title: Walter Seltzer
text: # Walter Seltzer
  
  Walter Seltzer (November 7, 1914 – February 18, 2011) was an American film producer. He sat on the Motion Picture & Television Fund Board of Trustees, and was honored with the Silver Medallion for Humanitarian Achievement by the group in 1986.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Seltzer was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1932 to 1934. He had two brothers: Frank N. Seltzer, a producer; and Julian Seltzer, an advertising director for Hal Roach Studios and later 20th Century Fox. Seltzer served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
  
  ### Film
  
  | Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1956 | The Boss | Associate producer | |
  | 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Executive producer | |
  | 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Executive producer | |
  | 1961 | The Naked Edge | | |
  | 1961 | Paris Blues | Executive producer | |
  | 1964 | Man in the Middle | | |
  | 1965 | Wild Seed | Executive producer | |
  | 1965 | The War Lord | | |
  | 1966 | Beau Geste | | |
  | 1967 | Will Penny | | |
  | 1969 | Number One | | |
  | 1970 | Darker than Amber | | |
  | 1971 | The Omega Man | | |
  | 1972 | Skyjacked | | |
  | 1973 | Soylent Green | | |
  | 1976 | The Last Hard Men | | Final film as a producer |
  
  ### Television
  
  | Year | Title | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1974 | The Cay | Television film |
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, California on February 18, 2011, aged 96, from pneumonia.
  
  