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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.
Walter Walker Biography / Wiki
| Name | Walter Walker |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1864-03-13 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 83 |
| Deathday | 1947-12-04 |
Walter Walker Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| In Again, Out Again | Sheriff Dubb | 1917-04-30 | A young man drowns his sorrows in strong drink when jilted by his girl. His drunkenness gets him thrown in jail, where he falls in love with the jaile… |
| Front Page Woman | Judge Hugo Rickard | 1935-07-11 | Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are “bum newspapermen”. When a murder investigat… |
| The Common Law | John Neville Sr. | 1931-07-17 | When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty’s recent past as another man’s mistress?… |
| Sons of Steel | John Chadburne | 1934-12-14 | Chadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons. Curtis (Holmes Herbert) has put Ronald (William Blakew… |
| Two Against The World | Courtney Hamilton | 1932-09-03 | A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend…. |
| Reaching for the Moon | James Benton | 1930-12-29 | Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced wi… |
| The Great Jasper | Daniel McGowd | 1933-03-03 | Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son. Drama…. |
| The Woman in Room 13 | Howard Ramsey | 1932-05-15 | Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a business trip during which a murder is committed and he i… |
| Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Dr. Walter Burke | 1932-02-05 | A young wife wants to have children, but her husband neglects her. She confides her longings to a handsome brain surgeon. Complications ensue…. |
| Flying Down to Rio | Carlos De Rezende | 1933-12-22 | A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil…. |
| The Gay Bride | MacPherson- lawyer | 1934-12-14 | Mary wants to marriy a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable…. |
| The Conquerors | Thomas B. Ogden | 1932-11-18 | A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire…. |
| Rebound | Mr. Henry Jaffrey | 1931-08-28 | A woman struggles to rekindle the affection of her husband…. |
| Dangerous | Roger Farnsworth | 1935-12-25 | Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is marrie… |
| The Rich Are Always with Us | Dante | 1932-05-21 | A wealthy couple’s marriage is falling apart due to the man’s infidelity. The wife’s male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity…. |
| Hello, Sister! | Sedgwick | 1933-04-14 | Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together…… |
| You Said a Mouthful | Tom Brandon | 1932-11-18 | Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the cler… |
| Letty Lynton | Mr. Darrow | 1932-05-13 | Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with… |
| I Love That Man | Mr. Walker | 1933-07-07 | Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a … |
| You Can’t Buy Everything | Josiah Flagg | 1934-01-26 | A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her…. |
| The Billion Dollar Scandal | Mr. Parker | 1933-01-06 | An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss’s daughter…. |
| No Man of Her Own | Mr. Morton | 1932-12-30 | An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he’s a businessman…. |
| Blessed Event | Mr. Miller | 1932-09-10 | A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press…. |
| Bedside | Dr. Michael | 1934-01-31 | Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses…. |
| New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | Mr. Layton | 1931-10-03 | Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has pl… |
| Yours for the Asking | Mr. Crenshaw | 1936-07-23 | Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. … |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Morrel | 1934-09-06 | After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himse… |
| I Loved a Woman | Oliver | 1933-09-23 | The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in l… |
| The Mouthpiece | District Attorney Forbes | 1932-03-21 | A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent…. |
| Life Begins | Dr. Tubby | 1932-09-10 | A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situati… |
| From Hell to Heaven | Pop Lockwood | 1933-02-24 | The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in di… |
| A Lost Lady | Judge Hardy | 1934-09-29 | A bitter woman who thinks she’ll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man…. |
| The Cowboy and the Lady | Ames | 1938-11-17 | Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off f… |
| The Great Power | Sen. Charles Davis | 1929-03-23 | The Great Power… |
| A Tailor-Made Man | Abraham Nathan | 1931-03-28 | John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor’s shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs … |
| Mary Stevens, M.D. | Dr. Clark | 1933-07-22 | A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage…. |
| The House on 56th Street | Dr. Wyman | 1933-12-23 | A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suici… |
| Babbitt | Luke Ethorne | 1934-12-08 | Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George … |
| I’m No Angel | Judge | 1933-10-06 | The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she’ll put her head … |
| While the Patient Slept | Richard Federie | 1935-03-09 | A murder occurs when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch…. |
| Go West Young Man | Andy Kelton | 1936-11-18 | Mavis Arden is a sensational movie star. Her following spans the world and her personal appearance tours prove her popularity. On her way home from on… |
| Prosperity | Maggie’s Husband in Photo (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 | Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry…. |
| Age of Indiscretion | Mr. Harris | 1935-05-10 | A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with t… |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Dr. Barton | 1934-10-28 | The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never be… |
| Possessed | Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited) | 1931-11-21 | Marian is a factory worker determined to leave the assembly line behind and move up in the world…. |
| Emma | Dr. Horton (uncredited) | 1932-01-02 | When Fred Smith’s wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple’s three children, cares also for the family’s new addition…. |
| Female | Jarratt (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 | Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man’s world of business until she meets an independent design engin… |
| Paid | Judge Lawler (uncredited) | 1930-12-30 | Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conv… |
| Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Dinner Guest (uncredited) | 1931-10-10 | A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome enginee… |
| The Declaration of Independence | Benjamin Franklin (uncredited) | 1938-11-26 | This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Co… |
| One New York Night | Hampton | 1935-03-08 | Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, a… |
| The Secret Six | Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited) | 1931-04-18 | Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Sco… |
| Let Them Live | Dr. Vlissing | 1937-04-25 | A young man goes up against a crooked town boss…. |
| Madame Racketeer | Arthur Gregory | 1932-07-23 | International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a … |
| Hard to Handle | Bedford College Representative (uncredited) | 1933-01-28 | A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads…. |
| Topper | Judge (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 | Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of thei… |
| We Who Are About to Die | The Governor (uncredited) | 1937-01-08 | John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspic… |
| Imitation of Life | Hugh (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 | A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami… |
| She Couldn’t Take It | Judge | 1935-10-08 | The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-cent… |
| Marie Antoinette | Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 | The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv… |
| You Can’t Take It with You | Governor Leach (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 | Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m… |
Credit: TMDB
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