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H.M. Walker(1878-1937)

  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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H.M. Walker
H.M. Walker was born on 27 June 1878 in West Middlebury, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Safety Last! (1923), A Sailor-Made Man (1921) and They Just Had to Get Married (1932). He was married to Virginia Grose. He died on 23 June 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
BornJune 27, 1878
DiedJune 23, 1937(58)
BornJune 27, 1878
DiedJune 23, 1937(58)
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Known for

Mildred Davis, Helen Gilmore, and Harold Lloyd in Safety Last! (1923)
Safety Last!
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1923
A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
A Sailor-Made Man
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1921
Zasu Pitts and Slim Summerville in They Just Had to Get Married (1932)
They Just Had to Get Married
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1932
May Beatty, Andy Devine, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Leila Hyams, Cornelius Keefe, Lucille Lund, Slim Summerville, and David Torrence in Horse Play (1933)
Horse Play
5.0
  • Writer
  • 1933

Credits

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Writer

  • The Little Rascals (1955)
    The Little Rascals
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Charley Chase and Hal Roach in Public Ghost #1 (1935)
    Public Ghost #1
    6.3
    Short
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Walter Catlett, Hugh O'Connell, and Zasu Pitts in The Affair of Susan (1935)
    The Affair of Susan
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • 1935
  • Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Hal Roach, and Charley Rogers in The Live Ghost (1934)
    The Live Ghost
    7.3
    Short
    • dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall, Stan Laurel, Hal Roach, and Charley Rogers in Them Thar Hills (1934)
    Them Thar Hills
    7.5
    Short
    • dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • The Old Fashioned Way (1934)
    The Old Fashioned Way
    7.3
    • contributing to treatment (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Love Birds (1934)
    Love Birds
    5.6
    • additional dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Joe E. Brown in Son of a Sailor (1933)
    Son of a Sailor
    5.8
    • additional dialogue
    • 1933
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Dirty Work (1933)
    Dirty Work
    7.4
    Short
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Slim Summerville in Her First Mate (1933)
    Her First Mate
    5.6
    • screenplay
    • 1933
  • May Beatty, Andy Devine, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Leila Hyams, Cornelius Keefe, Lucille Lund, Slim Summerville, and David Torrence in Horse Play (1933)
    Horse Play
    5.0
    • screenplay
    • 1933
  • Zasu Pitts and Slim Summerville in They Just Had to Get Married (1932)
    They Just Had to Get Married
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1932
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Les carottiers (1932)
    Les carottiers
    6.3
    • dialogue
    • 1932
  • Charley Chase, Muriel Evans, and James Parrott in Girl Grief (1932)
    Girl Grief
    6.3
    Short
    • dialogue
    • 1932
  • Free Wheeling (1932)
    Free Wheeling
    7.7
    Short
    • dialogue
    • 1932

Additional Crew

  • That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
    That's Entertainment, Part II
    7.3
    • title designer (segment "The Finishing Touch", uncredited)
    • 1976
  • Charley Chase and Edgar Kennedy in The Real McCoy (1930)
    The Real McCoy
    5.9
    Short
    • story editor
    • 1930
  • All Parts
    6.8
    Short
    • titles by
    • 1928

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • H. M. Walker
  • Born
    • June 27, 1878
    • West Middlebury, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • June 23, 1937
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Virginia Grose
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Although closely associated with Harold Lloyd through Why Worry? (1923), expert gag man and writer H.M. "Beany" Walker was a Hal Roach loyalist and remained with his studio after the superstar comedian left for his deal with Paramount in the mid-1920s. A heavy smoker, he died of a heart attack in 1937, just shy of his 59th birthday..
  • Nickname
    • Beany

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