H.M. Walker was born on June 27, 1878 in West Middlebury, Ohio, USA as Harley M. Walker. He is known for his work on Safety Last! (1923), The Music Box (1932) and The Little Rascals (1955). He was married to Virginia Grose. He died on June 23, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
He wrote the intertitles for silent films and then the spoken dialog for the "talkies.".
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Although closely associated with Harold Lloyd through Why Worry? (1923), expert gag man and writer H.M. "Beany" Walker was a Hal Roach loyalist and remained with his studio after the superstar comedian left for his deal with Paramount in the mid-1920s. A heavy smoker, he died of a heart attack in 1937, just shy of his 52nd birthday..
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Short titles
The Second 100 Years
1927
Short titles
Sailors, Beware!
1927
Short titles
Yale vs. Harvard
1927
Short titles
Olympic Games
1927
Short titles
Sugar Daddies
1927
Short titles
The Sting of Stings
1927
Short titles
With Love and Hisses
1927
Short titles
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
Short titles
Baby Brother
1927
Short titles
The Glorious Fourth
1927
Short titles
Fluttering Hearts
1927
Short titles
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
Short titles
Tired Business Men
1927
Short titles
Love My Dog
1927
Short titles
Slipping Wives
1927
Short titles
Duck Soup
1927
Short titles
Ten Years Old
1927
Short titles
Why Girls Say No
1927
Short titles
Seeing the World
1927
Short titles
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
Short titles
Bring Home the Turkey
1927
Short titles
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
Short titles
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
Short titles
Telling Whoppers
1926
Short titles
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
Short titles
War Feathers
1926
Short titles
Be Your Age
1926
Short titles - uncredited
Raggedy Rose
1926
titles
Get 'Em Young
1926
Short titles
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926
Short titles
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Short titles
The Fourth Alarm
1926
Short titles
Should Husbands Pay?
1926
Short titles
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Short titles
Along Came Auntie
1926
Short titles
Shivering Spooks
1926
Short titles
Thundering Fleas
1926
Short titles
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Short titles
Long Fliv the King
1926
Short titles
Dog Shy
1926
Short titles
Wife Tamers
1926
Short titles
Monkey Business
1926
Short titles
Madame Mystery
1926
Short titles
Wandering Papas
1926
Short titles
Buried Treasure
1926
Short titles
Charley My Boy!
1926
Short titles
Good Cheer
1926
Short titles
Starvation Blues
1925
Short titles
One Wild Ride
1925
Short titles
Papa Be Good!
1925
Short titles
Should Sailors Marry?
1925
Short titles
Somewhere in Somewhere
1925
Short titles
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
Short titles
Moonlight and Noses
1925
Short titles
Your Own Back Yard
1925
Short titles
Mary, Queen of Tots
1925
Short titles
Innocent Husbands
1925
Short titles
Boys Will Be Joys
1925
Short titles
Sherlock Sleuth
1925
Short titles
Official Officers
1925
Short titles
Ask Grandma
1925
Short titles
What Price Goofy?
1925
Short titles - uncredited
Black Cyclone
1925
titles
Wild Papa
1925
Short titles
Shootin' Injuns
1925
Short titles
The Little Rascals
1955
TV Series
Whose Baby Are You?
1925
Short titles
Public Ghost #1
1935
Short uncredited
Bad Boy
1925
Short titles
The Affair of Susan
1935
The Love Bug
1925
Short titles
The Live Ghost
1934
Short uncredited
Dog Days
1925
Short titles
Them Thar Hills
1934
Short uncredited
Circus Fever
1925
Short titles
The Old Fashioned Way
1934
contributing to treatment - uncredited
The Big Town
1925
Short titles
Love Birds
1934
additional dialogue
Just a Good Guy
1924
Short
Son of a Sailor
1933
additional dialogue
The Mysterious Mystery!
