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.

Most Famous Work

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Casablanca

(1943) Producer

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True Grit

(1969) Producer

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

(1957) Producer

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The Maltese Falcon

(1941) Executive Producer

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Captain Blood

(1935) Executive Producer

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

(1938) Producer

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The Sons of Katie Elder

(1965) Producer

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They Died with Their Boots On

(1941) Executive Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2018	Self (archive footage)	Elvis Presley: The Searcher 2018-04-14 TV Show
2008	Self (archive footage)	You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story 2008-05-15 Movie
2005	Self - Producer (archive footage)	The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005-04-05 Movie
1983	Self	Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler 1983-01-01 Movie
1955	Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)	The Rose Tattoo 1955-12-12 Movie
1943	Self	Show-Business at War 1943-05-21 Movie
1940	Self (archive footage)	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940-07-31 Movie
1935	Himself (uncredited)	A Dream Comes True 1935-12-31 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1975	Producer	Rooster Cogburn 1975-11-01 Movie
1973	Producer	The Don Is Dead 1973-11-14 Movie
	Producer	Bequest to the Nation 1973-04-18 Movie
1972	Producer	Follow Me! 1972-07-15 Movie
1971	Producer	Mary, Queen of Scots 1971-12-22 Movie
	Producer	Red Sky at Morning 1971-05-12 Movie
1970	Producer	Norwood 1970-11-24 Movie
1969	Producer	Anne of the Thousand Days 1969-12-18 Movie
	Producer	True Grit 1969-06-11 Movie
1968	Producer	5 Card Stud 1968-07-28 Movie
1967	Producer	Easy Come, Easy Go 1967-05-28 Movie
	Producer	Barefoot in the Park 1967-05-25 Movie
1966	Producer	Paradise, Hawaiian Style 1966-06-15 Movie
1965	Producer	Boeing, Boeing 1965-12-22 Movie
	Producer	The Sons of Katie Elder 1965-06-23 Movie
1964	Producer	Roustabout 1964-11-11 Movie
	Producer	Becket 1964-03-11 Movie
1963	Producer	Fun in Acapulco 1963-11-27 Movie
1962	Producer	A Girl Named Tamiko 1962-12-27 Movie
	Producer	Girls! Girls! Girls! 1962-11-21 Movie
1961	Producer	Blue Hawaii 1961-11-22 Movie
	Producer	Summer and Smoke 1961-11-16 Movie
	Producer	All in a Night's Work 1961-03-15 Movie
1960	Producer	G.I. Blues 1960-11-23 Movie
	Producer	Visit to a Small Planet 1960-02-04 Movie
1959	Producer	Career 1959-10-08 Movie
	Producer	Last Train from Gun Hill 1959-07-29 Movie
	Producer	Don't Give Up the Ship 1959-07-03 Movie
1958	Producer	King Creole 1958-07-02 Movie
	Producer	Hot Spell 1958-05-21 Movie
1957	Producer	Wild Is the Wind 1957-12-11 Movie
	Producer	The Sad Sack 1957-11-27 Movie
	Producer	Loving You 1957-07-09 Movie
	Producer	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957-05-30 Movie
1956	Producer	The Rainmaker 1956-12-13 Movie
	Producer	Hollywood or Bust 1956-12-06 Movie
1955	Producer	The Rose Tattoo 1955-12-12 Movie
	Producer	Artists and Models 1955-11-07 Movie
1954	Producer	3 Ring Circus 1954-12-22 Movie
	Producer	About Mrs. Leslie 1954-08-03 Movie
1953	Producer	Money from Home 1953-12-31 Movie
	Producer	Cease Fire! 1953-11-24 Movie
	Producer	Scared Stiff 1953-04-27 Movie
1952	Producer	Come Back, Little Sheba 1952-12-24 Movie
	Producer	Jumping Jacks 1952-06-11 Movie
	Producer	Sailor Beware 1952-02-08 Movie
1951	Producer	The Stooge 1951-11-15 Movie
	Producer	Red Mountain 1951-11-01 Movie
	Producer	Peking Express 1951-08-01 Movie
	Producer	That's My Boy 1951-05-31 Movie
1950	Producer	September Affair 1950-10-18 Movie
	Producer	Dark City 1950-10-17 Movie
	Producer	The Furies 1950-08-16 Movie
	Producer	My Friend Irma Goes West 1950-06-25 Movie
	Producer	Paid in Full 1950-02-15 Movie
1949	Producer	The File on Thelma Jordon 1949-11-04 Movie
	Producer	My Friend Irma 1949-10-14 Movie
	Producer	Rope of Sand 1949-08-03 Movie
	Producer	The Accused 1949-01-12 Movie
1948	Producer	Sorry, Wrong Number 1948-09-24 Movie
	Producer	So Evil My Love 1948-08-02 Movie
1947	Producer	I Walk Alone 1947-12-31 Movie
	Producer	Desert Fury 1947-08-15 Movie
	Producer	The Perfect Marriage 1947-01-24 Movie
1946	Producer	The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946-08-19 Movie
1945	Producer	Love Letters 1945-10-26 Movie
	Producer	The Affairs of Susan 1945-07-08 Movie
	Producer	You Came Along 1945-07-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Rhapsody in Blue 1945-06-27 Movie
1944	Producer	Passage to Marseille 1944-03-11 Movie
1943	Producer	Princess O'Rourke 1943-10-23 Movie
	Producer	Watch on the Rhine 1943-08-27 Movie
	Producer	This Is the Army 1943-08-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Constant Nymph 1943-06-23 Movie
	Producer	Air Force 1943-03-20 Movie
	Producer	Casablanca 1943-01-15 Movie
1942	Producer	Now, Voyager 1942-10-22 Movie
	Producer	Desperate Journey 1942-09-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Gay Sisters 1942-08-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Juke Girl 1942-05-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942-05-29 Movie
	Producer	In This Our Life 1942-05-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Larceny, Inc. 1942-04-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Male Animal 1942-03-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Captains of the Clouds 1942-02-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Kings Row 1942-02-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	All Through the Night 1942-01-10 Movie
1941	Executive Producer	The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941-12-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	They Died with Their Boots On 1941-11-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Blues in the Night 1941-11-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Maltese Falcon 1941-10-18 Movie
