Hal B. Wallis, C.B.E. (born Harold Brent Wallis; September 14, 1899 – October 5, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American motion picture producer.
Harold Brent Wallis was born in Chicago, his family moved in 1922 to Los Angeles, California, where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923.
Within a few years, Wallis became involved in the production end of the business and would eventually become head of producti...
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Hal B. Wallis, C.B.E. (born Harold Brent Wallis; September 14, 1899 – October 5, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American motion picture producer.
Harold Brent Wallis was born in Chicago, his family moved in 1922 to Los Angeles, California, where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923.
Within a few years, Wallis became involved in the production end of the business and would eventually become head of production at Warners. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, he was involved with the production of more than 400 feature-length movies.
Among the many significant movies he produced was Casablanca, one of the most honored movies in Hollywood history. Wallis left Warner Bros. in 1944, after a clash with Jack Warner over Warner's acceptance of the Best Picture Oscar to Casablanca, to work as an independent producer, enjoying considerable success both commercially and critically. Among his financial hits were the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis...
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