Sydney Walker
Born May 05, 1921 (Age: 104)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Sydney Walker was an American character actor of stage and screen and voice artist, with a career that spanned over five decades. He is most known for Prelude to a Kiss (elderly man Meg Ryan's character switches bodies with), and as the bus driver on Mrs. Doubtfire. Walker made his Broadway debut as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the famous 1960 production of Jean Anouilh's "Beckett," which starred Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn. He subsequently appeared in 22 Broadway productions from 1960 to 1973. Walker made his movie debut in the Kirk Douglas movie A Lovely Way to Die (1968) and played the doctor in Love Story (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974. His last film was Getting Even with Dad (1994), but his most famous movie role came two years earlier in the film adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss (1992), in which he reprized the role of the Old Man he had assayed in the 1988 Berkeley Repertory production of the Craig Lucas play.
Sydney Walker was an American character actor of stage and screen and voice artist, with a career that spanned over five decades. He is most known for Prelude to a Kiss (elderly man Meg Ryan's character switches bodies with), and as the bus driver on Mrs. Doubtfire.
Walker made his Broadway debut as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the famous 1960 production of Jean Anouilh's "Beckett," which starred Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn. He subsequently appeared in 22 Broadway productions from 1960 to 1973.
Walker made his movie debut in the Kirk Douglas movie A Lovely Way to Die (1968) and played the doctor in Love Story (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974. His last film was Getting Even with Dad (1994), but his most famous movie role came two years earlier in the film adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss (1992), in which he reprized the role of the Old Man he had assayed in the 1988 Berkeley Repertory production of the Craig Lucas play.
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Filmography
Getting Even with Dad
1994
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as Mr. Wankmueller
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Age: 73
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
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as Bus Driver
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Age: 72
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
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as Old Man
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Age: 71
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
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as Mr. Granville
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Age: 69
Long Road Home
1991
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as Kleindecker
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Age: 69
Fine Things
1990
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as Rabbi
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Age: 69
Eye on the Sparrow
1987
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as Obstetrician
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Age: 66
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985
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as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
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Age: 64
No Image
A Christmas Carol
1981
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as Fezziwig
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Age: 60
Enemies
1974
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as Levshin
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Age: 52
Love Story
1970
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as Dr. Shapeley
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Age: 49
The Way We Live Now
1970
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as Lincoln
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Age: 49