	Producer	Sergeant York 1941-09-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941-09-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Navy Blues 1941-09-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dive Bomber 1941-08-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Manpower 1941-08-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Underground 1941-06-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	Out of the Fog 1941-06-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Affectionately Yours 1941-05-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Great Lie 1941-04-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Footsteps in the Dark 1941-03-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Strawberry Blonde 1941-02-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	High Sierra 1941-01-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Honeymoon for Three 1941-01-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	Four Mothers 1941-01-04 Movie
1940	Executive Producer	Santa Fe Trail 1940-12-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Letter 1940-11-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	Knute Rockne All American 1940-10-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	City for Conquest 1940-09-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	No Time for Comedy 1940-09-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Sea Hawk 1940-08-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	They Drive by Night 1940-07-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	All This, and Heaven Too 1940-07-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Gambling on the High Seas 1940-06-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	A Fugitive from Justice 1940-06-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	Brother Orchid 1940-06-07 Movie
	Executive Producer	Murder in the Air 1940-06-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Torrid Zone 1940-05-18 Movie
	Producer	Saturday's Children 1940-05-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Tear Gas Squad 1940-05-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	It All Came True 1940-04-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	Virginia City 1940-03-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940-02-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Castle on the Hudson 1940-02-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Fighting 69th 1940-01-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	Brother Rat and a Baby 1940-01-13 Movie
1939	Executive Producer	Invisible Stripes 1939-12-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Four Wives 1939-12-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Private Detective 1939-12-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	We Are Not Alone 1939-11-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Return of Doctor X 1939-11-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	On Dress Parade 1939-11-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939-11-11 Movie
	Producer	The Roaring Twenties 1939-10-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	Smashing the Money Ring 1939-10-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	Espionage Agent 1939-09-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	No Place to Go 1939-09-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dust Be My Destiny 1939-09-16 Movie
	Executive Producer	Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 1939-09-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Angels Wash Their Faces 1939-08-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Each Dawn I Die 1939-08-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Old Maid 1939-08-16 Movie
	Executive Producer	Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite 1939-08-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Waterfront 1939-07-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	Daughters Courageous 1939-06-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter 1939-06-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	Juarez 1939-06-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Code of the Secret Service 1939-05-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	Sweepstakes Winner 1939-05-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Torchy Runs for Mayor 1939-05-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939-05-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dark Victory 1939-04-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dodge City 1939-04-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Adventures of Jane Arden 1939-03-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Oklahoma Kid 1939-03-11 Movie
	Producer	Yes, My Darling Daughter 1939-02-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Nancy Drew... Reporter 1939-02-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	Torchy Blane in Chinatown 1939-02-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	They Made Me a Criminal 1939-01-21 Movie
1938	Executive Producer	The Dawn Patrol 1938-12-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Angels with Dirty Faces 1938-11-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Torchy Gets Her Man 1938-11-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Sisters 1938-10-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	Broadway Musketeers 1938-10-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Boy Meets Girl 1938-08-27 Movie
	Producer	Four Daughters 1938-08-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Four's a Crowd 1938-08-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Penrod's Double Trouble 1938-07-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938-07-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Men Are Such Fools 1938-06-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	Gold Diggers in Paris 1938-06-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	Mystery House 1938-05-21 Movie
	Producer	The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938-05-13 Movie
	Producer	Torchy Blane in Panama 1938-05-07 Movie
