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.
Filmography
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self - Producer (archive footage)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
as Self
The Rose Tattoo
1955
as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)