1924
Short titles
Dirty Work
1933
Short uncredited
Fast Company
1924
Short titles
Her First Mate
1933
screenplay
Every Man for Himself
1924
Short titles
Horse Play
1933
screenplay
The Sun Down Limited
1924
Short titles
They Just Had to Get Married
1932
screenplay
High Society
1924
Short titles
Les carottiers
1932
A Truthful Liar
1924
Short titles
Girl Grief
1932
Short dialogue
Short Kilts
1924
Short titles
Free Wheeling
1932
Short dialogue
It's a Bear
1924/I
Short titles
Alum and Eve
1932
Short dialogue - uncredited
Our Congressman
1924
Short titles
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
dialogue
Wide Open Spaces
1924
Short titles
Scram!
1932
Short dialogue
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
Short titles
Young Ironsides
1932
Short dialogue
Don't Park There
1924
Short titles
Hook and Ladder
1932
Short dialogue
Rupert of Hee Haw
1924
Short titles
Show Business
1932
Short dialogue
Cradle Robbers
1924
Short titles
What Price Taxi
1932
Short dialogue
Near Dublin
1924
Short titles
County Hospital
1932
Short dialogue
Commencement Day
1924
Short titles
Wild Babies!
1932
Short dialogue
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Short titles
The Pooch
1932
Short dialogue
Seein' Things
1924
Short titles
The Old Bull
1932
Short dialogue
Big Moments from Little Pictures
1924
Short titles
First in War
1932
Short dialogue
The Buccaneers
1924
Short titles
The Chimp
1932
Short dialogue
Big Business
1924
Short titles
Too Many Women
1932
Short dialogue
Smithy
1924
Short titles
Choo-Choo!
1932
Short dialogue
Tire Trouble
1924
Short titles
Strictly Unreliable
1932
Short dialogue
Mother's Joy
1923
Short titles
In Walked Charley
1932
Short dialogue
Sunday Calm
1923
Short titles
The Music Box
1932
Short dialogue
Uncensored Movies
1923
Short titles
You're Telling Me
1932
Short dialogue
The Soilers
1923
Short titles
Spanky
1932
Short dialogue
Derby Day
1923/I
Short titles
Red Noses
1932
Short dialogue
Hustlin' Hank
1923
Short titles
The Nickel Nurser
1932
Short dialogue
The Whole Truth
1923
Short titles
Any Old Port!
1932
Short
Frozen Hearts
1923
Short titles
The Knockout
1932
Short dialogue
Stage Fright
1923
Short titles
Free Eats
1932
Short dialogue
Jus' Passin' Through
1923
Short titles
Love Pains
1932
Short dialogue
Heavy Seas
1923
Short titles
Sealskins
1932
Short dialogue
No Noise
1923
Short titles
Readin' and Writin'
1932
Short dialogue
Why Worry?
1923
titles
The Tabasco Kid
1932
Short dialogue
July Days
1923
Short titles
Helpmates
1932
Short dialogue
Lodge Night
1923
Short titles
On the Loose
1931
Short dialogue
Jack Frost
1923
Short titles
Hasty Marriage
1931
Short dialogue
Dogs of War!
1923
Short titles
Beau Hunks
1931
Short dialogue
Back Stage
1923
Short titles
The Kick-Off!
1931
Short dialogue
Sold at Auction!
1923
Short titles
Dogs Is Dogs
1931
Short dialogue
Giants vs. Yanks
1923
Short titles
War Mamas
1931
Short dialogue
California or Bust
1923
Short titles
What a Bozo!
1931
Short dialogue
Boys to Board
1923
Short titles
One Good Turn
1931
Short dialogue
Safety Last!
1923
titles
Mama Loves Papa
1931
Short dialogue
A Pleasant Journey
1923
Short titles
Shiver My Timbers
1931
Short dialogue
The Big Show
1923
Short titles
The Pajama Party
1931
Short dialogue
The Cobbler
1923
Short titles
Come Clean
1931
Short dialogue
The Champeen
1923
Short titles
Skip the Maloo!
