- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHarley M. Walker
- Nickname
- Beany
- H.M. Walker was born on June 27, 1878 in West Middlebury, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Safety Last! (1923), A Sailor-Made Man (1921) and Pardon Us (1931). He was married to Virginia Grose. He died on June 23, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- SpouseVirginia Grose
- Although closely associated with Harold Lloyd through Why Worry? (1923), expert gag man and writer H.M. "Beany" Walker was a Hal Roach loyalist and remained with his studio after the superstar comedian left for his deal with Paramount in the mid-1920s. A heavy smoker, he died of a heart attack in 1937, just shy of his 59th birthday..
- He wrote the intertitles for silent films and then the spoken dialog for the "talkies.".
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