Walter Walker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1864
- Died
- December 4, 1947 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie · as Ames
You Can't Take It with You
Movie · as Governor Leach (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
Movie · as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
The Women Men Marry
Movie · as “Pop”
We Who Are About to Die
Movie · as The Governor (uncredited)
Topper
Movie · as Judge (uncredited)
Let Them Live
Movie · as Dr. Vlissing
Go West Young Man
Movie · as Andy Kelton
Yours for the Asking
Movie · as Mr. Crenshaw
Everybody's Old Man
Movie · as Haslett
Front Page Woman
Movie · as Judge Hugo Rickard
One New York Night
Movie · as Hampton
While the Patient Slept
Movie · as Richard Federie
Dangerous
Movie · as Roger Farnsworth
She Couldn't Take It
Movie · as Judge
Age of Indiscretion
Movie · as Mr. Harris
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie · as Dr. Barton
Bedside
Movie · as Dr. Michael
The Gay Bride
Movie · as MacPherson- lawyer
A Lost Lady
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Sons of Steel
Movie · as John Chadburne
Strange Wives
Movie · as The General
Babbitt
Movie · as Luke Ethorne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Morrel
Imitation of Life
Movie · as Hugh (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Everything
Movie · as Josiah Flagg
Sadie McKee
Movie · as Mr. Alderson (uncredited)
I Believed in You
Movie · as Lacy
Flying Down to Rio
Movie · as Senor De Rezende
I Loved a Woman
Movie · as Oliver
Hard to Handle
Movie · as Bedford College Representative (uncredited)
From Hell to Heaven
Movie · as Pop Lockwood
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie · as Dr. Clark
Hello, Sister!
Movie · as Sedgwick
I'm No Angel
Movie · as Judge (uncredited)
The House on 56th Street
Movie · as Dr. Wyman
The Great Jasper
Movie · as Daniel McGowd
I Love That Man
Movie · as Mr. Walker
Female
Movie · as Jarratt (Uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Movie · as Mr. Parker
The World Changes
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House
Movie · as Secretary of War (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Movie · as Mr. Morton
Blessed Event
Movie · as Mr. Miller
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie · as Pop's Voice on Record
The Rich Are Always with Us
Movie · as Dante
The Mouthpiece
Movie · as District Attorney Forbes
Life Begins
Movie · as Dr. Tubby
Two Against the World
Movie · as Courtney Hamilton
The Conquerors
Movie · as Thomas B. Ogden
You Said a Mouthful
Movie · as Tom Brandon
Letty Lynton
Movie · as Mr. Darrow
American Madness
Movie
Emma
Movie · as Dr. Horton (uncredited)
The Woman in Room 13
Movie · as Howard Ramsey
Madame Racketeer
Movie · as Arthur Gregory
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Movie · as Dr. Walter Burke
Prosperity
Movie · as Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
The Secret Six
Movie · as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Movie · as Mr. Layton
The Common Law
Movie · as John Neville Sr.
Susan Lenox
Movie · as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Rebound
Movie · as Mr. Henry Jaffrey
A Tailor-Made Man
Movie · as Abraham Nathan
Possessed
Movie · as Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon
Movie · as James Benton
Paid
Movie · as Judge Lawler (uncredited)
The Great Power
Movie · as Sen. Charles Davis
The Chicken in the Case
Movie · as Major Whitman
Blackbirds
Movie · as Howard Crocker
In Again, Out Again
Movie · as Sheriff Dubb
American - That's All
Movie · as Father Boggs
Her Excellency, the Governor
Movie · as Capitalist