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Robert Walker

Highest Rated: 100% The Clock (1945)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Sea of Grass (1947)

Birthday: Oct 13, 1918

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

A standout as star of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense masterpiece "Strangers on a Train" (1951), the smooth, handsome, masterfully evil man proposing a malevolent scheme was portrayed by Robert Walker and that role represented a major comeback for him after a period of personal crisis that would ultimately lead to his premature end. As a member of the MGM contract player stable, Walker graced features like "Bataan" (1943), but his promising career began to unravel once the more powerful über-producer David O. Selznick effectively stole his wife, actress Jennifer Jones, from him, sending him into a tailspin. Although pictures like "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" (1944) and "The Clock" (1945) confirmed the public's admiration for the sensitive Walker, excessive drinking and disruptive behavior became commonplace . When he was finally on the road to recovery, but still harboring some problems, Hitchcock's faith in the actor proved wholly justified. "Strangers on a Train" featured what was arguably Walker's finest performance and the movie ranked high amongst its director's accomplishments. Unfortunately, the personal issues continued and a doctor's attempt to deal with his mood disorder inadvertently brought about Walker's premature death at age 32. The actor's troubled life and tragic death became inextricably part of his legend, but he did leave behind a solid body of work and was cherished by Golden Age aficionados as one of the most thrilling villains in the Hitchcock oeuvre.

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Highest rated movies

100% 83% The Clock
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100% 47% Till the Clouds Roll By
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100% 24% Vengeance Valley
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100% 75% Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
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98% 92% Strangers on a Train
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88% 68% Madame Curie
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77% 79% Since You Went Away
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40% 21% My Son John
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14% 36% The Sea of Grass
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The Sailor Takes a Wife
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Filmography

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Credit
40% 21% My Son John John Jefferson (Character) - 1952
98% 92% Strangers on a Train Bruno Anthony (Character) - 1951
100% 24% Vengeance Valley Lee Strobie (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Please Believe Me Terence Keath (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Skipper Surprised His Wife Cmdr. William J. Lattimer (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 42% One Touch of Venus Eddie Hatch (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 65% Song of Love Johannes Brahms (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beginning or the End Col. Jeff Nixon (Character) - 1947
14% 36% The Sea of Grass Brock Brewton (Character) - 1947
100% 47% Till the Clouds Roll By Jerome Kern (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sailor Takes a Wife John Hill (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 88% Her Highness and the Bellboy Jimmy Dobson (Character) - 1945
100% 83% The Clock Cpl. Joe Allen (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Next, Corporal Hargrove? Cpl. Marion Hargrove (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet See Here, Private Hargrove Pvt. Marion Hargrove (Character) - 1944
100% 75% Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo David Thatcher (Character) - 1944
77% 79% Since You Went Away Cpl. William G. "Bill" Smollett II (Character) - 1944
88% 68% Madame Curie David Le Gros (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 67% Bataan Leonard Purckett (Character) - 1943