	Executive Producer	Accidents Will Happen 1938-04-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Over the Wall 1938-04-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	Jezebel 1938-03-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	A Slight Case of Murder 1938-02-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Penrod and His Twin Brother 1938-02-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Gold Is Where You Find It 1938-02-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Blondes at Work 1938-02-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Hollywood Hotel 1938-01-15 Movie
1937	Executive Producer	Tovarich 1937-12-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Adventurous Blonde 1937-11-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	West of Shanghai 1937-10-30 Movie
	Producer	The Perfect Specimen 1937-10-23 Movie
	Producer	It's Love I'm After 1937-10-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Love Is on the Air 1937-10-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	That Certain Woman 1937-08-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Confession 1937-08-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	Talent Scout 1937-07-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Public Wedding 1937-07-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Another Dawn 1937-06-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Slim 1937-06-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Fly Away Baby 1937-06-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	Kid Galahad 1937-05-29 Movie
	Producer	The Go-Getter 1937-05-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Draegerman Courage 1937-05-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Cherokee Strip 1937-05-15 Movie
	Executive Producer	Melody for Two 1937-05-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	That Man's Here Again 1937-04-16 Movie
	Executive Producer	Green Light 1937-02-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Stolen Holiday 1937-02-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	Black Legion 1937-01-30 Movie
	Executive Producer	Once a Doctor 1937-01-23 Movie
1936	Executive Producer	Gold Diggers of 1937 1936-12-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	Fugitive in the Sky 1936-11-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	California Mail 1936-11-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Case of the Black Cat 1936-10-31 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936-10-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Cain and Mabel 1936-09-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Down the Stretch 1936-09-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	Stage Struck 1936-09-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Trailin' West 1936-09-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Love Begins at Twenty 1936-08-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	China Clipper 1936-08-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	Jailbreak 1936-08-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Green Pastures 1936-08-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bengal Tiger 1936-07-29 Movie
	Executive Producer	Earthworm Tractors 1936-07-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Two Against the World 1936-07-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Big Noise 1936-06-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Hearts Divided 1936-06-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Murder by an Aristocrat 1936-06-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bullets or Ballots 1936-06-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Golden Arrow 1936-05-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	I Married a Doctor 1936-04-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Road Gang 1936-03-28 Movie
	Executive Producer	Colleen 1936-03-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936-02-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Petrified Forest 1936-02-08 Movie
1935	Executive Producer	Captain Blood 1935-12-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dangerous 1935-12-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Miss Pacific Fleet 1935-12-14 Movie
	Executive Producer	A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935-10-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Black Fury 1935-05-18 Movie
	Executive Producer	'G' Men 1935-05-04 Movie
	Producer	Devil Dogs of the Air 1935-02-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Bordertown 1935-01-23 Movie
1934	Executive Producer	The St. Louis Kid 1934-11-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dames 1934-09-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Man with Two Faces 1934-08-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Here Comes the Navy 1934-07-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Merry Frinks 1934-05-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Upperworld 1934-04-19 Movie
	Producer	Journal of a Crime 1934-03-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Jimmy the Gent 1934-03-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dark Hazard 1934-01-31 Movie
	Executive Producer	Hi, Nellie! 1934-01-20 Movie
1933	Executive Producer	Ever in My Heart 1933-10-28 Movie
	Producer	The Narrow Corner 1933-07-08 Movie
	Producer	Heroes for Sale 1933-06-17 Movie
	Producer	The Life of Jimmy Dolan 1933-06-03 Movie
	Producer	Central Airport 1933-04-15 Movie
	Producer	The Mind Reader 1933-04-01 Movie
	Producer	Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933-02-18 Movie
1932	Producer	The Match King 1932-12-31 Movie
	Producer	Lawyer Man 1932-12-24 Movie
	Producer	Scarlet Dawn 1932-11-12 Movie
	Producer	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932-11-09 Movie
	Producer	They Call It Sin 1932-11-05 Movie
	Producer	One Way Passage 1932-10-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Doctor X 1932-08-03 Movie
	Producer	Street of Women 1932-06-04 Movie
	Supervising Producer	Two Seconds 1932-05-28 Movie
	Producer	Miss Pinkerton 1932-05-27 Movie
	Producer	Man Wanted 1932-04-23 Movie
1931	Producer	Five Star Final 1931-09-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Blonde Crazy 1931-09-16 Movie
	Producer	Little Caesar 1931-01-25 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv