Hal B. Wallis

Hal B. Wallis

Known for
Production
Born
September 13, 1899
Died
October 5, 1986 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Filmography

1975
Rooster Cogburn poster

Rooster Cogburn

Movie · Producer

1973
The Don Is Dead poster

The Don Is Dead

Movie · Producer

1973
Bequest to the Nation poster

Bequest to the Nation

Movie · Producer

1972
Follow Me! poster

Follow Me!

Movie · Producer

1971
Red Sky at Morning poster

Red Sky at Morning

Movie · Producer

1971
Mary, Queen of Scots poster

Mary, Queen of Scots

Movie · Producer

1970
Norwood poster

Norwood

Movie · Producer

1969
True Grit poster

True Grit

Movie · Producer

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Anne of the Thousand Days

Movie · Producer

1968
5 Card Stud poster

5 Card Stud

Movie · Producer

1967
Easy Come, Easy Go poster

Easy Come, Easy Go

Movie · Producer

1967
Barefoot in the Park poster

Barefoot in the Park

Movie · Producer

1966
Paradise, Hawaiian Style poster

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Movie · Producer

1965
The Sons of Katie Elder poster

The Sons of Katie Elder

Movie · Producer

1965
Boeing, Boeing poster

Boeing, Boeing

Movie · Producer

1964
Roustabout poster

Roustabout

Movie · Producer

1964
Becket poster

Becket

Movie · Producer

1963
Fun in Acapulco poster

Fun in Acapulco

Movie · Producer

1962
A Girl Named Tamiko poster

A Girl Named Tamiko

Movie · Producer

1962
Girls! Girls! Girls! poster

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Movie · Producer

1961
Blue Hawaii poster

Blue Hawaii

Movie · Producer

1961
Summer and Smoke poster

Summer and Smoke

Movie · Producer

1961
All in a Night's Work poster

All in a Night's Work

Movie · Producer

1960
Visit to a Small Planet poster

Visit to a Small Planet

Movie · Producer

1960
G.I. Blues poster

G.I. Blues

Movie · Producer

1959
Last Train from Gun Hill poster

Last Train from Gun Hill

Movie · Producer

1959
Career poster

Career

Movie · Producer

1959
Don't Give Up the Ship poster

Don't Give Up the Ship

Movie · Producer

1958
Hot Spell poster

Hot Spell

Movie · Producer

1958
King Creole poster

King Creole

Movie · Producer

1957
Loving You poster

Loving You

Movie · Producer

1957
Wild Is the Wind poster

Wild Is the Wind

Movie · Producer

1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral poster

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Movie · Producer

1957
The Sad Sack poster

The Sad Sack

Movie · Producer

1956
Hollywood or Bust poster

Hollywood or Bust

Movie · Producer

1956
The Rainmaker poster

The Rainmaker

Movie · Producer

1955
The Rose Tattoo poster

The Rose Tattoo

Movie · Producer

1955
Artists and Models poster

Artists and Models

Movie · Producer

1954
About Mrs. Leslie poster

About Mrs. Leslie

Movie · Producer

1954
3 Ring Circus poster

3 Ring Circus

Movie · Producer

1953
Scared Stiff poster

Scared Stiff

Movie · Producer

1953
Come Back, Little Sheba poster

Come Back, Little Sheba

Movie · Producer

1953
Cease Fire! poster

Cease Fire!

