Hal B. Wallis, C.B.E., was born, Harold Brent Wallis on 14 September 1899 in Chicago. He died on October 5, 1986. He was an Academy Award-winning American motion picture producer. His family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1922 where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923.

Within a few years, Wallis became involved in the production end of the business and would eventually become head of production at Warners. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, he was involved with the production of more than 400 feature-length movies.

Among the many significant movies he produced was Casablanca, one of the most honored movies in Hollywood history, as well as True Grit, for which John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor of 1969.

Wallis left Warner Bros. in 1944, after a clash with Jack Warner over Warner's acceptance of the Best Picture Oscar to Casablanca, to work as an independent producer, enjoying considerable success both commercially and critically. Among his financial hits were the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies, and several of Elvis Presley's movies. ; Loving You 1957, King Creole 1958, G.I. Blues 1960, Blue Hawaii 1961, Girls!, Girls!, Girls! 1962, Fun In Acapulco 1963, Viva Las Vegas 1964, Roustabout 1964, Paradise Hawaiian Style 1966 and his last eith Elvis - Easy Come, Easy Go in 1967.

Elvis Presley and Hal Wallis on the set of 'Roustabout', 1964

Hal Wallis received sixteen Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, winning for Casablanca in 1943.

For his consistently high quality of motion picture production, he was twice honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He was also nominated for seven Golden Globe awards.

He won two Golden Globe awards awards for Best Picture. In 1975, he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.