Charles Walters

from Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for LiliImage of Charles Walters

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Walters (November 11, 1911 – August 13, 1982) was a Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies in from the 1940s to the 1960s.

He was born in Pasadena, California, and educated at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

He is notable for directing Esther Williams' musicals involving underwater swimming and diving sequences, such as Dangerous When Wet, as well as several musicals starring Leslie Caron, such as Gigi (for which he is uncredited) and Lili. He has also directed musical remakes, including High Society, a remake of The Philadelphia Story (1940), and Bundle of Joy, a remake of Bachelor Mother (1939). Walters also directed the last pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Barkleys of Broadway, as well as Cary Grant in the actor's last film Walk, Don't Run.

Walters died from lung cancer at the age of 71.

According to William J. Mann's book, "Behind the Screen", Walters was gay.

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Timeline

1976Aged 65

  • Poster for What Now, Catherine Curtis?

    Director

1975Aged 64

  • Poster for Three for Two

    Director

1966Aged 55

  • Poster for Walk Don't Run

    Director

1964Aged 53

  • Poster for The Story of a Dress

    Self

  • Poster for The Unsinkable Molly Brown

    Director

1962Aged 51

  • Poster for Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Director

1961Aged 50

  • Poster for Two Loves

    Director

1960Aged 49

  • Poster for Please Don't Eat the Daisies

    Director

  • Poster for Cimarron

    Co-Director

1959Aged 48

  • Poster for Ask Any Girl

    Director

1957Aged 46

  • Poster for Don't Go Near the Water

    Director

1956Aged 45

  • Poster for High Society

    Choreographer

1955Aged 44

  • Poster for The Glass Slipper

    Director

  • Poster for The Tender Trap

    Director

1953Aged 42

  • Poster for Lili

    Dancer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Torch Song

    Ralph Ellis (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dangerous When Wet

    Choreographer

  • Poster for Easy to Love

    Director

1952Aged 41

  • Poster for The Belle of New York

    Director

1951Aged 40

  • Poster for Three Guys Named Mike

    Director

  • Poster for Texas Carnival

    Director

1950Aged 39

  • Poster for Summer Stock

    Director

1949Aged 38

  • Poster for The Barkleys of Broadway

    Director

1948Aged 37

  • Poster for Easter Parade

    Choreographer

1947Aged 36

  • Poster for Good News

    Director

1945Aged 34

  • Poster for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

    Sailor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Thrill of a Romance

    Choreographer

  • Poster for Week-End at the Waldorf

    Choreographer

  • Poster for Spreadin' the Jam

    Director

1944Aged 33

  • Poster for Meet Me in St. Louis

    Choreographer

1943Aged 32

  • Poster for Presenting Lily Mars

    Lily's Dance Partner in Finale

  • Poster for Girl Crazy

    Dancer (uncredited)