Hal B. Wallis

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Hal B. Wallis

Born Harold Brent Wallis
September 14, 1899
Chicago, Illinois
Died October 5, 1986
Rancho Mirage, California
Spouse(s) Louise Fazenda (1927-1962) (one son Brent)
Martha Hyer (1966-1986)

Hal B. Wallis, C.B.E. (September 14, 1899 – October 5, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American motion picture producer.

Born as Harold Brent Wallis in Chicago, his family moved in 1922 to Los Angeles, California, where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923.

Within a few years, Wallis became involved in the production end of the business and would eventually become head of production at Warners. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, he was involved with the production of more than 400 feature-length movies.

Among the many great movies he produced was Casablanca, one of the most honored movies in Hollywood history, as well as True Grit, for which John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor of 1969. Wallis left Warner Bros. in 1944 to work as an independent producer, enjoying considerable success both commercially and critically. Among his financial hits were the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies, and several of Elvis Presley's movies.

Hal Wallis received sixteen Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, winning for Casablanca in 1943. For his consistently high quality of motion picture production, he was twice honored with The 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.

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[edit] Marriages

Hal Wallis was married twice, to actress Louise Fazenda and to actress Martha Hyer (1966-1986).

[edit] Death

He died in Rancho Mirage, California, aged 87. He is interred in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California.

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] Awards and nominations

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NAME Wallis, Hal B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallis, Harold Brent
SHORT DESCRIPTION Film producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1986
PLACE OF DEATH Rancho Mirage, California