1864-03-13 New York City, New York, USA
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.
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The Cowboy and the Lady | Ames | 1938-11-17 |
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The Declaration of Independence | Benjamin Franklin (uncredited) | 1938-11-26 |
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You Can't Take It with You | Governor Leach (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 |
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Marie Antoinette | Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
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Topper | Judge (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
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We Who Are About to Die | The Governor (uncredited) | 1937-01-08 |
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Let Them Live | Dr. Vlissing | 1937-04-25 |
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The Women Men Marry | “Pop” | 1937-09-10 |
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Everybody's Old Man | Haslett | 1936-03-20 |
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Go West Young Man | Andy Kelton | 1936-11-18 |
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Yours for the Asking | Mr. Crenshaw | 1936-07-23 |
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Front Page Woman | Judge Hugo Rickard | 1935-07-11 |
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Dangerous | Roger Farnsworth | 1935-12-25 |
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One New York Night | Hampton | 1935-03-08 |
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While the Patient Slept | Richard Federie | 1935-03-09 |
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Age of Indiscretion | Mr. Harris | 1935-05-10 |
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She Couldn't Take It | Judge | 1935-10-08 |
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Sons of Steel | John Chadburne | 1934-12-14 |
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Imitation of Life | Hugh (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
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I Believed in You | Lacy | 1934-04-09 |
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Sadie McKee | Mr. Alderson (uncredited) | 1934-05-09 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | Josiah Flagg | 1934-01-26 |
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Morrel | 1934-09-06 |
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Babbitt | Luke Ethorne | 1934-12-08 |
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Strange Wives | The General | 1934-11-30 |
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A Lost Lady | Judge Hardy | 1934-09-29 |
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The Gay Bride | MacPherson- lawyer | 1934-12-14 |
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Dr. Barton | 1934-10-28 |
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Bedside | Dr. Michael | 1934-01-27 |
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I Loved a Woman | Oliver | 1933-09-23 |
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I Love That Man | Mr. Walker | 1933-07-07 |
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Female | Jarratt (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
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Hard to Handle | Bedford College Representative (uncredited) | 1933-01-28 |
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From Hell to Heaven | Pop Lockwood | 1933-02-24 |
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Mary Stevens, M.D. | Dr. Clark | 1933-07-22 |
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The Great Jasper | Daniel McGowd | 1933-03-03 |
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Flying Down to Rio | Senor De Rezende | 1933-12-22 |
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The House on 56th Street | Dr. Wyman | 1933-12-23 |
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Hello, Sister! | Sedgwick | 1933-04-14 |
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The World Changes | Doctor (uncredited) | 1933-11-25 |
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The Billion Dollar Scandal | Mr. Parker | 1933-01-06 |
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I'm No Angel | Judge (uncredited) | 1933-10-06 |
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The Mouthpiece | District Attorney Forbes | 1932-03-21 |
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No Man of Her Own | Mr. Morton | 1932-12-30 |
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Pop's Voice on Record | 1932-02-03 |
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Blessed Event | Mr. Miller | 1932-09-10 |
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The Rich Are Always with Us | Dante | 1932-05-19 |
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Dr. Walter Burke | 1932-02-05 |
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Prosperity | Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
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Life Begins | Dr. Tubby | 1932-09-10 |
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Two Against the World | Courtney Hamilton | 1932-09-03 |
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Emma | Dr. Horton (uncredited) | 1932-01-02 |
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American Madness | 1932-08-15 | |
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Letty Lynton | Mr. Darrow | 1932-04-30 |
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The Conquerors | Thomas B. Ogden | 1932-11-18 |
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The Woman in Room 13 | Howard Ramsey | 1932-05-15 |
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You Said a Mouthful | Tom Brandon | 1932-12-08 |
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Madame Racketeer | Arthur Gregory | 1932-07-23 |
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The Common Law | John Neville Sr. | 1931-07-17 |
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Dinner Guest (uncredited) | 1931-10-10 |
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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | Mr. Layton | 1931-10-03 |
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Rebound | Mr. Henry Jaffrey | 1931-08-28 |
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Possessed | Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited) | 1931-11-21 |
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The Secret Six | Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited) | 1931-04-18 |
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A Tailor-Made Man | Abraham Nathan | 1931-03-28 |
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Reaching for the Moon | James Benton | 1930-12-29 |
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Paid | Judge Lawler (uncredited) | 1930-12-30 |
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The Great Power | Sen. Charles Davis | 1929-03-23 |
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The Chicken in the Case | Major Whitman | 1921-01-03 |
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Blackbirds | Howard Crocker | 1920-12-04 |
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In Again, Out Again | Sheriff Dubb | 1917-04-30 |
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American - That's All | Father Boggs | 1917-06-03 |