Movie · Producer

1953
Money from Home poster

Money from Home

Movie · Producer

1952
Jumping Jacks poster

Jumping Jacks

Movie · Producer

1952
Sailor Beware poster

Sailor Beware

Movie · Producer

1951
The Stooge poster

The Stooge

Movie · Producer

1951
Red Mountain poster

Red Mountain

Movie · Producer

1951
Peking Express poster

Peking Express

Movie · Producer

1951
That's My Boy poster

That's My Boy

Movie · Producer

1950
The Furies poster

The Furies

Movie · Producer

1950
Dark City poster

Dark City

Movie · Producer

1950
Paid in Full poster

Paid in Full

Movie · Producer

1950
September Affair poster

September Affair

Movie · Producer

1950
My Friend Irma Goes West poster

My Friend Irma Goes West

Movie · Producer

1949
The File on Thelma Jordon poster

The File on Thelma Jordon

Movie · Producer

1949
The Accused poster

The Accused

Movie · Producer

1949
Rope of Sand poster

Rope of Sand

Movie · Producer

1949
My Friend Irma poster

My Friend Irma

Movie · Producer

1948
So Evil My Love poster

So Evil My Love

Movie · Producer

1948
Sorry, Wrong Number poster

Sorry, Wrong Number

Movie · Producer

1947
Desert Fury poster

Desert Fury

Movie · Producer

1947
I Walk Alone poster

I Walk Alone

Movie · Producer

1947
The Perfect Marriage poster

The Perfect Marriage

Movie · Producer

1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers poster

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Movie · Producer

1945
Love Letters poster

Love Letters

Movie · Producer

1945
You Came Along poster

You Came Along

Movie · Producer

1945
Rhapsody in Blue poster

Rhapsody in Blue

Movie · Executive Producer

1945
The Affairs of Susan poster

The Affairs of Susan

Movie · Producer

1944
Passage to Marseille poster

Passage to Marseille

Movie · Producer

1943
Casablanca poster

Casablanca

Movie · Producer

1943
Air Force poster

Air Force

Movie · Producer

1943
This Is the Army poster

This Is the Army

Movie · Producer

1943
The Constant Nymph poster

The Constant Nymph

Movie · Executive Producer

1943
Watch on the Rhine poster

Watch on the Rhine

Movie · Producer

1943
Princess O'Rourke poster

Princess O'Rourke

Movie · Producer

1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy poster

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
Larceny, Inc. poster

Larceny, Inc.

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
The Gay Sisters poster

The Gay Sisters

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
Desperate Journey poster

Desperate Journey

Movie · Producer

1942
Captains of the Clouds poster

Captains of the Clouds

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
Now, Voyager poster

Now, Voyager

Movie · Producer

1942
All Through the Night poster

All Through the Night

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
Kings Row poster

Kings Row

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
Juke Girl poster

Juke Girl

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
The Male Animal poster

The Male Animal

Movie · Executive Producer

1942
In This Our Life poster

In This Our Life

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
The Maltese Falcon poster

The Maltese Falcon

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Blues in the Night poster

Blues in the Night

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Sergeant York poster

Sergeant York

Movie · Producer

1941
Dive Bomber poster

Dive Bomber

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
The Strawberry Blonde poster

The Strawberry Blonde

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Out of the Fog poster

Out of the Fog

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner poster

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
The Great Lie poster

The Great Lie

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Underground poster

Underground

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Manpower poster

Manpower

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
They Died with Their Boots On poster

They Died with Their Boots On

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
High Sierra poster

High Sierra

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Honeymoon for Three poster

Honeymoon for Three

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough poster

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Four Mothers poster

Four Mothers

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Navy Blues poster

Navy Blues

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Footsteps in the Dark poster

Footsteps in the Dark

Movie · Executive Producer

1941
Affectionately Yours poster

Affectionately Yours

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
City for Conquest poster

City for Conquest

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Brother Orchid poster

Brother Orchid

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
The Letter poster

The Letter

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
No Time for Comedy poster

No Time for Comedy

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Saturday's Children poster

Saturday's Children

Movie · Producer

1940
Brother Rat and a Baby poster

Brother Rat and a Baby

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
The Sea Hawk poster

The Sea Hawk

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Castle on the Hudson poster

Castle on the Hudson

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
They Drive by Night poster

They Drive by Night

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Virginia City poster

Virginia City

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Torrid Zone poster

Torrid Zone

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
All This, and Heaven Too poster

All This, and Heaven Too

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet poster

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Murder in the Air poster

Murder in the Air

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
It All Came True poster

It All Came True

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Santa Fe Trail poster

Santa Fe Trail

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Gambling on the High Seas poster

Gambling on the High Seas

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Tear Gas Squad poster

Tear Gas Squad

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
A Fugitive from Justice poster

