Hal Walker | |
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Born |
Ottumwa, Iowa, USA |
March 20, 1896
Died | July 3, 1972 Tracy, California, USA |
(aged 76)
Occupation | assistant director and director |
Years active | 1935-1953 |
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.