Hal B. Wallis
Production1899Chicago, 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
The Rose Tattoo
Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
Film '72
Self
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Producer (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
Acting History
2018
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
TVas Self (archive footage)• 2 eps
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Producer (archive footage)
1983
1975
Rooster Cogburn
Producer
1973
The Don Is Dead
Producer
Bequest to the Nation
Producer
1972
Follow Me!
Producer
1971
1970
Norwood
Producer
1969
True Grit
Producer
Anne of the Thousand Days
Producer
1968
5 Card Stud
Producer
1967
Barefoot in the Park
Producer
Easy Come, Easy Go
Producer
1966
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Producer
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
Producer
Boeing, Boeing
Producer
1964
Roustabout
Producer
Becket
Producer
1963
Fun in Acapulco
Producer
1962
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Producer
A Girl Named Tamiko
Producer
1961
1960
G.I. Blues
Producer
Visit to a Small Planet
Producer
1959
1958
Hot Spell
Producer
King Creole
Producer
1957
1956
The Rainmaker
Producer
Hollywood or Bust
Producer
1955
The Rose Tattoo
as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
Artists and Models
Producer
The Rose Tattoo
Producer
1954
3 Ring Circus
Producer
About Mrs. Leslie
Producer
1953
1952
Jumping Jacks
Producer
Sailor Beware
Producer
1951
1950
Paid in Full
Producer
My Friend Irma Goes West
Producer
Dark City
Producer
September Affair
Producer
The Furies
Producer
1949
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Producer
So Evil My Love
Producer
1947
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Producer
1945
You Came Along
Producer
Rhapsody in Blue
Executive Producer
The Affairs of Susan
Producer
Love Letters
Producer
1944
Passage to Marseille
Producer
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
Air Force
Producer
Princess O'Rourke
Producer
This Is the Army
Producer
Watch on the Rhine
Producer
The Constant Nymph
Executive Producer
Casablanca
Producer
1942
Now, Voyager
Producer
Desperate Journey
Producer
All Through the Night
Executive Producer
The Male Animal
Executive Producer
Larceny, Inc.
Executive Producer
Captains of the Clouds
Executive Producer
In This Our Life
Executive Producer
The Gay Sisters
Executive Producer
Juke Girl
Executive Producer
Kings Row
Executive Producer
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Executive Producer
1941
High Sierra
Executive Producer
Blues in the Night
Executive Producer
Sergeant York
Producer
They Died with Their Boots On
Executive Producer
Dive Bomber
Executive Producer
Underground
Executive Producer
Honeymoon for Three
Executive Producer
Four Mothers
Executive Producer
Navy Blues
Executive Producer
Manpower
Executive Producer
The Maltese Falcon
Executive Producer
The Strawberry Blonde
Executive Producer
The Great Lie
Executive Producer
Footsteps in the Dark
Executive Producer
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Executive Producer
Affectionately Yours
Executive Producer
Out of the Fog
Executive Producer
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Executive Producer
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
City for Conquest
Executive Producer
Castle on the Hudson
Executive Producer
The Letter
Executive Producer
Virginia City
Executive Producer
Saturday's Children
Producer
Murder in the Air
Executive Producer
It All Came True
Executive Producer
The Sea Hawk
Executive Producer
Brother Orchid
Executive Producer
The Fighting 69th
Executive Producer
Santa Fe Trail
Executive Producer
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Executive Producer
Torrid Zone
Executive Producer
All This, and Heaven Too
Executive Producer
They Drive by Night
Executive Producer
Knute Rockne All American
Executive Producer
Tear Gas Squad
Executive Producer
No Time for Comedy
Executive Producer
Gambling on the High Seas
Executive Producer
A Fugitive from Justice
Executive Producer
Brother Rat and a Baby
Executive Producer
1939
Dodge City
Executive Producer
The Old Maid
Executive Producer
Dark Victory
Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Executive Producer
Dust Be My Destiny
Executive Producer
Each Dawn I Die
Executive Producer
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Executive Producer
The Roaring Twenties
Producer
Invisible Stripes
Executive Producer
Angels Wash Their Faces
Executive Producer
Four Wives
Executive Producer
Code of the Secret Service
Executive Producer
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Executive Producer
Smashing the Money Ring
Executive Producer
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Executive Producer
Waterfront
