Walter Walker

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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.

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Judge (uncredited)

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Dr. Clark

Prosperity

Maggie's Husband in Photo (uncredited)

The Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

Life Begins

Dr. Tubby

Hard to Handle

Bedford College Representative (uncredited)

Reaching for the Moon

James Benton

The Mouthpiece

District Attorney Forbes

Dangerous

Roger Farnsworth

Paid

Judge Lawler (uncredited)

The Count of Monte Cristo

Morrel

Strange Wives

The General

Letty Lynton

Mr. Darrow

Bedside

Dr. Michael

While the Patient Slept

Richard Federie

Sons of Steel

John Chadburne

Age of Indiscretion

Mr. Harris

Madame Racketeer

Arthur Gregory

The Billion Dollar Scandal

Mr. Parker

The Great Jasper

Daniel McGowd

The Cowboy and the Lady

Ames

I Love That Man

Mr. Walker

Flying Down to Rio

Senor De Rezende

The Woman in Room 13

Howard Ramsey

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Dr. Barton

The Rich Are Always with Us

Dante

The House on 56th Street

Dr. Wyman

One New York Night

Hampton

Imitation of Life

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American Madness

The Conquerors

Thomas B. Ogden

You Can't Take It with You

Governor Leach (uncredited)

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Pop's Voice on Record

I Believed in You

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In Again, Out Again

Sheriff Dubb

The Women Men Marry

“Pop”

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John Neville Sr.

The Great Power

Sen. Charles Davis

Sadie McKee

Mr. Alderson (uncredited)

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Jarratt (Uncredited)

I Loved a Woman

Oliver

A Lost Lady

Judge Hardy

Blessed Event

Mr. Miller

Marie Antoinette

Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

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Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful

Tom Brandon

Rebound

Mr. Henry Jaffrey

Front Page Woman

Judge Hugo Rickard

Hello, Sister!

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Let Them Live

Dr. Vlissing

You Can't Buy Everything

Josiah Flagg

The Gay Bride

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From Hell to Heaven

Pop Lockwood

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Whitney for Governor Supporter (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

Mr. Morton

Two Against the World

Courtney Hamilton

Everybody's Old Man

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I'm No Angel