A Fugitive from Justice

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
The Fighting 69th poster

The Fighting 69th

Movie · Executive Producer

1940
Knute Rockne All American poster

Knute Rockne All American

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
The Return of Doctor X poster

The Return of Doctor X

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
The Roaring Twenties poster

The Roaring Twenties

Movie · Producer

1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy poster

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Invisible Stripes poster

Invisible Stripes

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Angels Wash Their Faces poster

Angels Wash Their Faces

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter poster

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Movie · Producer

1939
No Place to Go poster

No Place to Go

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Four Wives poster

Four Wives

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Dark Victory poster

Dark Victory

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Espionage Agent poster

Espionage Agent

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
They Made Me a Criminal poster

They Made Me a Criminal

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Juarez poster

Juarez

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex poster

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
The Old Maid poster

The Old Maid

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Dodge City poster

Dodge City

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Code of the Secret Service poster

Code of the Secret Service

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite poster

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Smashing the Money Ring poster

Smashing the Money Ring

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown poster

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor poster

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
On Dress Parade poster

On Dress Parade

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
The Oklahoma Kid poster

The Oklahoma Kid

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Private Detective poster

Private Detective

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
We Are Not Alone poster

We Are Not Alone

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Each Dawn I Die poster

Each Dawn I Die

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Sweepstakes Winner poster

Sweepstakes Winner

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter poster

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase poster

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter poster

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Waterfront poster

Waterfront

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
The Adventures of Jane Arden poster

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Daughters Courageous poster

Daughters Courageous

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
Dust Be My Destiny poster

Dust Be My Destiny

Movie · Executive Producer

1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder poster

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Jezebel poster

Jezebel

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Movie · Producer

1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse poster

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
The Sisters poster

The Sisters

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Men Are Such Fools poster

Men Are Such Fools

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Boy Meets Girl poster

Boy Meets Girl

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Hollywood Hotel poster

Hollywood Hotel

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Gold Diggers in Paris poster

Gold Diggers in Paris

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Torchy Gets Her Man poster

Torchy Gets Her Man

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
The Dawn Patrol poster

The Dawn Patrol

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Torchy Blane in Panama poster

Torchy Blane in Panama

Movie · Producer

1938
Four's a Crowd poster

Four's a Crowd

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Broadway Musketeers poster

Broadway Musketeers

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Accidents Will Happen poster

Accidents Will Happen

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Mystery House poster

Mystery House

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Over the Wall poster

Over the Wall

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Angels with Dirty Faces poster

Angels with Dirty Faces

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Crime School poster

Crime School

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
A Slight Case of Murder poster

A Slight Case of Murder

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Gold Is Where You Find It poster

Gold Is Where You Find It

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Blondes at Work poster

Blondes at Work

Movie · Executive Producer

1938
Four Daughters poster

Four Daughters

Movie · Producer

1937
Black Legion poster

Black Legion

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Kid Galahad poster

Kid Galahad

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Stolen Holiday poster

Stolen Holiday

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Confession poster

Confession

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Draegerman Courage poster

Draegerman Courage

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
The Go-Getter poster

The Go-Getter

Movie · Producer

1937
Tovarich poster

Tovarich

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Slim poster

Slim

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Once a Doctor poster

Once a Doctor

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
The Perfect Specimen poster

The Perfect Specimen

Movie · Producer

1937
It's Love I'm After poster

It's Love I'm After

Movie · Producer

1937
Another Dawn poster

Another Dawn

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
That Certain Woman poster

That Certain Woman

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
The Cherokee Strip poster

The Cherokee Strip

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
West of Shanghai poster

West of Shanghai

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Public Wedding poster

Public Wedding

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
That Man's Here Again poster

That Man's Here Again

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Melody for Two poster

Melody for Two

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Talent Scout poster

Talent Scout

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Love Is on the Air poster

Love Is on the Air

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Fly Away Baby poster

Fly Away Baby

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
The Adventurous Blonde poster

The Adventurous Blonde

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Missing Witnesses poster

Missing Witnesses

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Green Light poster

Green Light

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Ready, Willing and Able poster

