Person

Hal B. Wallis

Production · 1899–1986 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Filmography

2018Elvis Presley: The SearcherSelf (archive footage)
2008You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. StorySelf (archive footage)
2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf - Producer (archive footage)
1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a SwashbucklerSelf
1975Rooster CogburnProducer
1973The Don Is DeadProducer
1973Bequest to the NationProducer
1972Follow Me!Producer
1971Mary, Queen of ScotsProducer
1971Film '72Self
1971Red Sky at MorningProducer
1970NorwoodProducer
1969Anne of the Thousand DaysProducer
1969True GritProducer
19685 Card StudProducer
1967Easy Come, Easy GoProducer
1967Barefoot in the ParkProducer
1966Paradise, Hawaiian StyleProducer
1965Boeing, BoeingProducer
1965The Sons of Katie ElderProducer
1964RoustaboutProducer
1964BecketProducer
1963Fun in AcapulcoProducer
1962A Girl Named TamikoProducer
1962Girls! Girls! Girls!Producer
1961Blue HawaiiProducer
1961Summer and SmokeProducer
1961All in a Night's WorkProducer
1960G.I. BluesProducer
1960Visit to a Small PlanetProducer
1959CareerProducer
1959Last Train from Gun HillProducer
1959Don't Give Up the ShipProducer
1958King CreoleProducer
1958Hot SpellProducer
1957Wild Is the WindProducer
1957The Sad SackProducer
1957Loving YouProducer
1957Gunfight at the O.K. CorralProducer
1956The RainmakerProducer
1956Hollywood or BustProducer
1955The Rose TattooMan at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
1955Artists and ModelsProducer
19543 Ring CircusProducer
1954About Mrs. LeslieProducer
1953Money from HomeProducer
1953Cease Fire!Producer
1953Scared StiffProducer
1953Come Back, Little ShebaProducer
1952Jumping JacksProducer
1952Sailor BewareProducer
1951The StoogeProducer
1951Red MountainProducer
1951Peking ExpressProducer
1951That's My BoyProducer
1950September AffairProducer
1950Dark CityProducer
1950The FuriesProducer
1950My Friend Irma Goes WestProducer
1950Paid in FullProducer
1949The File on Thelma JordonProducer
1949My Friend IrmaProducer
1949Rope of SandProducer
1949The AccusedProducer
1948Sorry, Wrong NumberProducer
1948So Evil My LoveProducer
1947I Walk AloneProducer
1947Desert FuryProducer
1947The Perfect MarriageProducer
1946The Strange Love of Martha IversProducer
1945Love LettersProducer
1945The Affairs of SusanProducer
1945You Came AlongProducer
1945Rhapsody in BlueExecutive Producer
1944Passage to MarseilleProducer
1943Princess O'RourkeProducer
1943Watch on the RhineProducer
1943This Is the ArmyProducer
1943The Constant NymphExecutive Producer
1943Show-Business at WarSelf
1943Air ForceProducer
1943CasablancaProducer
1942Now, VoyagerProducer
1942Desperate JourneyProducer
1942The Gay SistersExecutive Producer
1942Juke GirlExecutive Producer
1942Yankee Doodle DandyExecutive Producer
1942In This Our LifeExecutive Producer
1942Larceny, Inc.Executive Producer
1942The Male AnimalExecutive Producer
1942Captains of the CloudsExecutive Producer
1942Kings RowExecutive Producer
1942All Through the NightExecutive Producer
1941The Man Who Came to DinnerExecutive Producer
1941They Died with Their Boots OnExecutive Producer
1941Blues in the NightExecutive Producer
1941The Maltese FalconExecutive Producer
1941Sergeant YorkProducer
1941Nine Lives Are Not EnoughExecutive Producer
1941Navy BluesExecutive Producer
1941Dive BomberExecutive Producer
1941ManpowerExecutive Producer
1941UndergroundExecutive Producer
1941Out of the FogExecutive Producer
1941Affectionately YoursExecutive Producer
1941The Great LieExecutive Producer
