Walter Walker
Acting • Born 1864-03-13 – Died 1947-12-04
Biography
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
71 credits
The Secret Six
Movie • 1931
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
Flying Down to Rio
Movie • 1933
Senor De Rezende
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1932
Mr. Morton
Blessed Event
Movie • 1932
Mr. Miller
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie • 1932
Pop's Voice on Record
Go West Young Man
Movie • 1936
Andy Kelton
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie • 1934
Dr. Barton
I Loved a Woman
Movie • 1933
Oliver
The Rich Are Always with Us
Movie • 1932
Dante
In Again, Out Again
Movie • 1917
Sheriff Dubb
The Mouthpiece
Movie • 1932
District Attorney Forbes
Bedside
Movie • 1934
Dr. Michael
Life Begins
Movie • 1932
Dr. Tubby
Hard to Handle
Movie • 1933
Bedford College Representative (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
Movie • 1935
Judge Hugo Rickard
From Hell to Heaven
Movie • 1933
Pop Lockwood
Two Against the World
Movie • 1932
Courtney Hamilton
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie • 1933
Dr. Clark
The Gay Bride
Movie • 1934
MacPherson- lawyer
A Lost Lady
Movie • 1934
Judge Hardy
The Conquerors
Movie • 1932
Thomas B. Ogden
Reaching for the Moon
Movie • 1930
James Benton
Hello, Sister!
Movie • 1933
Sedgwick
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Movie • 1931
Mr. Layton
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Ames
You Said a Mouthful
Movie • 1932
Tom Brandon
I'm No Angel
Movie • 1933
Judge (uncredited)
The Common Law
Movie • 1931
John Neville Sr.
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Movie • 1931
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
The House on 56th Street
Movie • 1933
Dr. Wyman
The Women Men Marry
Movie • 1937
“Pop”
Sons of Steel
Movie • 1934
John Chadburne
Letty Lynton
Movie • 1932
Mr. Darrow
Yours for the Asking
Movie • 1936
Mr. Crenshaw
One New York Night
Movie • 1935
Hampton
Strange Wives
Movie • 1934
The General
The Great Jasper
Movie • 1933
Daniel McGowd
We Who Are About to Die
Movie • 1937
The Governor (uncredited)
While the Patient Slept
Movie • 1935
Richard Federie
Rebound
Movie • 1931
Mr. Henry Jaffrey
I Love That Man
Movie • 1933
Mr. Walker
American Madness
Movie • 1932
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Governor Leach (uncredited)
Emma
Movie • 1932
Dr. Horton (uncredited)
Dangerous
Movie • 1935
Roger Farnsworth
The Woman in Room 13
Movie • 1932
Howard Ramsey
Topper
Movie • 1937
Judge (uncredited)
Babbitt
Movie • 1934
Luke Ethorne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1934
Morrel
Madame Racketeer
Movie • 1932
Arthur Gregory
A Tailor-Made Man
Movie • 1931
Abraham Nathan
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Movie • 1932
Dr. Walter Burke
Paid
Movie • 1930
Judge Lawler (uncredited)
Possessed
Movie • 1931
Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Movie • 1934
Hugh (uncredited)
Female
Movie • 1933
Jarratt (Uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
Movie • 1938
Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Everything
Movie • 1934
Josiah Flagg
Prosperity
Movie • 1932
Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
Let Them Live
Movie • 1937
Dr. Vlissing
She Couldn't Take It
Movie • 1935
Judge
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Movie • 1933
Mr. Parker
Age of Indiscretion
Movie • 1935
Mr. Harris
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
The Great Power
Movie • 1929
Sen. Charles Davis
American - That's All
Movie • 1917
Father Boggs
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Mr. Alderson (uncredited)
Blackbirds
Movie • 1920
Howard Crocker
Everybody's Old Man
Movie • 1936
Haslett
I Believed in You
Movie • 1934
Lacy
The World Changes
Movie • 1933
Doctor (uncredited)