Hal B. Wallis
Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; September 14, 1899 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best known 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, John Wayne, Bette Davis, and Errol Flynn. As a producer, he received 19 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Hal B. Wallis
October 5, 1986 (aged 87)
1923–1983
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Later on, for a long period, he was connected with Paramount Pictures and oversaw films featuring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, and John Wayne.
Death[edit]
Wallis died on October 5, 1986, of complications of diabetes, in Rancho Mirage, California, two weeks before his 88th birthday. News of his death was not released until after his private memorial service. U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan, who appeared in Wallis's films Santa Fe Trail and This Is The Army, sent his condolences to the family.[17] Wallis is interred at the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.