1941Footsteps in the DarkExecutive Producer
1941The Strawberry BlondeExecutive Producer
1941High SierraExecutive Producer
1941Honeymoon for ThreeExecutive Producer
1941Four MothersExecutive Producer
1940Santa Fe TrailExecutive Producer
1940The LetterExecutive Producer
1940Knute Rockne All AmericanExecutive Producer
1940City for ConquestExecutive Producer
1940No Time for ComedyExecutive Producer
1940The Sea HawkExecutive Producer
1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage)
1940They Drive by NightExecutive Producer
1940All This, and Heaven TooExecutive Producer
1940Gambling on the High SeasExecutive Producer
1940A Fugitive from JusticeExecutive Producer
1940Brother OrchidExecutive Producer
1940Murder in the AirExecutive Producer
1940Torrid ZoneExecutive Producer
1940Saturday's ChildrenProducer
1940Tear Gas SquadExecutive Producer
1940It All Came TrueExecutive Producer
1940Virginia CityExecutive Producer
1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletExecutive Producer
1940Castle on the HudsonExecutive Producer
1940The Fighting 69thExecutive Producer
1940Brother Rat and a BabyExecutive Producer
1939Invisible StripesExecutive Producer
1939Four WivesExecutive Producer
1939Private DetectiveExecutive Producer
1939We Are Not AloneExecutive Producer
1939The Return of Doctor XExecutive Producer
1939On Dress ParadeExecutive Producer
1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexExecutive Producer
1939The Roaring TwentiesProducer
1939Smashing the Money RingExecutive Producer
1939Espionage AgentExecutive Producer
1939No Place to GoExecutive Producer
1939Dust Be My DestinyExecutive Producer
1939Nancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseExecutive Producer
1939Angels Wash Their FacesExecutive Producer
1939Each Dawn I DieExecutive Producer
1939The Old MaidExecutive Producer
1939Torchy Blane... Playing with DynamiteExecutive Producer
1939WaterfrontExecutive Producer
1939Daughters CourageousExecutive Producer
1939Nancy Drew... Trouble ShooterExecutive Producer
1939JuarezExecutive Producer
1939Code of the Secret ServiceExecutive Producer
1939Sweepstakes WinnerExecutive Producer
1939Torchy Runs for MayorExecutive Producer
1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyExecutive Producer
1939Dark VictoryExecutive Producer
1939Dodge CityExecutive Producer
1939You Can't Get Away with MurderExecutive Producer
1939The Adventures of Jane ArdenExecutive Producer
1939The Oklahoma KidExecutive Producer
1939Yes, My Darling DaughterProducer
1939Nancy Drew... ReporterExecutive Producer
1939Torchy Blane in ChinatownExecutive Producer
1939They Made Me a CriminalExecutive Producer
1938The Dawn PatrolExecutive Producer
1938Angels with Dirty FacesExecutive Producer
1938Torchy Gets Her ManExecutive Producer
1938The SistersExecutive Producer
1938Broadway MusketeersExecutive Producer
1938Boy Meets GirlExecutive Producer
1938Four DaughtersProducer
1938Four's a CrowdExecutive Producer
1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseExecutive Producer
1938Men Are Such FoolsExecutive Producer
1938Gold Diggers in ParisExecutive Producer
1938Mystery HouseExecutive Producer
1938The Adventures of Robin HoodProducer
1938Crime SchoolExecutive Producer
1938Torchy Blane in PanamaProducer
1938Accidents Will HappenExecutive Producer
1938Over the WallExecutive Producer
1938JezebelExecutive Producer
1938A Slight Case of MurderExecutive Producer
1938Gold Is Where You Find ItExecutive Producer
1938Blondes at WorkExecutive Producer
1938Hollywood HotelExecutive Producer
1937TovarichExecutive Producer
