Hal B. Wallis

Producer

Born: September 13, 1899 (87 years old)

Died: October 5, 1986

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (240)

• The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005, ★ 7.7)
• You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008, ★ 8.5)
• The Rose Tattoo (1955, ★ 6.9)
• Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018, ★ 7.5)
• Casablanca (1943, ★ 8.1)
• Jezebel (1938, ★ 7)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941, ★ 7.7)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, ★ 7)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, ★ 7.5)
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946, ★ 7.1)
• The Furies (1950, ★ 7.1)
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, ★ 7.8)
• The Roaring Twenties (1939, ★ 7.5)
• Follow Me! (1972, ★ 7.6)
• Doctor X (1932, ★ 6.1)
• 5 Card Stud (1968, ★ 6.3)
• City for Conquest (1940, ★ 6.9)
• Blues in the Night (1941, ★ 6.2)
• Desert Fury (1947, ★ 6.1)
• I Walk Alone (1947, ★ 6.6)
• Scared Stiff (1953, ★ 6.5)
• Brother Orchid (1940, ★ 6.6)
• The File on Thelma Jordon (1949, ★ 6.6)
• Dark City (1950, ★ 6.5)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959, ★ 7.1)
• Five Star Final (1931, ★ 6.6)
• Black Legion (1937, ★ 6.6)
• Becket (1964, ★ 7.2)
• Hollywood or Bust (1956, ★ 6.2)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (1965, ★ 7.1)