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Known For

Production

Known Credits

284

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-09-13

Day of Death

1986-10-05 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Hal Wallis

Harold Brent Wallis

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

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as

Self - Producer (archive footage)

The Rose Tattoo

1955

The Rose Tattoo

as

Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)

A Dream Comes True

1935

A Dream Comes True

as

Himself (uncredited)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as

Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

as

Self (archive footage)

Film '72

Film '72

as

Self

Production

Jezebel

1938

Jezebel

as

Hot Spell

1958

Hot Spell

as

Doctor X

1932

Doctor X

as

Dark City

1950

Dark City

as

Becket

1964

Becket

as

Air Force

1943

Air Force

as

True Grit

1969

True Grit

as

Career

1959

Career

as

Kings Row

1942

Kings Row

as

Tovarich

1937

Tovarich

as

Slim

1937

Slim

as

Dames

1934

Dames

as

Jailbreak

1936

Jailbreak

as

Juarez

1939

Juarez

as

Norwood

1970

Norwood

as

Dangerous

1935

Dangerous

as

Road Gang

1936

Road Gang

as

Manpower

1941

Manpower

as

Juke Girl

1942

Juke Girl

as

Colleen

1936

Colleen

as

'G' Men

1935

'G' Men

as

Crew

Directing