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Hal B. Wallis

1898 - 1986

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Harold B. Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal B. Wallis has received more than 649,449 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Hal B. Wallis is the 42nd most popular producer (up from 47th in 2019), the 4,890th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,755th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Hal B. Wallis ranks 42 out of 140Before him are Stephen J. Cannell, Michael G. Wilson, Walter Legge, Sam Warner, Erich Pommer, and David Heyman. After him are Saul Zaentz, Safdie brothers, Albert S. Ruddy, Bang Si-hyuk, Robert Chartoff, and Boney Kapoor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hal B. Wallis ranks 159Before him are Yitzhak Kaduri, Katarzyna Kobro, Helene Engelmann, Sami al-Hinnawi, Ninette de Valois, and Lily Pons. After him are Jack Haley, Bessie Love, Eero Berg, Arend Heyting, Eugen Wüster, and Reino Ragnar Lehto. Among people deceased in 1986, Hal B. Wallis ranks 148Before him are Ernst Lehner, Ruth Teitelbaum, Otto Glória, Étienne Mattler, Harold Arlen, and Lars-Erik Larsson. After him are Harald Reinl, Bessie Love, Henry Russell, Len Bias, Adolf Brudes, and Agustín Sauto Arana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal B. Wallis ranks 4,890 out of 20,380Before him are Helen Merrill (1930), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), Eugene Garfield (1925), and Michelle Williams (1980). After him are Carole Landis (1919), Roy Raymond (1947), John Neumeier (1939), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Bill Richardson (1947), and Eric Heiden (1958).

Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Hal B. Wallis ranks 20Before him are Kathleen Kennedy (1953), Fred Quimby (1886), Dick Wolf (1946), Robert Evans (1930), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), and Michael G. Wilson (1942). After him are Saul Zaentz (1921), Safdie brothers (null), Robert Chartoff (1933), Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Gale Anne Hurd (1955), and Mike Todd (1909).