Hal Walker (March 20, 1896 – July 3, 1972) was an American film director.
He was known for doing some of the earliest Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis films such as At War with the Army and Sailor Beware and some with the team of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, directing Road to Utopia and Road to Bali.
Walker was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, and was a private in the Marine Corps during World War I.
[1] His big break came when Crosby, Hope, and Dorothy Lamour urged executives at Paramount Pictures to give him an opportunity to be a director.
[1] Walker was nominated at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Assistant Director for the film Souls at Sea.