Later on, for a long period, he was connected with Paramount Pictures and oversaw films featuring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, and John Wayne.

[3][4][5] His family moved in 1922 to Los Angeles, California, where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923.

Among the more significant movies he produced were Casablanca, Dark Victory, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon, Sergeant York, and Now, Voyager.

Wallis started to work as an independent producer, enjoying considerable success both commercially and critically.

[7] Among his financial hits were the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies, and several of Elvis Presley's movies.

Most of its original homes still stand, and it is very close to Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards and the Sherman Oaks Galleria used extensively in the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[9] Several writers including actors and producers have stated that actress Lizabeth Scott was a mistress of Wallis while he was married to Fazenda.

Wallis died on October 5, 1986 from complications of diabetes in Rancho Mirage, California, two weeks before his 88th birthday.

U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan, who appeared in Wallis's films Santa Fe Trail and This Is The Army, sent his condolences to the family.

[17] Wallis is interred at the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.