Biography
Hal B. Wallis was an American producer active in film production from around 1928 to 1975. From 1933 to 1944, Wallis was associate executive in charge of production at Warner Bros. In 1944 he set up an independent production company in partnership with Joseph H. Hazen to distribute through Paramount. He remained at Paramount until 1969. Wallis produced a number of films starring Elvis Presley. Married to the actress and comedienne Louise Fazenda from 1927 until her death in 1962, he subsequently wed actress Martha Hyer, to whom he remained married until his death. Wallis received the 1938 and 1943 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and was nominated for producing best picture nominees THE ROSE TATTOO (1955), BECKET (1964), and ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (1969). His production of CASABLANCA received an Oscar for best picture.
