Charles Walters

For the soccer player, see Charles Walters (footballer).

Charles Walters (November 17, 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.

Filmography as director

• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• Good News (1947)
• Easter Parade (1948)
• The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1950), uncredited
• Summer Stock (1950)
• Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
• Texas Carnival (1951)
• The Belle of New York (1952)
• Lili (1953)
• Dangerous When Wet (1953)
• Torch Song (1953)
• Easy to Love (1953)
• The Glass Slipper (1955)
• The Tender Trap (1955)
• High Society (1956)
• Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
• Gigi (1958), uncredited
• Ask Any Girl (1959)
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
• Cimarron (1960), uncredited
• Go Naked in the World (1961), uncredited
• Two Loves (1961)
• Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
• The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
• Walk Don't Run (1966)

External links

Biography portal

• Charles Walters at the Internet Movie Database
• Charles Walters at the Internet Broadway Database
• Charles Walters at Find a Grave

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Date of birth	November 17, 1911
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