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.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.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 Year Film Credit Notes 1956 The Boss Associate producer 1959 Shake Hands with the Devil Executive producer 1961 One-Eyed Jacks Executive producer The Naked Edge Paris Blues Executive producer 1964 Man in the Middle 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
Television Year Title Notes 1974 The Cay Television film
Death He died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, California on February 18, 2011, aged 96, from pneumonia.
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