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H.M. Walker

H.M. Walker

WALKER, H.M. (Harley Marquis Walker) started as a telegrapher, tapping out the descriptions of sportswriters at boxing matches and sending them to the offices of their newspapers. In 1903 he became a sportswriter himself and wrote a column, “The Wisdom of Blinkey Ben,” for the Los Angeles Examiner before joining Roach in 1917 as a part-time scenario and title writer for Harold Lloyd. In 1920, he left newspaper work and joined Roach full time as head of the editorial department. A brilliant title writer in the silent era, Walker was less skilled at dialogue; he was credited for providing these elements on more than 350 Roach comedies. He usually came up with the title for each film and also wrote fairly severe critiques after each preview. After leaving Roach in 1932 he wrote dialogue for some features, including Son of a Sailor (1933) with Joe E. Brown, W.C. Fields’ The Old Fashioned Way (1934), and the ZaSu Pitts picture Affair of Susan (1935). Walker died in the home of his good friend Leroy Shield, who had written scores at the Roach lot in 1930 and ’31. Died June 23, 1937, Chicago, Illinois, age 58; of a heart attack.

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Crew
  • The Music Box

    The Music Box

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.5
    213 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 16, 1932
    95 years ago
  • The Music Box

    The Music Box

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.5
    213 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 16, 1932
    95 years ago
  • Big Business

    Big Business

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    97 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 20, 1929
    98 years ago
  • Pardon Us

    Pardon Us

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.4
    84 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 15, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Helpmates

    Helpmates

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.2
    78 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 23, 1932
    95 years ago
  • County Hospital

    County Hospital

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    76 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 25, 1932
    95 years ago
  • County Hospital

    County Hospital

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.8
    76 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 25, 1932
    95 years ago
  • Hog Wild

    Hog Wild

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.8
    70 votes
    Release Date
    May 31, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Hog Wild

    Hog Wild

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    70 votes
    Release Date
    May 31, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Them Thar Hills

    Them Thar Hills

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.5
    70 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 21, 1934
    93 years ago
  • Another Fine Mess

    Another Fine Mess

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.8
    70 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 29, 1930
    96 years ago
  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    Pack Up Your Troubles

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    68 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 1932
    94 years ago
  • Brats

    Brats

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.8
    67 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 22, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Below Zero

    Below Zero

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.5
    65 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 26, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    59 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 02, 1931
    95 years ago
  • Liberty

    Liberty

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    57 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 26, 1929
    98 years ago
  • The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

    The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    57 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 08, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Berth Marks

    Berth Marks

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    54 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 01, 1929
    98 years ago
  • The Battle of the Century

    The Battle of the Century

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    53 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1927
    99 years ago
  • Chickens Come Home

    Chickens Come Home

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.5
    50 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 21, 1931
    96 years ago
  • You're Darn Tootin'

    You're Darn Tootin'

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.8
    49 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 21, 1928
    99 years ago
  • Unaccustomed as We Are

    Unaccustomed as We Are

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.9
    48 votes
    Release Date
    May 04, 1929
    98 years ago
  • Grandma's Boy

    Grandma's Boy

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.4
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 03, 1922
    105 years ago
  • The Finishing Touch

    The Finishing Touch

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 25, 1928
    99 years ago
  • Scram!

    Scram!

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.2
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 10, 1932
    94 years ago
  • Scram!

    Scram!

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.2
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 10, 1932
    94 years ago
  • Come Clean

    Come Clean

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.1
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 02, 1931
    95 years ago
  • Blotto

    Blotto

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.2
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 08, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Never Weaken

    Never Weaken

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 22, 1921
    105 years ago
  • The Chimp

    The Chimp

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.5
    44 votes
    Release Date
    May 21, 1932
    95 years ago
  • Night Owls

    Night Owls

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.4
    44 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 04, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Be Big!

    Be Big!

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    42 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 07, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Any Old Port!

    Any Old Port!

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    41 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 05, 1932
    95 years ago
  • From Soup to Nuts

    From Soup to Nuts

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.5
    40 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 24, 1928
    99 years ago
  • One Good Turn

    One Good Turn

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.0
    40 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 31, 1931
    95 years ago
  • An Eastern Westerner

    An Eastern Westerner

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    39 votes
    Release Date
    May 02, 1920
    107 years ago
  • Our Wife

    Our Wife

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    7.1
    39 votes
    Release Date
    May 16, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Men O' War

    Men O' War

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 29, 1929
    98 years ago
  • Haunted Spooks

    Haunted Spooks

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.3
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 14, 1920
    107 years ago
  • Wrong Again

    Wrong Again

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    36 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 23, 1929
    98 years ago
  • The Second 100 Years

    The Second 100 Years

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    6.2
    35 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 08, 1927
    99 years ago
  • High and Dizzy

    High and Dizzy

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    35 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 11, 1920
    107 years ago
  • Putting Pants on Philip

    Putting Pants on Philip

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.3
    33 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 03, 1927
    99 years ago
  • Double Whoopee

    Double Whoopee

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    32 votes
    Release Date
    May 18, 1929
    98 years ago
  • Dr. Jack

    Dr. Jack

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    31 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 26, 1922
    104 years ago
  • From Hand to Mouth

    From Hand to Mouth

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    6.6
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 28, 1919
    107 years ago
  • Number, Please?

    Number, Please?

