Charles Walters
Film director
1911 – 1982
Who was Charles Walters?
Charles Walters 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 and Lili. He has also directed musical remakes, including High Society, a remake of The Philadelphia Story, and Bundle of Joy, a remake of Bachelor Mother. 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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- Born
- Nov 17, 1911
Pasadena - Also known as
- Chuck
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Aug 13, 1982
Malibu
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on July 23, 2013
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