1931
Short dialogue
A Quiet Street
1922
Short titles
Big Ears
1931
Short dialogue
Saturday Morning
1922
Short titles
Call a Cop!
1931
Short dialogue
Dr. Jack
1922
titles
Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
Short dialogue
Young Sherlocks
1922
Short titles
Pardon Us
1931
dialogue by
Our Gang
1922
Short titles
The Panic Is On
1931
Short dialogue
The Old Sea Dog
1922
Short titles
Let's Do Things
1931
Short dialogue
Fire Fighters
1922
Short titles
Fly My Kite
1931
Short dialogue
One Terrible Day
1922
Short titles
One of the Smiths
1931
Short dialogue
Grandma's Boy
1922
titles
Spuk um Mitternacht
1931
Short uncredited
A Sailor-Made Man
1921
titles
Our Wife
1931
Short dialogue
Never Weaken
1921
Short titles
Air-Tight
1931
Short dialogue
Among Those Present
1921
Short titles
Bargain Day
1931
Short dialogue
Now or Never
1921
Short titles
Politiquerías
1931
story
Number, Please?
1920
Short titles
Rough Seas
1931
Short dialogue
Get Out and Get Under
1920
Short titles
Los calaveras
1931
High and Dizzy
1920
Short titles
Love Fever
1931
Short
An Eastern Westerner
1920
Short titles
Monerías
1931
Haunted Spooks
1920
Short titles
Little Daddy
1931
Short dialogue
His Royal Slyness
1920
Short titles
El alma de la fiesta
1931
dialogue
From Hand to Mouth
1919
Short titles
High Gear
1931
Short dialogue
Bumping Into Broadway
1919
Short titles
Chickens Come Home-
1931
Short dialogue
His Only Father
1919
Short titles
Glückliche Kindheit
1931
Short titles
Pay Your Dues
1919
Short titles
Love Business
1931
Short dialogue
Count the Votes
1919
Short titles
Be Big!
1931
Short dialogue
Soft Money
1919
Short titles
Thundering Tenors
1931
Short dialogue
He Leads, Others Follow
1919
Short titles
Blood and Thunder
1931
Short dialogue
Be My Wife
1919
Short titles
Helping Grandma
1931
Short dialogue
Don't Shove
1919
Short titles
High C's
1930
Short dialogue
Heap Big Chief
1919
Short titles
Ladies Last
1930
Short dialogue
Chop Suey & Co.
1919
Short titles
Another Fine Mess
1930
Short dialogue
Count Your Change
1919
Short titles
School's Out
1930
Short dialogue
A Jazzed Honeymoon
1919
Short titles
Looser Than Loose
1930
Short dialogue
Billy Blazes, Esq.
