HW
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Assistant Director and director
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
20 March 1896(Ottumwa)
Death:
3 July 1972(Tracy)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Hal Walker (March 20, 1896- July 3, 1972) was an American film director and assistant director. He was known for doing some of the earliest Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis films such as At War with the Army and Sailor Beware and some with the team of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, directing Road to Utopia and Road to Bali.
He was nominated at the 10th Academy Awards for the now defunct category (in its last year they had it as well) of Best Assistant Director. He was nominated for the film Souls at Sea.
Selected filmography
- Road to Bali (1952)
- Sailor Beware (1952)
- That's My Boy (1951)
- At War with the Army (1950)
- My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
- Out of This World (1945)
- Road to Utopia (1945)
- The Stork Club (1945)
- Road to Morocco (1942)
- Road to Zanzibar (1941)
- Souls at Sea (1937)