1937Missing WitnessesExecutive Producer
1937The Adventurous BlondeExecutive Producer
1937West of ShanghaiExecutive Producer
1937The Perfect SpecimenProducer
1937It's Love I'm AfterProducer
1937Love Is on the AirExecutive Producer
1937That Certain WomanExecutive Producer
1937ConfessionExecutive Producer
1937Talent ScoutExecutive Producer
1937Public WeddingExecutive Producer
1937Another DawnExecutive Producer
1937SlimExecutive Producer
1937Fly Away BabyExecutive Producer
1937Kid GalahadExecutive Producer
1937The Go-GetterProducer
1937Draegerman CourageExecutive Producer
1937The Cherokee StripExecutive Producer
1937Melody for TwoExecutive Producer
1937That Man's Here AgainExecutive Producer
1937Marked WomanExecutive Producer
1937Ready, Willing and AbleExecutive Producer
1937Green LightExecutive Producer
1937Stolen HolidayExecutive Producer
1937Black LegionExecutive Producer
1937Once a DoctorExecutive Producer
1936Gold Diggers of 1937Executive Producer
1936Fugitive in the SkyExecutive Producer
1936California MailExecutive Producer
1936The Case of the Black CatExecutive Producer
1936The Charge of the Light BrigadeExecutive Producer
1936Cain and MabelExecutive Producer
1936Down the StretchExecutive Producer
1936Give Me Your HeartProducer
1936Stage StruckExecutive Producer
1936Trailin' WestExecutive Producer
1936Love Begins at TwentyExecutive Producer
1936China ClipperExecutive Producer
1936JailbreakExecutive Producer
1936The Green PasturesExecutive Producer
1936Bengal TigerExecutive Producer
1936Earthworm TractorsExecutive Producer
1936Two Against the WorldExecutive Producer
1936The Big NoiseExecutive Producer
1936Hearts DividedExecutive Producer
1936Murder by an AristocratExecutive Producer
1936Bullets or BallotsExecutive Producer
1936The Golden ArrowExecutive Producer
1936I Married a DoctorExecutive Producer
1936Snowed UnderExecutive Producer
1936Road GangExecutive Producer
1936ColleenExecutive Producer
1936The Walking DeadExecutive Producer
1936The Story of Louis PasteurExecutive Producer
1936The Petrified ForestExecutive Producer
1935A Dream Comes TrueHimself (uncredited)
1935Captain BloodExecutive Producer
1935DangerousExecutive Producer
1935Miss Pacific FleetExecutive Producer
1935A Midsummer Night's DreamExecutive Producer
1935Black FuryExecutive Producer
1935'G' MenExecutive Producer
1935Devil Dogs of the AirProducer
1935BordertownExecutive Producer
1934Flirtation WalkProducer
1934The St. Louis KidExecutive Producer
1934DamesExecutive Producer
1934The Man with Two FacesExecutive Producer
1934Here Comes the NavyExecutive Producer
1934The Merry FrinksExecutive Producer
1934Journal of a CrimeProducer
1934Jimmy the GentExecutive Producer
1934Dark HazardExecutive Producer
1934Hi, Nellie!Executive Producer
1933Ever in My HeartExecutive Producer
1933The Narrow CornerProducer
1933Heroes for SaleProducer
1933Private Detective 62Supervising Producer
1933The Life of Jimmy DolanProducer
1933Central AirportProducer
1933The Mind ReaderProducer
193342nd StreetSupervising Producer
1933Mystery of the Wax MuseumProducer
1932The Match KingProducer
1932Lawyer ManProducer
1932Scarlet DawnProducer
1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangProducer
1932They Call It SinProducer
1932One Way PassageProducer
1932Doctor XExecutive Producer
1932Street of WomenProducer
1932Two SecondsSupervising Producer
1932The Strange Love of Molly LouvainProducer
1932Miss PinkertonProducer
1932Man WantedProducer
1931Five Star FinalProducer
1931Blonde CrazyExecutive Producer
1931Little CaesarProducer

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