tovarich as Executive Producer
Slim as Executive Producer
Once a Doctor as Executive Producer
Another Dawn as Executive Producer
That Certain Woman as Executive Producer
The Cherokee Strip as Executive Producer
West of Shanghai as Executive Producer
Public Wedding as Executive Producer
That Man's Here Again as Executive Producer
Melody for Two as Executive Producer
Talent Scout as Executive Producer
Love Is on the Air as Executive Producer
Fly Away Baby as Executive Producer
The Adventurous Blonde as Executive Producer
Missing Witnesses as Executive Producer
Green Light as Executive Producer
Ready, Willing and Able as Executive Producer

1936

Earthworm Tractors as Executive Producer
The Petrified Forest as Executive Producer
Bullets or Ballots as Executive Producer
China Clipper as Executive Producer
The Story of Louis Pasteur as Executive Producer
Bengal Tiger as Executive Producer
Jailbreak as Executive Producer
The Golden Arrow as Executive Producer
The Green Pastures as Executive Producer
Trailin' West as Executive Producer
The Case of the Black Cat as Executive Producer
Fugitive in the Sky as Executive Producer
Cain and Mabel as Executive Producer
Road Gang as Executive Producer
Gold Diggers of 1937 as Executive Producer
Two Against the World as Executive Producer
Down the Stretch as Executive Producer
California Mail as Executive Producer
Give Me Your Heart as Producer
Love Begins at Twenty as Executive Producer
Murder by an Aristocrat as Executive Producer
The Charge of the Light Brigade as Executive Producer
Hearts Divided as Executive Producer
Stage Struck as Executive Producer
I Married a Doctor as Executive Producer
Colleen as Executive Producer
The Big Noise as Executive Producer

1935

Black Fury as Executive Producer
Bordertown as Executive Producer
Captain Blood as Executive Producer
Dangerous as Executive Producer
Miss Pacific Fleet as Executive Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Executive Producer
'G' Men as Executive Producer

1934

The St. Louis Kid as Executive Producer
Here Comes the Navy as Executive Producer
Dames as Executive Producer
Journal of a Crime as Producer
Jimmy the Gent as Executive Producer
The Man with Two Faces as Executive Producer
Hi, Nellie! as Executive Producer
Dark Hazard as Executive Producer
The Merry Frinks as Executive Producer

1933

The Narrow Corner as Producer
Ever in My Heart as Executive Producer
Central Airport as Producer
Heroes for Sale as Producer
The Mind Reader as Producer

1932

Doctor X as Executive Producer
One Way Passage as Producer
Lawyer Man as Producer
Man Wanted as Producer
Scarlet Dawn as Producer
Street of Women as Producer
Two Seconds as Supervising Producer
They Call It Sin as Producer
The Match King as Producer
Miss Pinkerton as Producer

1931

Five Star Final as Producer
Little Caesar as Producer
Blonde Crazy as Executive Producer