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 26, 1920
    106 years ago
  • Their Purple Moment

    Their Purple Moment

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    28 votes
    Release Date
    May 19, 1928
    99 years ago
  • Bumping Into Broadway

    Bumping Into Broadway

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 02, 1919
    107 years ago
  • Angora Love

    Angora Love

    Department Writing

    Job Other

    Average Rating
    6.4
    26 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 14, 1929
    97 years ago
  • Sugar Daddies

    Sugar Daddies

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.9
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 10, 1927
    100 years ago
  • Now or Never

    Now or Never

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.2
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 27, 1921
    106 years ago
  • Ask Father

    Ask Father

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.5
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 09, 1919
    108 years ago
  • His Royal Slyness

    His Royal Slyness

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.8
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 08, 1920
    107 years ago
  • Sailors, Beware!

    Sailors, Beware!

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 25, 1927
    99 years ago
  • Should Married Men Go Home?

    Should Married Men Go Home?

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.4
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 08, 1928
    98 years ago
  • Captain Kidd's Kids

    Captain Kidd's Kids

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    6.1
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 30, 1919
    107 years ago
  • Get Out and Get Under

    Get Out and Get Under

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.3
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 26, 1920
    107 years ago
  • Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.1
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 06, 1928
    98 years ago
  • The Soilers

    The Soilers

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    5.2
    16 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 24, 1923
    103 years ago
  • On the Loose

    On the Loose

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 26, 1931
    95 years ago
  • Along Came Auntie

    Along Came Auntie

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    6.1
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 25, 1926
    101 years ago
  • Crazy Like a Fox

    Crazy Like a Fox

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    6.2
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 26, 1926
    101 years ago
  • Fluttering Hearts

    Fluttering Hearts

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.3
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 19, 1927
    100 years ago
  • Dogs of War!

    Dogs of War!

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    5.5
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1923
    104 years ago
  • Should Men Walk Home?

    Should Men Walk Home?

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.0
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 29, 1927
    100 years ago
  • The First Seven Years

    The First Seven Years

    Department Writing

    Job Story Editor

    Average Rating
    5.2
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 01, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Teacher's Pet

    Teacher's Pet

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.6
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 11, 1930
    96 years ago
  • School's Out

    School's Out

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.8
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 21, 1930
    96 years ago
  • Thundering Fleas

    Thundering Fleas

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    5.6
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 18, 1926
    101 years ago
  • Wandering Papas

    Wandering Papas

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    5.1
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 21, 1926
    101 years ago
  • The Flirt

    The Flirt

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    3.9
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1917
    109 years ago
  • Boxing Gloves

    Boxing Gloves

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.0
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 09, 1929
    97 years ago
  • Playing at Politics

    Playing at Politics

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    8 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Bromo and Juliet

    Bromo and Juliet

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    5.6
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 19, 1926
    100 years ago
  • Should Sailors Marry?

    Should Sailors Marry?

    Department Art

    Job Title Designer

    Average Rating
    5.4
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 08, 1925
    101 years ago
  • Bear Shooters

    Bear Shooters

    Department Writing

    Job Story Editor

    Average Rating
    5.3
    8 votes
    Release Date
    May 16, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Helping Grandma

    Helping Grandma

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.7
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Little Daddy

    Little Daddy

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 28, 1931
    96 years ago
  • When the Wind Blows

    When the Wind Blows

    Department Writing

    Job Story Editor

    Average Rating
    6.1
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 05, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Whispering Whoopee

    Whispering Whoopee

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    5.9
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 08, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Night of Goblins

    Night of Goblins

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    6.0
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 16, 1930
    96 years ago
  • By the Sad Sea Waves

    By the Sad Sea Waves

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 30, 1917
    110 years ago
  • Small Talk

    Small Talk

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    5.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    May 18, 1929
    98 years ago
  • Should Tall Men Marry?

    Should Tall Men Marry?

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    5.9
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 15, 1928
    99 years ago
  • Don't Shove

    Don't Shove

    Department Crew

    Job Title Graphics

    Average Rating
    5.5
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 31, 1919
    108 years ago
  • Bliss

    Bliss

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    4.3
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 14, 1917
    110 years ago
  • The King

    The King

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    3.6
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 14, 1930
    97 years ago
  • The Night Life

    The Night Life

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.2
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 19, 1930
    97 years ago
  • The Chiselers

    The Chiselers

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 07, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Love Business

    Love Business

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.9
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 14, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Shivering Shakespeare

    Shivering Shakespeare

    Department Writing

    Job Story Editor

    Average Rating
    5.7
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 25, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Mother's Joy

    Mother's Joy

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.2
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 23, 1923
    103 years ago
  • Black Cyclone

    Black Cyclone

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.7
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 26, 1925
    101 years ago
  • Good Cheer

    Good Cheer

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.1
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 09, 1926
    101 years ago
  • Free Eats

    Free Eats

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 13, 1932
    95 years ago
  • Long Fliv the King

    Long Fliv the King

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.6
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 13, 1926
    101 years ago
  • All Aboard

    All Aboard

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    4.9
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 25, 1917
    109 years ago
  • Fireman Save My Child

    Fireman Save My Child

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1918
    109 years ago
  • All Teed Up

    All Teed Up

    Department Writing

    Job Dialogue

    Average Rating
    4.2
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 16, 1930
    97 years ago
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