Wallace Worsley Jr.(1908-1991)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Production Manager
Script and Continuity Department

Wallace Worsley Jr. was born on 27 June 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. Wallace was an assistant director and production manager, known for Duel (1971), Deliverance (1972) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Wallace was married to Catherine Hess and Sue Dwiggins. Wallace died on 18 June 1991 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins total

Known for

Duel

7.6

Production Management(as Wallace Worsley)

1971

Deliverance

7.6

Production Management(as Wallace Worsley)

1972

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

7.9

Production Management(as Wallace Worsley)

1982

Slap Shot

7.2

Production Management(as Wallace Worsley)

1977

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

Counterpoint
6.4
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1967
Signpost to Murder
6.3
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1964
Vacation Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1964
Viva Las Vegas
6.4
- assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
- 1964
Channing
6.9
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1963
Wagon Train
7.6
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1960–1963
Wide Country
8.0
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1963
Laramie
7.7
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1960–1963
The Virginian
7.6
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
8.5
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1962
Alcoa Premiere
7.1
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1962
Checkmate
7.4
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1961–1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
8.5
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1961–1962
Frontier Circus
7.8
TV Series
- assistant director (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1961–1962
Tales of Wells Fargo
7.9
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1960–1962

Production Management

'night, Mother
7.5
- production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1986
Choke Canyon
5.2
- unit production manager (uncredited)
- 1986
American Flyers
6.5
- unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1985
The New Mike Hammer
6.9
TV Series
- unit production manager (as Wally Worsley)
- 1984
The River Rat
6.3
- unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1984
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
5.5
TV Movie
- production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1983
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7.9
- production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1982
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
7.3
- production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1981
Shogun
8.1
TV Mini Series
- unit production manager
- 1980
Shogun
7.8
TV Movie
- unit production manager
- 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
7.5
- production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1980
Streets of Hong Kong
- production manager
- 1980
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
6.9
- unit production manager (as Wally Worsley)
- 1978
Rollercoaster
6.3
- unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1977
Slap Shot
7.2
- unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
- 1977

Script and Continuity Department

Streets of Hong Kong
- script supervisor
- 1980
Journey for Margaret
7.3
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1942
I Married an Angel
5.7
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1942
The Wild Man of Borneo
6.1
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1941
New Moon
6.6
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1940
The Wizard of Oz
8.1
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
6.6
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1939
Sweethearts
6.2
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1938
Too Hot to Handle
6.6
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1938
Port of Seven Seas
5.8
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1938
The Bride Wore Red
6.3
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
6.4
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1937
After the Thin Man
7.6
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1936
Love on the Run
6.0
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
6.7
- script clerk (uncredited)
- 1936

Personal details

Alternative names
- Worsley Wallace
Born
- June 27, 1908
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Died
- June 18, 1991
- Los Angeles County, California, USA
Spouses
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- 1 Print Biography

Did you know

Trivia
Son of director Wallace Worsley.

Quotes
[on Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939)] She was naturally brilliant. In fact, she never had to work hard to do anything. Where other people really had to work at singing and dancing or anything, she picked it up like that.