Portrait of H.M. Walker

Writing

H.M. Walker

Career

Active from 1917 to 2025, with a break from 1936 to 2024, busiest in 1930 with 20 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Music Box
The Music Box
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 3.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
H.M. Walker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    1.6, average 5.5
  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    1.5, average 4.7
  • Mystery
    1.4, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 8
  • Physical Humor 8
  • Physical Gags 5
  • Classic Slapstick 5
  • Slapstick Comedy 5
  • Nostalgic Charm 5
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Classic Slapstick Comedy 4
  • Physical Comedy 4
  • Simple Narrative 4
  • Nostalgic Black-and-White 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

194
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) (2025)

Writer

1930s

93 titles · average score 68
Them Thar Hills
Them Thar Hills (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

The Music Box
The Music Box (1932)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer, Dialogue

Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Choo-Choo!
Choo-Choo! (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

Any Old Port!
Any Old Port! (1932)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

County Hospital
County Hospital (1932)
GoodWatch score 70

Dialogue, Writer

Scram!
Scram! (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

Dialogue, Writer

Beau Hunks
Beau Hunks (1931)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Playing at Politics
Playing at Politics (1931)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

The Chiselers
The Chiselers (1931)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Be Big!
Be Big! (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

Writer

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer

1920s

75 titles · average score 63
Double Whoopee
Double Whoopee (1929)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Skirt Shy
Skirt Shy (1929)

Story

Big Business
Big Business (1929)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer

You're Darn Tootin'
You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

The Finishing Touch
The Finishing Touch (1928)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

From Soup to Nuts
From Soup to Nuts (1928)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment (1928)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Should Married Men Go Home?
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies (1927)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

Fluttering Hearts
Fluttering Hearts (1927)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer

Putting Pants on Philip
Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer

Grandma's Boy
Grandma's Boy (1922)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

1910s

25 titles · average score 61
Ask Father
Ask Father (1919)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

Bumping Into Broadway
Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer

Billy Blazes, Esq.
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer

Chop Suey & Co.
Chop Suey & Co. (1919)

Writer

Fireman Save My Child
Fireman Save My Child (1918)

Writer

A Gasoline Wedding
A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

By the Sad Sea Waves
By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

Clubs Are Trump
Clubs Are Trump (1917)

Writer

Bliss
Bliss (1917)

Writer

All Aboard
All Aboard (1917)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

Step Lively
Step Lively (1917)

Writer

The Flirt
The Flirt (1917)

Writer