Ready, Willing and Able

Movie · Executive Producer

1937
Marked Woman poster

Marked Woman

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Earthworm Tractors poster

Earthworm Tractors

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Petrified Forest poster

The Petrified Forest

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Bullets or Ballots poster

Bullets or Ballots

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
China Clipper poster

China Clipper

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur poster

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Bengal Tiger poster

Bengal Tiger

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Jailbreak poster

Jailbreak

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Golden Arrow poster

The Golden Arrow

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Green Pastures poster

The Green Pastures

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Trailin' West poster

Trailin' West

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Case of the Black Cat poster

The Case of the Black Cat

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Fugitive in the Sky poster

Fugitive in the Sky

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Cain and Mabel poster

Cain and Mabel

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Road Gang poster

Road Gang

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Gold Diggers of 1937 poster

Gold Diggers of 1937

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Two Against the World poster

Two Against the World

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Down the Stretch poster

Down the Stretch

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
California Mail poster

California Mail

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Give Me Your Heart poster

Give Me Your Heart

Movie · Producer

1936
Love Begins at Twenty poster

Love Begins at Twenty

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Murder by an Aristocrat poster

Murder by an Aristocrat

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade poster

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Hearts Divided poster

Hearts Divided

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Stage Struck poster

Stage Struck

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
I Married a Doctor poster

I Married a Doctor

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Colleen poster

Colleen

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Big Noise poster

The Big Noise

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
Snowed Under poster

Snowed Under

Movie · Executive Producer

1936
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
Black Fury poster

Black Fury

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
Devil Dogs of the Air poster

Devil Dogs of the Air

Movie · Producer

1935
Bordertown poster

Bordertown

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
Captain Blood poster

Captain Blood

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
Dangerous poster

Dangerous

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
Miss Pacific Fleet poster

Miss Pacific Fleet

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · Executive Producer

1935
'G' Men poster

'G' Men

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
The St. Louis Kid poster

The St. Louis Kid

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
Here Comes the Navy poster

Here Comes the Navy

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
Dames poster

Dames

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
Journal of a Crime poster

Journal of a Crime

Movie · Producer

1934
Jimmy the Gent poster

Jimmy the Gent

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
The Man with Two Faces poster

The Man with Two Faces

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
Hi, Nellie! poster

Hi, Nellie!

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
Dark Hazard poster

Dark Hazard

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
The Merry Frinks poster

The Merry Frinks

Movie · Executive Producer

1934
Flirtation Walk poster

Flirtation Walk

Movie · Producer

1933
The Narrow Corner poster

The Narrow Corner

Movie · Producer

1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum poster

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Movie · Producer

1933
Ever in My Heart poster

Ever in My Heart

Movie · Executive Producer

1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan poster

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

Movie · Producer

1933
Heroes for Sale poster

Heroes for Sale

Movie · Producer

1933
Central Airport poster

Central Airport

Movie · Producer

1933
The Mind Reader poster

The Mind Reader

Movie · Producer

1933
Private Detective 62 poster

Private Detective 62

Movie · Supervising Producer

1933
42nd Street poster

42nd Street

Movie · Supervising Producer

1932
Doctor X poster

Doctor X

Movie · Executive Producer

1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang poster

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Movie · Producer

1932
One Way Passage poster

One Way Passage

Movie · Producer

1932
Lawyer Man poster

Lawyer Man

Movie · Producer

1932
Man Wanted poster

Man Wanted

Movie · Producer

1932
Scarlet Dawn poster

Scarlet Dawn

Movie · Producer

1932
Street of Women poster

Street of Women

Movie · Producer

1932
Two Seconds poster

Two Seconds

Movie · Supervising Producer

1932
They Call It Sin poster

They Call It Sin

Movie · Producer

1932
The Match King poster

The Match King

Movie · Producer

1932
Miss Pinkerton poster

Miss Pinkerton

Movie · Producer

1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain poster

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

Movie · Producer

1931
Five Star Final poster

Five Star Final

Movie · Producer

1931
Little Caesar poster

Little Caesar

Movie · Producer

1931
Blonde Crazy poster

Blonde Crazy

Movie · Executive Producer