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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 13, 1864
Died
December 4, 1947
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Walter Walker
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.3
Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
1938
6.3
Ames
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
7.5
Governor Leach (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938
6.5
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938
5.5
“Pop”
The Women Men Marry
1937
6.7
Judge (uncredited)
Topper
1937
0.0
Dr. Vlissing
Let Them Live
1937
6.8
The Governor (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
1937
5.3
Andy Kelton
Go West Young Man
1936
3.5
Mr. Crenshaw
Yours for the Asking
1936
Credits
The Declaration of Independence
as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
1938
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Ames
1938
6.3
You Can't Take It with You
as Governor Leach (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Marie Antoinette
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
1938
6.5
The Women Men Marry
as “Pop”
1937
5.5
Topper
as Judge (uncredited)
1937
6.7
Let Them Live
as Dr. Vlissing
1937
0.0
We Who Are About to Die
as The Governor (uncredited)
1937
6.8
Go West Young Man
as Andy Kelton
1936
5.3
Yours for the Asking
as Mr. Crenshaw
1936
3.5
Everybody's Old Man
as Haslett
1936
0.0
Dangerous
as Roger Farnsworth
1935
6.6
She Couldn't Take It
as Judge
1935
4.5
Front Page Woman
as Judge Hugo Rickard
1935
5.8
Age of Indiscretion
as Mr. Harris
1935
4.5
While the Patient Slept
as Richard Federie
1935
6.4
One New York Night
as Hampton
1935
0.0
The Gay Bride
as MacPherson- lawyer
1934
5.8
Sons of Steel
as John Chadburne
1934
5.0
Babbitt
as Luke Ethorne
1934
6.0
Strange Wives
as The General
1934
0.0
Imitation of Life
as Hugh (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dr. Barton
1934
6.0
A Lost Lady
as Judge Hardy
1934
5.6
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Morrel
1934
6.7
Sadie McKee
as Mr. Alderson (uncredited)
1934
6.9
I Believed in You
as Lacy
1934
0.0
Bedside
as Dr. Michael
1934
5.4
You Can't Buy Everything
as Josiah Flagg
1934
7.0
The House on 56th Street
as Dr. Wyman
1933
4.6
Flying Down to Rio
as Senor De Rezende
1933
6.2
The World Changes
as Doctor (uncredited)
1933
4.3
Female
as Jarratt (Uncredited)
1933
6.2
I'm No Angel
as Judge (uncredited)
1933
6.3
I Loved a Woman
as Oliver
1933
4.5
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Dr. Clark
1933
5.9
I Love That Man
as Mr. Walker
1933
0.0
Hello, Sister!
as Sedgwick
1933
5.8
The Great Jasper
as Daniel McGowd
1933
0.0
From Hell to Heaven
as Pop Lockwood
1933
7.2
Hard to Handle
as Bedford College Representative (uncredited)
1933
6.9
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as Mr. Parker
1933
0.0
No Man of Her Own
as Mr. Morton
1932
6.5
You Said a Mouthful
as Tom Brandon
1932
5.0
The Conquerors
as Thomas B. Ogden
1932
4.8
Prosperity
as Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
1932
4.7
Life Begins
as Dr. Tubby
1932
6.0
Blessed Event
as Mr. Miller
1932
6.5
Two Against the World
as Courtney Hamilton
1932
5.1
American Madness
1932
6.8
Madame Racketeer
as Arthur Gregory
1932
4.8
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Dante
1932
4.6
The Woman in Room 13
as Howard Ramsey
1932
0.0
Letty Lynton
as Mr. Darrow
1932
6.8
The Mouthpiece
as District Attorney Forbes
1932
5.9
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
as Dr. Walter Burke
1932
0.0
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Pop's Voice on Record
1932
5.2
Emma
as Dr. Horton (uncredited)
1932
6.4
Possessed
as Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)
1931
7.0
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1931
6.1
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mr. Layton
1931
5.0
Rebound
as Mr. Henry Jaffrey
1931
3.8
The Common Law
as John Neville Sr.
1931
5.3
The Secret Six
as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
1931
5.5
A Tailor-Made Man
as Abraham Nathan
1931
0.0
Paid
as Judge Lawler (uncredited)
1930
6.8
Reaching for the Moon
as James Benton
1930
5.4
🎬
The Great Power
as Sen. Charles Davis
1929
0.0
Blackbirds
as Howard Crocker
1920
0.0
🎬
American - That's All
as Father Boggs
1917
0.0
In Again, Out Again
as Sheriff Dubb
1917
0.0