and Robert Mitchum. It was a mild success but True Grit (1969), produced by Hal B. Wallis, was a success at the box-office, and won John Wayne a Best Actor Oscar. He may have stepped in for George Seaton in directing some winter outdoor scenes for the all-star Airport (1970), which stars Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. He made a war movie with Richard Burton, Raid on Rommel (1971), then made another Western for Wallis, Shoot Out (1971). Hathaway's 65th and final film was Hangup (1974), a blaxploitation movie. Death Hathaway died from a heart attack in 1985 in Hollywood and is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. His body of work earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1638 Vine Street. Filmography References External links 1898 births 1985 deaths American people of Belgian descent American Roman Catholics Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City Businesspeople from Sacramento, California Western (genre) film directors Film directors from California 20th-century American businesspeople