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American film director
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Male
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Birth:
22 June 1919(San Francisco)
Death:
17 October 2000
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Biography
Walter Shenson (June 22, 1919 – October 17, 2000) was a film producer, director and writer, best known for producing the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), as well as the 1959 comedy The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers.
He was born in San Francisco, California, in 1919 and attended Stanford University. He also spent two years in the United States Army during World War II. His wife, Geraldine, died in 1999. Shenson also had a sister, two sons and four grandchildren.