Walter Shenson (June 22, 1919 – October 17, 2000) was a film producer, director and writer, best known for producing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and ''

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'' (1965), as well as the 1959 comedy ''

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'', starring

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. He was born in San Francisco, California in 1919 and attended Stanford University. He also spent two years in the

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. His wife, Geraldine, died in 1999. Shenson also had a sister, two sons and four grandchildren.http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/19/walter.shenson.reut/index.html - Beatles film producer Walter Shenson dead at 81

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