Walter Shenson
{{Short description|American film producer (1919–2000)}}
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Walter Shenson (June 22, 1919 – October 17, 2000) was an American film producer, director and writer, best known for producing the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), as well as the 1959 comedy The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|114014388}} |last1=Pryor |first1=Thomas M. |title=NEW ROLE LISTED FOR ROCK HUDSON; Actor Will Begin 16-Picture Contract by Starring in 'Twilight for the Gods' Yn the Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/30/archives/new-role-listed-for-rock-hudson-actor-will-begin-16picture-contract.html |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 1957 }}
Biography
Born in San Francisco, California in 1919, he attended Stanford University., and later joined the United States Army for two years during World War II. His wife, Geraldine, died in 1999. Shenson also had a sister, two sons and four grandchildren.{{cite news |title=Beatles film producer Walter Shenson dead at 81 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/19/walter.shenson.reut/index.html |work=CNN |agency=Reuters |date=19 October 2000 }}
Filmography
During his career, he produced the following films:{{Cite web | title=Walter Shenson – Producer | url=https://mubi.com/en/cast/walter-shenson/films/producer | access-date=2024-12-31 | website=mubi.com}}{{Cite web |title=Ruby Jean and Joe |url=http://prod.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479420/ruby-jean-and-joe |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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|+ !Name !Year !Country |
| Korea Patrol
|1951 |US |
| The Mouse That Roared
|1959 |UK |
| A Matter Of Who
|1961 |UK |
| The Mouse On The Moon
|1963 |UK |
| A Hard Day's Night
|1964 |UK |
| Help!
|1965 |UK |
| Don't Raise The Bridge, Don't Lower The River
|1968 |UK |
| 30 Is A Dangerous Age, Cynthia
|1968 |UK |
| A Talent For Loving
|1969 |US |
| Welcome To The Club
|1971 |US |
| Digby, The Biggest Dog In The World
|1973 |UK |
| Reuben, Reuben
|1983 |US |
| Ruby Jean and Joe
|1996 |US |
Death and legacy
Shenson died on October 17, 2000. He was remembered by the Los Angeles Times as "a motion picture producer whose best-known movies were the Beatles pictures “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help!"{{Cite web |last=Thurber |first=Jon |date=2000-10-22 |title=Walter Shenson; Movie Producer for Beatles |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-22-me-40329-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308154611/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-22-me-40329-story.html |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
References
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Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Film producers from California
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
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Category:Screenwriters from California
Category:20th-century American male writers
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Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
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