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Biography

Wallace Worsley Jr.

Overview

  • Born
    June 27, 1908 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
  • Died
    June 18, 1991 · Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Nickname
    • Wally

Biography

  • Wallace Worsley Jr. was born on June 27, 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 June 18, 1991 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Family

  • Spouses
      Catherine Hess(1936 - 1958) (divorced)
      Sue Dwiggins(? - June 18, 1991) (his death)

Trivia

  • Son of director Wallace Worsley.
  • Started his career in the movie business in 1932 as a messenger at MGM for 25 cents an hour.

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.

Salaries

  • Flash Gordon (1954) - $750 /week
  • Too Hot to Handle (1938) - $100 /week
  • San Francisco (1936) - $40 ./week

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