Profile
Hal B. Wallis
Film Producer
Male
Born
Sep 14, 1898
Hometown
U.S.
Died
Oct 5, 1986
Death Place
Rancho Mirage, Ca...
Other Names
Wallis, Harold Brent
Hal B. Wallis was an American film producer. He is known for producing Casablanca, and other important films featuring actors such as Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, John Wayne and… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1898
Birth
Born on September 14, 1898.
TWENTIES
1922
23 Years Old
His family moved in 1922 to Los Angeles, California, where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923.
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1927
28 Years Old
Wallis was married twice, to actress Louise Fazenda from 1927 until 1962 and to actress Martha Hyer from 1966 until his death in 1986.
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FORTIES
1944
45 Years Old
Wallis left Warner Bros. in 1944, after a clash with Jack Warner over Warner's acceptance of the Best Picture Oscar to Casablanca, to work as an independent producer, enjoying considerable success both commercially and critically.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1969
70 Years Old
He produced True Grit, for which John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor of 1969, and its sequel.
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1975
76 Years Old
In 1975, he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
1986
88 Years Old
Died on October 5, 1986.
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