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Charles Walters
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 an…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2017
Prime Suspect 1973
TV show DC Regan
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie Thanks
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1976
What Now, Catherine Curtis?
Movie Director
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1975
Three for Two
Movie Director
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Director
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1966
Walk Don't Run
Movie Director
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1964
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie Director
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1964
The Story of a Dress
Movie Self
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1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Movie Director
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1961
Two Loves
Movie Director
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1960
Cimarron
Movie Co-Director
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1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie Director
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1959
Ask Any Girl
Movie Director
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1957
Don't Go Near the Water
Movie Director
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1956
High Society
Movie Director
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1955
The Tender Trap
Movie Director
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1955
The Glass Slipper
Movie Director
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1953
Easy to Love
Movie Director
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1953
Torch Song
Movie Ralph Ellis (uncredited)
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1953
Dangerous When Wet
Movie Director
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1953
Lili
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1952
The Belle of New York
Movie Director
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1951
Texas Carnival
Movie Director
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1951
Three Guys Named Mike
Movie Director
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1950
Summer Stock
Movie Director
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1949
The Barkleys of Broadway
Movie Director
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1948
Easter Parade
Movie Director
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1947
Good News
Movie Director
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1945
Spreadin' the Jam
Movie Director
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1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie Sailor (uncredited)
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1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie Choreographer
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1945
Thrill of a Romance
Movie Choreographer
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1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie Choreographer
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1943
Girl Crazy
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie Lily's Dance Partner in Finale
