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Walter Wanger
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 74
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn11/07/1894Born inSan Francisco, California, USADied18/11/1968 (aged 74)Died inNew York CityCausediseaseWikidataQ1351511 ↗Buried atHome of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El MausoleumTMDb#7646 ↗

Walter Wanger was an American film producer active from the 1910s, his career concluding with 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.

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Filmography4 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2006Monument Valley: John Ford CountryMovieSelf (archive footage)112
2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'MovieSelf (archive footage)106
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)89
1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovieSelf46