Charles Walters' earliest Broadway years were spent as a chorus dancer. His made his screen bow as a performer in RKO's Seven Days Leave (1942), then forsook acting to serve as choreographer for such MGM musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945). Though he directed certain scenes of the latter film without credit, Walters' "official" directorial debut was the 1947 remake of Good News. He subsequently directed and helped choreograph such musical films as Easter Parade (1948), The Barkeleys of Broadway (1949), Lili (1952), Jumbo (1962), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); he also helmed the non-musical efforts Torch Song (1953) (in which he appeared onscreen as Joan Crawford's clumsy dance partner), Don't Go Near the Water (1957), and Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960). After spending virtually his entire cinematic life at MGM, Walters bade "adios" to movies with Columbia's Walk, Don't Run (1966), which was also the final film of Cary Grant. Charles Walters emerged from a long retirement to direct a brace of 1970s TV specials starring Lucille Ball.
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Walk, Don't Run
Director |
1966 | |||
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Director |
1964 | |||
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Billy Rose's Jumbo
Director |
1962 | |||
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Two Loves
Director |
1961 | |||
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Director |
1960 | |||
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Ask Any Girl
Director |
1959 | |||
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Don't Go Near the Water
Director |
1957 | |||
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High Society
Choreography, Director |
1956 | |||
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The Glass Slipper
Director |
1955 | |||
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The Tender Trap
Director |
1955 | |||
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Dangerous When Wet
Choreography, Director |
1953 | |||
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Easy to Love
Director |
1953 | |||
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Lili
Choreography, Director |
1953 | |||
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Torch Song
Actor, Choreography, Director |
1953 | |||
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The Belle of New York
Director |
1952 | |||
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Texas Carnival
Director |
1951 | |||
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Three Guys Named Mike
Director |
1951 | |||
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Summer Stock
Choreography, Director |
1950 | |||
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The Barkleys of Broadway
Director |
1949 | |||
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Easter Parade
Choreography, Director |
1948 | |||
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Summer Holiday
Choreography |
1948 | |||
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Good News
Director |
1947 | |||
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Ziegfeld Follies
Director, Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
Choreography |
1945 | |||
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Her Highness and the Bellboy
Choreography |
1945 | |||
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Weekend at the Waldorf
Choreography |
1945 | |||
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Meet Me in St. Louis
Choreography |
1944 | |||
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Meet the People
Choreography |
1944 | |||
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Since You Went Away
Choreography |
1944 | |||
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Best Foot Forward
Choreography |
1943 | |||
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Du Barry Was a Lady
Choreography |
1943 | |||
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Girl Crazy
Choreography |
1943 | |||
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Seven Days Leave
Choreography |
1942 |





