Biography
Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 β 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
all 286
Movies 285
Producer 278
self 8
TV Shows 1
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
The Don Is Dead (1973)
Follow Me! (1972)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Shoot Out (1971)
Red Sky at Morning (1971)
Norwood (1970)
True Grit (1969)
5 Card Stud (1968)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
Roustabout (1964)
Becket (1964)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Wives and Lovers (1963)
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Summer and Smoke (1961)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Career (1959)
King Creole (1958)
Hot Spell (1958)
Wild Is the Wind (1957)
The Sad Sack (1957)
Loving You (1957)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Artists and Models (1955)
3 Ring Circus (1954)
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Money from Home (1953)
Cease Fire! (1953)
Scared Stiff (1953)
Jumping Jacks (1952)
Sailor Beware (1952)
The Stooge (1951)
Red Mountain (1951)
Peking Express (1951)
That's My Boy (1951)
September Affair (1950)
Dark City (1950)
The Furies (1950)
Paid in Full (1950)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Rope of Sand (1949)
The Accused (1949)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
So Evil My Love (1948)
I Walk Alone (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
The Searching Wind (1946)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Love Letters (1945)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
You Came Along (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
This Is the Army (1943)
The Constant Nymph (1943)
Air Force (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
Now, Voyager (1942)
Desperate Journey (1942)
The Gay Sisters (1942)
Juke Girl (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
The Male Animal (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Kings Row (1942)
All Through the Night (1942)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Blues in the Night (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Navy Blues (1941)
Manpower (1941)
Underground (1941)
Out of the Fog (1941)
Affectionately Yours (1941)
The Great Lie (1941)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
Honeymoon for Three (1941)
Four Mothers (1941)
Dive Bomber (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The Letter (1940)
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
They Drive by Night (1940)
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Gambling on the High Seas (1940)
A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940)
Murder in the Air (1940)
Torrid Zone (1940)
Saturday's Children (1940)
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
It All Came True (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
The Fighting 69th (1940)
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
Four Wives (1939)
Private Detective (1939)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
On Dress Parade (1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
Espionage Agent (1939)
No Place to Go (1939)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939)
Waterfront (1939)
Daughters Courageous (1939)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
Juarez (1939)
Code of the Secret Service (1939)
Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Dark Victory (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
The Sisters (1938)
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Four Daughters (1938)
Four's a Crowd (1938)
Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Men Are Such Fools (1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Mystery House (1938)
Crime School (1938)
Accidents Will Happen (1938)
Over the Wall (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
Blondes at Work (1938)
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
Tovarich (1937)
Missing Witnesses (1937)
The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
West of Shanghai (1937)
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
It's Love I'm After (1937)
Love Is on the Air (1937)
That Certain Woman (1937)
Confession (1937)
Talent Scout (1937)
Public Wedding (1937)
Another Dawn (1937)
Slim (1937)
Fly Away Baby (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
The Go-Getter (1937)
Draegerman Courage (1937)
The Cherokee Strip (1937)
Melody for Two (1937)
That Man's Here Again (1937)
Green Light (1937)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Black Legion (1937)
Once a Doctor (1937)
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
California Mail (1936)
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Cain and Mabel (1936)
Down the Stretch (1936)
Give Me Your Heart (1936)
Stage Struck (1936)
Trailin' West (1936)
Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
China Clipper (1936)
Jailbreak (1936)
The Green Pastures (1936)
Bengal Tiger (1936)
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Two Against the World (1936)
The Big Noise (1936)
Hearts Divided (1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
I Married a Doctor (1936)
Road Gang (1936)
Colleen (1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Ceiling Zero (1936)
A Dream Comes True (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Black Fury (1935)
'G' Men (1935)
Bordertown (1935)
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
Dames (1934)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
The Merry Frinks (1934)
Journal of a Crime (1934)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Dark Hazard (1934)
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
Ever in My Heart (1933)
The Narrow Corner (1933)
Heroes for Sale (1933)
Central Airport (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
The Match King (1932)
Lawyer Man (1932)
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
They Call It Sin (1932)
One Way Passage (1932)
Doctor X (1932)
Street of Women (1932)
Two Seconds (1932)
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
Man Wanted (1932)
Five Star Final (1931)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Little Caesar (1931)
Moby Dick (1930)
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GenderMale
Birthday1899-09-14
Deathday1986-10-05 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
Height
RelationshipsLouise Fazenda (1927 - 1962), Martha Hyer (1966 - 1986)
ChildrenBrent Wallis
FatherJacob Wallis
MotherEva Wallis
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsHal Wallis, Harold Brent Wallis
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