Charles Walters
Director · Actor · CrewFrom 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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What Now, Catherine Curtis?
1976
Director
Three for Two
1975
Director
Walk Don't Run
1966
Director
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
Director
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
Director
Two Loves
1961
Director
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
Director
Cimarron
1960
Co-Director
Ask Any Girl
1959
Director
Don't Go Near the Water
1957
Director
High Society
1956
Director
The Tender Trap
1955
Director
The Glass Slipper
1955
Director
Dangerous When Wet
1953
Director
Easy to Love
1953
Director
Lili
1953
Director
Torch Song
1953
Director
The Belle of New York
1952
Director
Texas Carnival
1951
Director
Three Guys Named Mike
1951
Director
Summer Stock
1950
Director
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
Director
Easter Parade
1948
Director
Good News
1947
Director
Spreadin' the Jam
1945
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