Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born March 13, 1864
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.
MovieThe Declaration of Independence
1938
as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Ames
MovieYou Can't Take It with You
1938
as Governor Leach (uncredited)
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
MovieThe Women Men Marry
1937
as “Pop”
MovieTopper
1937
as Judge (uncredited)
MovieLet Them Live
1937
as Dr. Vlissing
MovieWe Who Are About to Die
1937
as The Governor (uncredited)
MovieGo West Young Man
1936
as Andy Kelton
MovieYours for the Asking
1936
as Mr. Crenshaw
MovieEverybody's Old Man
1936
as Haslett
MovieDangerous
1935
as Roger Farnsworth
MovieShe Couldn't Take It
1935
as Judge
MovieFront Page Woman
1935
as Judge Hugo Rickard
MovieAge of Indiscretion
1935
as Mr. Harris
MovieWhile the Patient Slept
1935
as Richard Federie
MovieOne New York Night
1935
as Hampton
MovieThe Gay Bride
1934
as MacPherson- lawyer
MovieSons of Steel
1934
as John Chadburne
MovieBabbitt
1934
as Luke Ethorne
MovieStrange Wives
1934
as The General
MovieImitation of Life
1934
as Hugh (uncredited)
MovieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
as Dr. Barton
MovieA Lost Lady
1934
as Judge Hardy
MovieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1934
as Morrel
MovieSadie McKee
1934
as Mr. Alderson (uncredited)
MovieI Believed in You
1934
as Lacy
MovieBedside
1934
as Dr. Michael
MovieYou Can't Buy Everything
1934
as Josiah Flagg
MovieThe House on 56th Street
1933
as Dr. Wyman
MovieFlying Down to Rio
1933
as Senor De Rezende
MovieThe World Changes
1933
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieFemale
1933
as Jarratt (Uncredited)
MovieI'm No Angel
1933
as Judge (uncredited)
MovieI Loved a Woman
1933
as Oliver
MovieMary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Dr. Clark
MovieI Love That Man
1933
as Mr. Walker
MovieHello, Sister!
1933
as Sedgwick
MovieThe Great Jasper
1933
as Daniel McGowd
MovieFrom Hell to Heaven
1933
as Pop Lockwood
MovieHard to Handle
1933
as Bedford College Representative (uncredited)
MovieThe Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
as Mr. Parker
MovieNo Man of Her Own
1932
as Mr. Morton
MovieYou Said a Mouthful
1932
as Tom Brandon
MovieThe Conquerors
1932
as Thomas B. Ogden
MovieProsperity
1932
as Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)
MovieBlessed Event
1932
as Mr. Miller
MovieLife Begins
1932
as Dr. Tubby
MovieTwo Against the World
1932
as Courtney Hamilton
MovieAmerican Madness
1932
MovieMadame Racketeer
1932
as Arthur Gregory
MovieThe Rich Are Always with Us
1932
as Dante
MovieThe Woman in Room 13
1932
as Howard Ramsey
MovieLetty Lynton
1932
as Mr. Darrow
MovieThe Mouthpiece
1932
as District Attorney Forbes
MovieTomorrow and Tomorrow
1932
as Dr. Walter Burke
MovieThe Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Pop's Voice on Record
MovieEmma
1932
as Dr. Horton (uncredited)
MoviePossessed
1931
as Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)
MovieSusan Lenox
1931
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
MovieNew Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
as Mr. Layton
MovieRebound
1931
as Mr. Henry Jaffrey
MovieThe Common Law
1931
as John Neville Sr.
MovieThe Secret Six
1931
as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
MovieA Tailor-Made Man
1931
as Abraham Nathan
MoviePaid
1930
as Judge Lawler (uncredited)
MovieReaching for the Moon
1930
as James Benton
The Great Power
1929
as Sen. Charles Davis
The Chicken in the Case
1921
as Major Whitman
MovieBlackbirds
1920
as Howard Crocker
American - That's All
1917
as Father Boggs
MovieIn Again, Out Again
1917
as Sheriff Dubb
