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Hal B. Wallis Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1899-09-13

Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Credits:
9 Total Roles

Hal B. Wallis

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2018 Elvis Presley: The Searcher TV Self (archive footage)
2008 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn MOVIE Self - Producer (archive footage)
1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler MOVIE Self
1971 Film '72 TV Self
1955 The Rose Tattoo MOVIE Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
1943 Show-Business at War MOVIE Self
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards MOVIE Self (archive footage)
1935 A Dream Comes True MOVIE Himself (uncredited)

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