Walter Walker
Born
March 13, 1864
Died
December 4, 1947 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
Known For
The Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
Ames
1938
You Can't Take It with You
Governor Leach (uncredited)
1938
Marie Antoinette
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
1938
The Women Men Marry
“Pop”
1937
Topper
Judge (uncredited)
1937
Let Them Live
Dr. Vlissing
1937
We Who Are About to Die
The Governor (uncredited)
1937
Go West Young Man
Andy Kelton
1936
Yours for the Asking
Mr. Crenshaw
1936
Everybody's Old Man
Haslett
1936
Dangerous
Roger Farnsworth
1935
She Couldn't Take It
Judge
1935
Front Page Woman
Judge Hugo Rickard
1935
Age of Indiscretion
Mr. Harris
1935
While the Patient Slept
Richard Federie
1935
One New York Night
Hampton
1935
The Gay Bride
MacPherson- lawyer
1934
Sons of Steel
John Chadburne
1934
Babbitt
Luke Ethorne
1934
Strange Wives
The General
1934
Imitation of Life
Hugh (uncredited)
1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Dr. Barton
1934
A Lost Lady
Judge Hardy
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo
Morrel
1934
Sadie McKee
Mr. Alderson (uncredited)
1934
I Believed in You
Lacy
1934
Bedside
Dr. Michael
1934
You Can't Buy Everything
Josiah Flagg
1934
The House on 56th Street
Dr. Wyman
1933
Flying Down to Rio
Senor De Rezende
1933
Female
Jarratt (Uncredited)
1933
I'm No Angel
Judge (uncredited)
1933
I Loved a Woman
Oliver
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Dr. Clark
1933
I Love That Man
Mr. Walker
1933
Hello, Sister!
Sedgwick
1933
The Great Jasper
Daniel McGowd
1933
From Hell to Heaven
Pop Lockwood
1933
Hard to Handle
Bedford College Representative (uncredited)
1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Mr. Parker
1933
No Man of Her Own
Mr. Morton
1932
You Said a Mouthful
Tom Brandon
1932
The Conquerors
Thomas B. Ogden
1932
Prosperity
Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
1932
Blessed Event
Mr. Miller
1932
Life Begins
Dr. Tubby
1932
Two Against the World
Courtney Hamilton
1932
American Madness
1932
Madame Racketeer
Arthur Gregory
1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
Dante
1932
The Woman in Room 13
Howard Ramsey
1932
Letty Lynton
Mr. Darrow
1932
The Mouthpiece
District Attorney Forbes
1932
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Dr. Walter Burke
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Pop's Voice on Record
1932
Emma
Dr. Horton (uncredited)
1932
Possessed
Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)
1931
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Mr. Layton
1931
Rebound
Mr. Henry Jaffrey
1931
The Common Law
John Neville Sr.
1931
The Secret Six
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
1931
A Tailor-Made Man
Abraham Nathan
1931
Paid
Judge Lawler (uncredited)
1930
Reaching for the Moon
James Benton
1930
The Great Power
Sen. Charles Davis
1929
Blackbirds
Howard Crocker
1920
American - That's All
Father Boggs
1917
In Again, Out Again
Sheriff Dubb
1917