Walter Walker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1864
- Died
- December 4, 1947
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
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
Everybody's Old Man 1936
as Haslett
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
Sons of Steel 1934
as John Chadburne
The Gay Bride 1934
as MacPherson- lawyer
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)
I Believed in You 1934
as Lacy
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
The World Changes 1933
as Doctor (uncredited)
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
Gabriel Over the White House 1933
as Secretary of War (uncredited)
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
You Said a Mouthful 1932
as Tom Brandon
Prosperity 1932
as Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
The Conquerors 1932
as Thomas B. Ogden
Life Begins 1932
as Dr. Tubby
Blessed Event 1932
as Mr. Miller
Two Against the World 1932
as Courtney Hamilton
American Madness 1932
Actor
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 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
The Great Power 1929
as Sen. Charles Davis
- The Chicken in the Case
The Chicken in the Case 1921
as Major Whitman
Blackbirds 1920
as Howard Crocker
- Her Excellency, the Governor
Her Excellency, the Governor 1917
as Capitalist
- American - That's All
American - That's All 1917
as Father Boggs
In Again, Out Again 1917
as Sheriff Dubb
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