Charles Walters

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Lili Director

(1953)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown Director

(1964)

Ask Any Girl Director

(1959)

Two Loves Director

(1961)

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Director (29 credits)

1976 What Now, Catherine Curtis? (TV Movie)

1975 Three for Two (TV Movie)

1971 Here's Lucy (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Lucy and Aladdin's Lamp (1971)

- Lucy's House Guest, Harry (1971)

1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Making of the Governor (1970)

1966 Walk Don't Run

1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo

1961 Two Loves

1961 Go Naked in the World (uncredited)

1960 Cimarron (uncredited)

1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1959 Ask Any Girl

1957 Don't Go Near the Water

1956 High Society

1955 The Tender Trap

1955 The Glass Slipper

1953 Easy to Love

1953 Torch Song

1953 Dangerous When Wet

1953 Lili

1952 The Belle of New York

1951 Texas Carnival

1951 Three Guys Named Mike

1950 Summer Stock

1949 The Barkleys of Broadway

1948 Easter Parade

1947 Good News

1945 Spreadin' the Jam (Short)

1945 Ziegfeld Follies (segment ": "A Great Lady Has an Interview", uncredited)

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Miscellaneous Crew (22 credits)

1958 Gigi (stager: "The Night They Invented Champagne" number - uncredited)

1953 Torch Song (choreographer)

1953 Dangerous When Wet (choreographer)

1953 Lili (choreographer)

1948 Easter Parade (choreographer - uncredited)

1948 Summer Holiday (dance director)

1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (choreographer - uncredited)

1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (dance director)

1945 Week-End at the Waldorf (dance director)

1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy (dance director)

1945 Ziegfeld Follies (additional choreographer)

1945 Thrill of a Romance (dance director)

1944 Meet Me in St. Louis (dance director)

1944 Since You Went Away (dance director - uncredited)

1944 Meet the People (dance director)

1944 Gaslight (dance director - uncredited)

1944 Broadway Rhythm (choreographer)

1943 Girl Crazy (dance director)

1943 Best Foot Forward (dance director)

1943 Du Barry Was a Lady (dance director)

1943 Presenting Lily Mars (choreographer: finale - uncredited)

1942 Seven Days' Leave (dance ensembles)

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Actor (7 credits)

1953 Easy to Love
Nightclub Dancer with Cyd Charisse (uncredited)

1953 Torch Song
Ralph Ellis (uncredited)

1953 Lili
Dancer (uncredited)

1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Sailor (uncredited)

1943 Girl Crazy
Student / Ginger's Dancing Partner (uncredited)

1943 Presenting Lily Mars
Lily's Dance Partner in Finale (uncredited)

1924 Pied Piper Malone
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Soundtrack (4 credits)

1953 Torch Song (performer: "You're All the World to Me")

1945 Spreadin' the Jam (Short) (writer: "Spreadin' the Jam")

1943 Girl Crazy (performer: "Embraceable You" (1930) - uncredited)

1943 Presenting Lily Mars (performer: "Three O'Clock in the Morning" (1921), "Broadway Rhythm" (1935) - uncredited)

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Writer (2 credits)

1954 Athena (uncredited)

1945 Ziegfeld Follies (uncredited)

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Composer (1 credit)

1945 Spreadin' the Jam (Short) (musical score)

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Music department (1 credit)

1956 High Society (stager: musical numbers)

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Thanks (1 credit)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by)

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Self (3 credits)

1978 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Judy Garland (1978) ... Himself

- Joan Crawford (1978) ... Himself

1972 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Judy: Impressions of Garland (1972) ... Himself

1964 The Story of a Dress (Documentary short)
Himself

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Archive footage (2 credits)

2008 Tough Baby: Torch Song (Video documentary short)
Himself

2007 Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (Video documentary short)
Himself

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared in "I Married an Angel" on Broadway, 1938.

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Busby Berkeley] Buzz treated his actors like pieces of scenery or a piece of furniture. He'd shove them around, move 'em around. Time meant nothing, lines meant nothing. It was just where his camera was, and where you had to be when he wanted to swoop around and slide in for a close-up. "God dammit!", he'd say, "I told you to turn on that line so I could come in". And he'd push Judy [Garland]... See more »

Trivia:

He was under contract to M-G-M, first as a choreographer and then as a director, for over 20 years and all the films he directed were made for that company except his last one, "Walk Don't Run" (1966), which he made for Columbia. In the later days of his Metro contract, he was often called in to direct additional scenes for other people's movies - these tended to be very unlike his own films, and... See more »