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Bill Walker
Highest Rated: 91% The Big Knife (1955)
Lowest Rated: 43% The Great White Hope (1970)
Birthday: Jul 1, 1896
Birthplace: Pendleton, Indiana, USA
Bill Walker was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Walker's earliest roles were in film, including "The Killers" (1946) with Burt Lancaster, "Canon City" (1948) and the adventure "Bomba on Panther Island" (1949) with Johnny Sheffield. He also appeared in "Bad Boy" (1949), "Sand" (1949) and the Gary Cooper drama "Bright Leaf" (1950). He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in the Richard Egan dramatic adaptation "The View From Pompey's Head" (1955), the Robert Wagner drama "A Kiss Before Dying" (1956) and "Everything But the Truth" (1956) with Maureen O'Hara. He also appeared in "You Can't Run Away From It" (1956). In the latter half of his career, he tackled roles in "Tick, Tick, Tick" (1970), the adaptation "The Great White Hope" (1970) with James Earl Jones and the comedy "Big Jake" (1971) with John Wayne. He also appeared in the drama "Maurie" (1973) with Bernie Casey and "The Choirboys" (1977). Walker last appeared in "The Real McTeague: A Synthesis of Forms" (PBS, 1992-93). Walker's husband was Peggy Cartwright. Walker passed away in January 1992 at the age of 96.
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Bill Walker
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Mo | Stokes (Character) | - | 1973 |
75% |
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Big Jake | Moses Brown (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Child | Konrad (Character) | - | 1971 |
43% |
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The Great White Hope | Deacon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Riot | Jake (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow on the Land | Arnold (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Third Day | Logan (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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Kisses for My President | Joseph (Character) | - | 1964 |
67% | No Score Yet | The Mask | Lieutenant Martin (Character) | - | 1961 |
71% |
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Porgy and Bess | Undertaker (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Ride a Crooked Trail | Jackson (Character) | - | 1958 |
86% |
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The Long, Hot Summer | Lucius (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Everything but the Truth | Waiter (Character) | - | 1956 |
91% |
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The Big Knife | Russell (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Prince of Players | Old Ben (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jungle Drums of Africa | Chief Douanga (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jamaica Run | Human (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sangaree | Priam (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Francis Goes to the Races | Sam (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Harlem Globetrotters | Professor Turner (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Time for Romance | J.T. Richards (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Sporty's Grandfather (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's Happening!! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barbary Coast | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Times | Mr. Carter (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Bartender (Guest Star) | 1971 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Minister (Character) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Rollie (Guest Star) | 1968 1970 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Green Hornet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Jeffrey (Character) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Hearse Driver (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turn of Fate | Joseph (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circus Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Star and the Story | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Star Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1953 |