Walter Seltzer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|07}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|02|18|1914|11|07}}

| death_place = Woodland Hills, California, U.S.

| occupation = Film producer

| years_active = 1959–1976

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Walter Seltzer (November 7, 1914 – February 18, 2011) was an American film producer. He sat on the Motion Picture & Television Fund Board of Trustees, and was honored with the Silver Medallion for Humanitarian Achievement by the group in 1986.

Biography

Seltzer was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1932 to 1934.{{cite news |title = Walter Seltzer dies at 96; former Hollywood press agent made a successful leap to producing |first = Valerie J. |last = Nelson |url = http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-seltzer-20110220,0,5248804,full.story |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |date = February 20, 2011 |accessdate = February 20, 2011 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110224142245/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-seltzer-20110220,0,5248804,full.story |archivedate = February 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |df = mdy-all }}[https://mc3betzwood.wordpress.com/betzwood-films/breaking-home-ties/ Betzwood Film Studios from the Archives of Montgomery County Community College: "An Image For An Image: The Making of Breaking Home Ties" by Joseph P. Eckhardt] Retrieved May 29, 2017 He had two brothers: Frank N. Seltzer, a producer; and Julian Seltzer, an advertising director for Hal Roach Studios and later 20th Century Fox. Seltzer served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/05/walter-seltzer-obituary Walter Seltzer obituary; Shrewd film publicist who later achieved success as a producer] The Guardian. Retrieved November 28, 2022.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

=Film=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
1956	The Boss	Associate producer
1959	Shake Hands with the Devil	Executive producer
rowspan=3\| 1961	One-Eyed Jacks	Executive producer
The Naked Edge
Paris Blues	Executive producer
1964	Man in the Middle
rowspan=2\| 1965	Wild Seed	Executive producer
The War Lord
1966	Beau Geste
1967	Will Penny
1969	Number One
1970	Darker than Amber
1971	The Omega Man
1972	Skyjacked
1973	Soylent Green
1976	The Last Hard Men		Final film as a producer