Actor
Walter Walker
March 13, 1864 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Clark Gable
4 titles together
Possessed, No Man of Her Own, Susan Lenox
John Miljan
4 titles together
Possessed, Susan Lenox, Paid
Edward Arnold
3 titles together
You Can't Take It with You, I'm No Angel, Sadie McKee
Clarence Wilson
3 titles together
You Can't Take It with You, The Count of Monte Cristo, Paid
Theodore von Eltz
3 titles together
Topper, Susan Lenox, The Secret Six
J. Farrell MacDonald
3 titles together
Topper, No Man of Her Own, Front Page Woman
Full filmography · 71
The Declaration of Independence
as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Ames
19386.3
You Can't Take It with You
as Governor Leach (uncredited)
19387.5
Marie Antoinette
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
19386.6
The Women Men Marry
as “Pop”
1937
Topper
as Judge (uncredited)
19376.7
Let Them Live
as Dr. Vlissing
1937
We Who Are About to Die
as The Governor (uncredited)
1937
Go West Young Man
as Andy Kelton
1936
Yours for the Asking
as Mr. Crenshaw
1936
Everybody's Old Man
as Haslett
1936
Dangerous
as Roger Farnsworth
19356.6