Walter Seltzer (November 7, 1914 – February 18, 2011) was an American film producer. He sat on the

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Board of Trustees, and was honored with the Silver Medallion for Humanitarian Achievement by the group in 1986.

Biography

Seltzer was born to a

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family in

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and attended the

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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

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. Seltzer served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps during

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.Walter Seltzer obituary; Shrewd film publicist who later achieved success as a producer
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''. Retrieved November 28, 2022.

Filmography

''He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''

Film

Television

Death

He died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in

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on February 18, 2011, aged 96, from

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* 1914 births 2011 deaths Film producers from Pennsylvania 20th-century American Jews Businesspeople from Philadelphia People from Greater Los Angeles Deaths from pneumonia in California 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American Jews {{US-film-producer-stub