Charles Walters

American film director and choreographer (1911-1982)

4.29body-of-work score · ranked #256 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 17, 1911 · Brooklyn
Died
August 13, 1982 · Malibu
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, choreographer, film actor, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Charles Walters
Lubbock Evening Journal · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1958 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1958 · National Film Registry (inducted 1991) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    2.004 citations
  2. 2

    1945 · United States · musical

    Palme d'Or winner 1947

    1.501 citation
  3. 3

    1956 · United States · comedy, musical, romance

    National Film Registry (inducted 2025)

    0.231 citation
  4. 4

    1953 · United States · musical, romance, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  5. 5

    1955 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  6. 6

    1950 · United States · musical, comedy, biography

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  7. 7

    1953 · United States · musical, action, animation

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 28 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1945Her Highness and the Bellboy
  • 1945Ziegfeld Follies
  • 1947Good News
  • 1948Easter Parade
  • 1950Annie Get Your Gun
  • 1950Summer Stock
  • 1950The Barkleys of Broadway
  • 1951Texas Carnival
  • 1951Three Guys Named Mike
  • 1952The Belle of New York
  • 1953Dangerous When Wet
  • 1953Easy to Love
  • 1953Lili
  • 1953Torch Song
  • 1955The Glass Slipper
  • 1955The Tender Trap
  • 1956High Society
  • 1957Don't Go Near the Water
  • 1958Gigi
  • 1959Ask Any Girl
  • 1960Cimarron
  • 1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies
  • 1961Go Naked in the World
  • 1961Two Loves
  • 1962Billy Rose's Jumbo
  • 1964The Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • 1966Walk, Don't Run
  • 1976What Now, Catherine Curtis?