Walter Walker
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Walker (March 13, 1864 – December 4, 1947) was an American actor of the stage and screen during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in New York City, Walker would have a career in theater prior to entering the film industry. By 1915 he was appearing in Broadway productions, his first being Sinners, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Owen Davis. His film debut was in a leading role in 1917's American – That's All. He had a lengthy career, in both film and on stage, appearing in numerous plays and over 80 films. From 1915 through 1930 Walker would appear over a dozen times on the Great White Way, with some of his more notable plays being An American Tragedy, taken from the best-selling novel of the same name by Theodore Dreiser, and Holiday, produced and directed by Arthur Hopkins. During the late 1910s, and through the 1920s, Walker would combine his stage career with appearances in several films, having mostly starring or featured roles in over half a dozen. He appeared in his last Broadway production in 1930, with a featured role in Rebound, written by Academy Award winner Donald Ogden Stewart. In 1931, Walker would devote his acting energies to the big screen, appearing in over 75 films throughout the rest of the decade. In one of his first films during this decade, he would reprise his role of Henry Jaffrey in the film version of Rebound, which starred Ina Claire, Robert Ames and Myrna Loy. Some of the more notable films in which Walker had either a featured or supporting role include 1933's Flying Down to Rio, the original version of Imitation of Life in 1934, the 1935 version of Magnificent Obsession, the Mae West vehicle Go West, Young Man in 1936, and as Benjamin Franklin in the 1938 film Marie Antoinette. Walker would reprise the role of Franklin for the 1938 short The Declaration of Independence. His final screen appearance in a feature film was in a supporting role in The Cowboy and the Lady in 1938. Walter Walker died on December 4, 1947 while visiting his daughter and her husband in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Known For
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Secret Six
Senor De Rezende
Flying Down to Rio
Mr. Morton
No Man of Her Own
Mr. Miller
Blessed Event
Pop's Voice on Record
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Andy Kelton
Go West Young Man
Dr. Barton
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Oliver
I Loved a Woman
Dante
The Rich Are Always with Us
Sheriff Dubb
In Again, Out Again
District Attorney Forbes
The Mouthpiece
Dr. Michael
Bedside
Dr. Tubby
Life Begins
Bedford College Representative (uncredited)
Hard to Handle
Judge Hugo Rickard
Front Page Woman
Pop Lockwood
From Hell to Heaven
Courtney Hamilton
Two Against the World
Dr. Clark
Mary Stevens, M.D.
MacPherson- lawyer
The Gay Bride
Judge Hardy
A Lost Lady
Thomas B. Ogden
The Conquerors
James Benton
Reaching for the Moon
Sedgwick
Hello, Sister!
Mr. Layton
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Tom Brandon
You Said a Mouthful
Ames
The Cowboy and the Lady
Judge (uncredited)
I'm No Angel
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
John Neville Sr.
The Common Law
Dr. Wyman
The House on 56th Street
“Pop”
The Women Men Marry
John Chadburne
Sons of Steel
Mr. Darrow
Letty Lynton
Mr. Crenshaw
Yours for the Asking
Hampton
One New York Night
The General
Strange Wives
Daniel McGowd
The Great Jasper
The Governor (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
Richard Federie
While the Patient Slept
Mr. Henry Jaffrey
Rebound
Mr. Walker
I Love That Man
American Madness
Governor Leach (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Dr. Horton (uncredited)
Emma
Roger Farnsworth
Dangerous
Howard Ramsey
The Woman in Room 13
Judge (uncredited)
Topper
Luke Ethorne
Babbitt
Morrel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Arthur Gregory
Madame Racketeer
Abraham Nathan
A Tailor-Made Man
Dr. Walter Burke
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)
Possessed
Judge Lawler (uncredited)
Paid
Hugh (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Jarratt (Uncredited)
Female
Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
Josiah Flagg
You Can't Buy Everything
Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
Prosperity
Dr. Vlissing
Let Them Live
Judge
She Couldn't Take It
Mr. Parker
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Mr. Harris
Age of Indiscretion
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Sen. Charles Davis
The Great Power
Father Boggs
American - That's All
Mr. Alderson (uncredited)
Sadie McKee
Howard Crocker
Blackbirds
Haslett
Everybody's Old Man
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Male
Birthday
1864-03-13
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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