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Walter Wanger

Producer
Born July 11, 1894Died November 18, 1968 (74 years)
Walter Wanger was an American film producer active in filmmaking from the 1910s to the turbulent production of Cleopatra, his last film, in 1963. He began at Paramount Pictures in the 1920s and eventually worked at virtually every major studio as either a contract producer or an independent. He also served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1939 to October 1941 and from December 1941 to 1945. Strongly influenced by European films, Wanger developed a reputation as an intellectual and a socially conscious movie executive who produced provocative message movies and glittering romantic melodramas. He achieved notoriety when, in 1951, he shot and wounded the agent of his then-wife, Joan Bennett, because he suspected they were having an affair. He was convicted for the crime and served a four-month sentence, then returned to making movies.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Stagecoach
  • Scarlet Street
  • You Only Live Once
  • Joan of Arc
  • Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
  • 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
  • Tulsa
  • Kansas Pacific
  • I Met My Love Again
  • Salome, Where She Danced

Known For

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • Stagecoach
  • Foreign Correspondent
  • Cleopatra
  • Scarlet Street
  • Queen Christina
  • The Cocoanuts
  • You Only Live Once
  • I Want to Live!
  • Secret Beyond the Door...
  • The Reckless Moment
  • Joan of Arc
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • Algiers
  • Canyon Passage
  • History Is Made at Night
  • Riot in Cell Block 11
  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen
  • Going Hollywood
  • Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
  • Arabian Nights
  • 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
  • Applause
  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Filmography

1963
1958
1956
1954
1954
1953
1953
1952
1952
1952
1949
1949
Reign of Terror · as Executive Producer
1949
1948
1948
1947
Secret Beyond the Door... · as Executive Producer
1947
1947
1946
1946
1945
Scarlet Street · as Executive Producer
1945
1944
1943
1943
1942
1942
1941
1940
1940
1940
1939
Eternally Yours · as Executive Producer
1939
1939
Stagecoach · as Executive Producer
1938
Trade Winds · as Executive Producer
1938
1938
1938
1937
1937
1937
1937
You Only Live Once · as Executive Producer
1936
1936
1936
1936
1936
1936
1936
1935
1935
1935
1935
1934
1933
1933
1933
Another Language · as Associate Producer
1933
1932
1932
1931
1930
1929
1929
1929

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