Executive Producer
Daughters Courageous
Executive Producer
The Return of Doctor X
Executive Producer
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Executive Producer
Juarez
Executive Producer
Espionage Agent
Executive Producer
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Executive Producer
The Oklahoma Kid
Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Executive Producer
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Executive Producer
Private Detective
Executive Producer
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Producer
On Dress Parade
Executive Producer
We Are Not Alone
Executive Producer
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Executive Producer
No Place to Go
Executive Producer
Sweepstakes Winner
Executive Producer
They Made Me a Criminal
Executive Producer
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
Executive Producer
Crime School
Executive Producer
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Executive Producer
Hollywood Hotel
Executive Producer
Blondes at Work
Executive Producer
Gold Diggers in Paris
Executive Producer
Torchy Gets Her Man
Executive Producer
The Dawn Patrol
Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Panama
Producer
Mystery House
Executive Producer
Over the Wall
Executive Producer
Four Daughters
Producer
Jezebel
Executive Producer
Angels with Dirty Faces
Executive Producer
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Producer
Boy Meets Girl
Executive Producer
Men Are Such Fools
Executive Producer
The Sisters
Executive Producer
Gold Is Where You Find It
Executive Producer
Accidents Will Happen
Executive Producer
Four's a Crowd
Executive Producer
Broadway Musketeers
Executive Producer
1937
Kid Galahad
Executive Producer
Stolen Holiday
Executive Producer
Draegerman Courage
Executive Producer
Tovarich
Executive Producer
The Cherokee Strip
Executive Producer
Public Wedding
Executive Producer
Fly Away Baby
Executive Producer
The Adventurous Blonde
Executive Producer
Green Light
Executive Producer
Marked Woman
Executive Producer
Another Dawn
Executive Producer
That Certain Woman
Executive Producer
Confession
Executive Producer
Slim
Executive Producer
Black Legion
Executive Producer
The Perfect Specimen
Producer
It's Love I'm After
Producer
Missing Witnesses
Executive Producer
West of Shanghai
Executive Producer
Melody for Two
Executive Producer
Love Is on the Air
Executive Producer
Ready, Willing and Able
Executive Producer
Talent Scout
Executive Producer
The Go-Getter
Producer
That Man's Here Again
Executive Producer
Once a Doctor
Executive Producer
1936
Bullets or Ballots
Executive Producer
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Executive Producer
The Petrified Forest
Executive Producer
Earthworm Tractors
Executive Producer
China Clipper
Executive Producer
The Golden Arrow
Executive Producer
The Green Pastures
Executive Producer
The Case of the Black Cat
Executive Producer
Fugitive in the Sky
Executive Producer
Down the Stretch
Executive Producer
California Mail
Executive Producer
Give Me Your Heart
Producer
Love Begins at Twenty
Executive Producer
Stage Struck
Executive Producer
The Big Noise
Executive Producer
Road Gang
Executive Producer
Two Against the World
Executive Producer
I Married a Doctor
Executive Producer
Cain and Mabel
Executive Producer
Colleen
Executive Producer
Hearts Divided
Executive Producer
Gold Diggers of 1937
Executive Producer
Murder by an Aristocrat
Executive Producer
Bengal Tiger
Executive Producer
Jailbreak
Executive Producer
Trailin' West
Executive Producer
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Executive Producer
1935
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Executive Producer
Devil Dogs of the Air
Producer
Dangerous
Executive Producer
Captain Blood
Executive Producer
Bordertown
Executive Producer
Black Fury
Executive Producer
'G' Men
Executive Producer
Miss Pacific Fleet
Executive Producer
1934
Jimmy the Gent
Executive Producer
The Man with Two Faces
Executive Producer
Here Comes the Navy
Executive Producer
Hi, Nellie!
Executive Producer
Flirtation Walk
Producer
The Merry Frinks
Executive Producer
Dark Hazard
Executive Producer
Dames
Executive Producer
Journal of a Crime
Producer
The St. Louis Kid
Executive Producer
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Producer
Private Detective 62
Supervising Producer
The Mind Reader
Producer
Breadline
Producer
Ever in My Heart
Executive Producer
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Producer
Central Airport
Producer
The Narrow Corner
Producer
1932
One Way Passage
Producer
Miss Pinkerton
Producer
Two Seconds
Supervising Producer
Doctor X
Executive Producer
They Call It Sin
Producer
Scarlet Dawn
Producer
The Match King
Producer
Lawyer Man
Producer
Street of Women
Producer
Man Wanted
Producer
1931