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