1919
Short uncredited
Una cana al aire
1930
Short
Next Aisle Over
1919
Short scenario
Laughing Gravy
1930
Short dialogue
Ask Father
1919
Short writer - uncredited
Bigger and Better
1930
Short dialogue
Fireman Save My Child
1918
Short titles
Noche de duendes
1930
dialogue
Two-Gun Gussie
1918
Short titles
Teacher's Pet
1930
Short dialogue
The Non-Stop Kid
1918
Short titles
Chercheuses d'or
1930
story
Here Come the Girls
1918
Short titles
Dollar Dizzy
1930
Short dialogue
Look Pleasant, Please
1918
Short titles
El príncipe del dólar
1930
story
A Gasoline Wedding
1918
Short writer
Doctor's Orders
1930
Short dialogue
Beat It
1918
Short titles
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Short dialogue
Hit Him Again
1918
Short titles
Pups Is Pups
1930
Short dialogue
The Tip
1918
Short titles
Locuras de amor
1930
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle
1917
Short titles
Girl Shock
1930
Short
Step Lively
1917
Short titles
Fast Work
1930
Short dialogue
Bashful
1917
Short titles
A Tough Winter
1930
Short dialogue
Move On
1917
Short titles
The King
1930
Short dialogue
We Never Sleep
1917
Short titles
Hog Wild
1930
Short dialogue
All Aboard
1917
Short titles
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
Short dialogue
Clubs Are Trump
1917
Short titles
Bear Shooters
1930
Short story editor
The Flirt
1917
Short titles
Los cazadores de osos
1930
Short story revisor
Love, Laughs and Lather
1917
Short titles
The Shrimp
1930
Short
Rainbow Island
1917
Short titles
Tiembla y Titubea
1930
Short
From Laramie to London
1917
Short titles
Below Zero
1930
Short dialogue
Bliss
1917
Short titles
All Teed Up
1930
Short dialogue
Birds of a Feather
1917
Short titles
El jugador de golf
1930
Short
By the Sad Sea Waves
1917
Short titles
La vida nocturna
1930
Short
Le joueur de golf
1930
The Big Kick
1930
Short
Brats
1930
Short dialogue
Whispering Whoopee
1930
Short dialogue
The Fighting Parson
1930
Short story editor
Blotto
1930
Short dialogue
The Head Guy
1930
Short story editor
Ladrones
1930
Short
Night Owls
1930
Short story editor
Pêle-Mêle
1930
Short dialogue
Angora Love
1929
Short titles
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929
Short dialogue
Skirt Shy
1929
Short story editor
The Hoose-Gow
1929
Short story editor
Saturday's Lesson
1929
Short titles
Bacon Grabbers
1929
Short titles
They Go Boom!
1929
Short writer
Cat, Dog & Co.
1929
Short titles
Boxing Gloves
1929
Short dialogue
Crazy Feet
1929
Short scenario
Hotter Than Hot
1929
Short writer
Perfect Day
1929
Short writer
Snappy Sneezer
1929
Short story editor / titles
Men O'War
1929
Short dialogue
Berth Marks
1929
Short titles
Little Mother
1929
Short titles
Double Whoopee
1929
Short titles
Small Talk
1929
Short dialogue
Fast Freight
1929
Short titles
Unaccustomed As We Are
1929
Short dialogue
Big Business
1929
Short titles
Wiggle Your Ears
1929
Short titles
That's My Wife
1929
Short titles
The Holy Terror
1929
Short titles
Wrong Again
1929
Short titles
A Pair of Tights
1929
Short titles
Liberty
1929
Short titles
Election Day
1929
Short titles
We Faw Down
1928
Short titles
The Spanking Age
1928
Short titles
Habeas Corpus
1928
Short titles
The Boy Friend
1928/I
Short titles
Two Tars
1928
Short titles
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
Short titles
Early to Bed
1928
Short titles
Growing Pains
1928
Short titles
School Begins
1928
Short titles
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
Short writer
Crazy House
1928
Short titles
Their Purple Moment
1928
Short titles
Fair and Muddy
1928
Short titles
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
Short titles
Barnum & Ringling, Inc.
1928
Short titles
From Soup to Nuts
1928
Short writer
Aching Youth
1928
Short titles
Galloping Ghosts
1928
Short titles
Edison, Marconi & Co.
1928
Short titles
Came the Dawn
1928
Short titles
The Smile Wins
1928
Short titles
The Finishing Touch
1928
Short titles
Flying Elephants
1928
Short titles
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
Short titles
Playin' Hookey
1928
Short writer
The Battle of the Century
1927
Short titles
Dog Heaven
1927
Short titles
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
Short
Us
1927
Short titles
Do Detectives Think?
1927
Short titles
Heebee Jeebees
1927
Short titles
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927
Short titles
Chicken Feed
1927
Short titles
Hats Off
1927
Short titles
The Way of All Pants
1927
Short titles
The Old Wallop
1927
Short titles
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Documentary title designer - segment "The Finishing Touch", uncredited