Walter Shenson Filmography

Born:: June 22, 1919 in San Francisco, CA
Occupation:: Producer
Biography:: American producer Walter Shenson produced a number of hit British films during the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University, he came to Hollywood in 1941 as a producer and writer of promotional shorts. In 1955, he was transferred to London to act as publicity...Read More

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A Hard Day's Night

Crew: Producer

Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell

Synopsis: During the first worldwide flush of Beatlemania in 1964, United Artists wanted to ship out a movie with The Beatles before their vogue was over. Working within a tight $500,000 budget, director Richard Lester turned out A Hard Day's Night in a fast 6 1/2 weeks; the picture was in the theatres Read More

12/1/00
The Beatles: The Making of A Hard Day's Night

Crew: Executive Producer

1994
Echo Park

Crew: Producer

Actors: Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Christopher Walker, Shirley Jo Finney

Synopsis: This bittersweet comedy looks at the denizens of Echo Park, a decaying section of Los Angeles popular with struggling actors and musicians, largely because of its (relatively) low rents. May Greer (Susan Dey) is a single mother and aspiring actress who makes ends meet by tending bar (the most Read More

4/2/86
Reuben, Reuben

Crew: Producer

Actors: Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, E. Katherine Kerr

Synopsis: Tom Conti stars as a drunken Scottish poet who preys upon the lasses of a New England college town by swooning over them with poetry and bedding them with a passion. He'd probably have continued in such fashion for who knows how long, were in not for his encounter with a lovely homespun gal (Kelly McGillis Read More

1983
The Chicken Chronicles

Crew: Producer

Actors: Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Reeves, Meredith Baer

Synopsis: Set in the 1960s, the film concerns a high-school senior (Steve Guttenberg, in his first film role) who works at a restaurant while trying to capture the attention of an attractive girl (Lisa Reeves). ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

Crew: Producer

Actors: Clovissa Newcombe

Synopsis: The exploits of the title sheepdog provide the basis of this family-oriented comedy fantasy. Digby started out as an ordinary puppy but then one day got in to a bowl full of Project X, a special formula meant to grow larger vegetables. As he galumphs along in the countryside causing all kinds of Read More

1973
Welcome to the Club

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: John Dunne-Hill, Marsha Hunte, Art Wallace, Joyce Wilford

Synopsis: This dubious comedy is set in Hiroshima, 1945 and chronicles the attempts of a Quaker morale officer to see that African-American soldiers get more equal treatment. He tries to have a black singing group booked into the officer's club, but he can't. As the bigotry increases, there is little the Read More

1971
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia

Crew: Producer

Actors: Dudley Moore, Eddie Foy, Jr., Suzy Kendall, John Bird, Duncan MacRae

Synopsis: In his first starring role minus his longtime partner Peter Cook, Dudley Moore plays a 29-year-old who goes through an identity crisis when approaching the "three-oh" mark. He wants to be a successful Broadway composer before reaching 30 and also wants to be happily married. Unfortunately, he's so Read More

1968
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons

Synopsis: Humorist Max Wilk scripted this listless film version of his book of the same name. Jerry Lewis plays George Lester, an American entrepreneur living in London. After a money-raising scheme fails, his wife Pamela (Jacqueline Pearce) threatens him with divorce. Trying to demonstrate his willingness Read More

1968
Help!

Crew: Producer

Actors: The Beatles, Leo McKern

Synopsis: In their second feature with director Richard Lester, who oversaw the massive hit A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles again aim for a mix of goofy comedy and sterling pop music. There is slightly more of a plot this time, though it is a patently ridiculous one: a sacred ruby ring comes into Ringo's Read More

1965
The Mouse on the Moon

Crew: Producer

Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Bernard Cribbins, Ron Moody, David Kossoff, Terry-Thomas

Synopsis: From Richard Lester, the director of 1980's Superman II and the 1964 A Hard Day's Night, comes this less-successful sequel to the The Mouse that Roared. The Prime Minister of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick (Ron Moody) is in a bind because he has no money to renovate his castle and there is a serious Read More

1963
A Matter of Who

Crew: Producer

Actors: Terry-Thomas, Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman, Guy Deghy

Synopsis: The "WHO" in A Matter of Who isn't a "who" but a "what". The word is an anagram for the World Health Organization, a curious subject for a British comedy--especially one which utilizes a communicable disease as a plot device! WHO operatives Terry-Thomas and Alex Nicol trace the outbreak of a Read More

1962
The Mouse That Roared

Crew: Producer

Actors: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff, William Hartnell, Leo McKern, Timothy Bateson

Synopsis: The economy of the teeny-tiny European duchy of Grand Fenwick is threatened when an American manufacturer comes up with an imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled wine. Crafty prime minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) comes up with a plan: Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United Read More

1959
Korea Patrol

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Emory, Al Eben, Benson Fong, Li Sun

Synopsis: With no stars or production values, Korea Patrol has the rough-edged look of a war documentary. Though billed third, veteran Asian-American actor Benson Fong is the star of the proceedings, playing a South Korean scout guiding a group of UN soldiers through hostile territory. Ordered to destroy a Read More

1951
Inner Sanctum

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Based on the radio show of the same title, a young woman meets a gypsy who reads her fortune and predicts a terrible fate for the young woman. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1948