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

7.5

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

TV Series2018

6.9

The Rose Tattoo

Movie1955

6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Movie1940

8.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

Movie2008

7.7

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Movie2005

6.3

A Dream Comes True

Movie1935

7.0

Show-Business at War

Movie1943

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

Movie1983

Filmography