Personal Info
Known For
Production
Born
September 13, 1899
Died
October 5, 1986 (age 87)
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
TV
Film '72
Self
1971
TV
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Rose Tattoo
Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
1955
Film
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Producer (archive footage)
2005
Film
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
1983
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Filmography
2018TVElvis Presley: The Searcheras Self (archive footage)2008FilmYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Storyas Self (archive footage)2005FilmThe Adventures of Errol Flynnas Self - Producer (archive footage)1983FilmErrol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckleras Self1971TVFilm '72as Self1955FilmThe Rose Tattooas Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)1943FilmShow-Business at Waras Self1940FilmCavalcade of the Academy Awardsas Self (archive footage)1935FilmA Dream Comes Trueas Himself (uncredited)