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Jerry Wald (I) (1911–1962)

The son of a dry goods salesman, Jerry Wald was the go-getting Hollywood writer-producer of popular imagination: charismatic, ambitious, shrewd, frequently brilliant, and filled with a nervous energy driving him from one project to another. An avid reader, with an innate sense of literary judgement... See full bio »

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination See more awards »

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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (70 titles)
1963 The Stripper (producer)
 
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1961 Wild in the Country (producer)
 
1961 Return to Peyton Place (producer)
 
1960 Let's Make Love (producer)
 
1960 Sons and Lovers (producer)
 
1959 The Story on Page One (producer)
 
1959 Hound-Dog Man (producer)
 
1959 Beloved Infidel (producer)
 
1959 The Best of Everything (producer)
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (producer)
 
1959 The Sound and the Fury (producer)
 
1958 Mardi Gras (producer)
 
1958 In Love and War (producer)
 
1958 The Long, Hot Summer (producer)
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (producer)
 
1957 Peyton Place (producer)
 
1957 Kiss Them for Me (producer)
 
1957 No Down Payment (producer)
 
1957 An Affair to Remember (producer)
 
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story (producer)
 
1956 The Harder They Fall (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1955 Queen Bee (producer)
 
1953 Miss Sadie Thompson (producer - uncredited)
 
1952 The Lusty Men (producer)
 
1952 Clash by Night (producer - uncredited)
 
1951 Two Tickets to Broadway (producer)
 
1951 The Blue Veil (producer)
 
1951 Behave Yourself! (producer)
 
1951 Storm Warning (producer)
 
1950 The Breaking Point (producer)
 
1950 The Glass Menagerie (producer)
 
1950 Caged (producer)
 
1950 The Damned Don't Cry (producer)
 
1950 Perfect Strangers (producer)
 
1950 Young Man with a Horn (producer)
 
1949 The Inspector General (producer)
 
1949 Always Leave Them Laughing (producer)
 
1949 Task Force (producer)
 
1949 Flamingo Road (producer)
 
1949 John Loves Mary (producer)
 
1948 One Sunday Afternoon (producer)
 
1948 Adventures of Don Juan (producer)
 
1948 Johnny Belinda (producer)
 
1948 Key Largo (producer)
 
1948 To the Victor (producer)
 
1947 Dark Passage (producer)
 
1947 Possessed (producer)
 
1947 The Unfaithful (producer)
 
1946 Humoresque (producer)
 
1945 Mildred Pierce (producer)
 
1945 Pride of the Marines (producer)
 
1945 Objective, Burma! (producer)
 
1944 The Very Thought of You (producer)
 
1944 In Our Time (producer)
 
1943 Destination Tokyo (producer)
 
1943 Background to Danger (producer)
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic (producer)
 
1943 The Hard Way (producer)
 
1942 George Washington Slept Here (producer)
 
1942 Across the Pacific (producer)
 
1942 Juke Girl (associate producer)
 
1942 Larceny, Inc. (associate producer)
 
1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner (associate producer)
 
1941 All Through the Night (associate producer)
 
1941 Navy Blues (associate producer)
 
1933 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2 (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (43 titles)
1952 The Lusty Men (uncredited)
 
1949 My Dream Is Yours (story "Hot Air" - uncredited)
 
1943 The Hard Way (story - uncredited)
 
1941 Navy Blues
 
1941 Manpower (original screenplay)
 
1941 Out of the Fog (screenplay)
 
1941 Million Dollar Baby (screenplay)
 
1940 They Drive by Night (screenplay)
 
1940 Brother Orchid (uncredited)
 
1940 Flight Angels (story)
 
1940 Torrid Zone (screenplay)
 
1940 Three Cheers for the Irish (original screenplay)
 
1940 Brother Rat and a Baby (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1939 The Roaring Twenties (screen play)
 
1939 On Your Toes (screenplay)
 
1939 Naughty But Nice (screenplay)
 
1939 The Kid from Kokomo (writer)
 
1938 Going Places (screenplay)
 
1938 Hard to Get (screenplay)
 
1938 Brother Rat (screenplay)
 
1938 Garden of the Moon (screenplay)
 
1938 Gold Diggers in Paris (story)
 
1937 Hollywood Hotel (original story / screenplay)
 
1937 Varsity Show (screenplay)
 
1937 Ready, Willing and Able (screenplay)
 
1936 Sons o' Guns (screenplay)
 
1935 Stars Over Broadway (screenplay)
 
1935 I Live for Love (story and screenplay)
 
1935 Little Big Shot (screenplay)
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1935 In Caliente (screenplay)
 
1935 Living on Velvet (screenplay / story)
 
1935 Sweet Music (screenplay / story)
 
1935 Maybe It's Love
 
1934 Gift of Gab (story)
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts (story)
 
1933 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 (short) (uncredited)
 
1933 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1 (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
1933 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 (short) (uncredited)
 
1933 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2 (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1958 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Academy Telecast Producer
Academy Awards (1958) … Academy Telecast Producer
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (short) (credit only)
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2 (short)
Columnist
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1952 Clash by Night (presenter)
 
1937 Ever Since Eve (screenplay constructor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1952 Macao (production supervisor: additional photography - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1960 The David Susskind Show (TV series)
Himself
Movie Makers (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1960) … Himself
 
1956-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #11.28 (1958) … Himself
Episode #9.34 (1956) … Himself
 
1933 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (short)
Himself
 
1932 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1 (short)
Himself/Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2008 Crawford at Warners (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Quote:

There's no shortage of talent. There's only a shortage of talent that can recognize talent. See more »

Trivia:

Wald has been said to be the basis for the character of Sammy Glick in Budd Schulberg's novel, "What Makes Sammy Run?" See more »

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