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Bill Walters
Actor
Born December 11, 1937 (86 years)
Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1937, Bill attended Grandview Heights High School and the Ohio State University where he majored in fine arts hoping to get into advertising or cartooning. Among his many mementos are a sheaf of rejection slips from The New Yorker and Playboy. He was introduced to the theatre by volunteering to design the set for a friend's student production. He worked on the art staff of the OSU Motion Pictures Department and the University TV station, WOSU. In 1963, after the usual summer stock assignments, he arrived in New York City, where he worked at NBC as a page and as a production assistant. He became a backstage jack-of-all-trades with The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Playhouse of the Ridiculous, and many other regional and off-Broadway theater groups.
In 1966 he was hired by Peter Schickele as the stage manager for PDQ Bach, and became known to thousands of concert goers in New York and around the country as the irascible and irritable but always efficient apologist for Schickele's satiric presentations of the infamous "Evening of Musical Madness". Despite his crusty on-stage persona, Bill was for 46 years the technical coordinator, production manager, road manager, and the REAL stage manager of the series of concerts that had its first public performance in 1965 at Town Hall in New York. He once said that he felt like Sky Masterson, the gambler-hero of "Guys and Dolls", who noted that: "There are two things that have been in every hotel room in America: Sky Masterson and the Gideon Bible."
Walters continues to work in concerts, theatre, dabbles in background work in movies and TV, writes lots of unproduced plays and film scripts, and teaches film-making and video with kids. He also works for Gray Line New York Sightseeing as a tour guide riding around on the top of a double-decker bus telling lies about New York City to gullible and unwary tourists.
He is married to the actress Donegal Browne. Their daughter Samantha Browne-Walters is also an actress.
In 1966 he was hired by Peter Schickele as the stage manager for PDQ Bach, and became known to thousands of concert goers in New York and around the country as the irascible and irritable but always efficient apologist for Schickele's satiric presentations of the infamous "Evening of Musical Madness". Despite his crusty on-stage persona, Bill was for 46 years the technical coordinator, production manager, road manager, and the REAL stage manager of the series of concerts that had its first public performance in 1965 at Town Hall in New York. He once said that he felt like Sky Masterson, the gambler-hero of "Guys and Dolls", who noted that: "There are two things that have been in every hotel room in America: Sky Masterson and the Gideon Bible."
Walters continues to work in concerts, theatre, dabbles in background work in movies and TV, writes lots of unproduced plays and film scripts, and teaches film-making and video with kids. He also works for Gray Line New York Sightseeing as a tour guide riding around on the top of a double-decker bus telling lies about New York City to gullible and unwary tourists.
He is married to the actress Donegal Browne. Their daughter Samantha Browne-Walters is also an actress.
Filmography
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? · as Homeless Man (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Mostly 4 Millennials (TV Series) · as Emoji Focus Group Stooge |
| 2017 | Happy! (TV Series) · as Santa In Strip Club |
| 2017 | Marvel's The Punisher (TV Series) · as Flophouse Background |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime · as Old Jon (as W.a. Walters) |
| 2017 | The Deuce (TV Series) · as Homeless Man |
| 2017 | The Dark Tower · as Homeless Man In Alley (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Great News (TV Series) · as Homeless Man With Rat |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 · as Homeless Man In Chinatown (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Barry · as Homeless Man In Stairwell (uncredited) |
| 2016 | The Comedian · as Homeless In Soup Line (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Thanksgiving (TV Series) · as Bribed Homeless Man |
| 2016 | Billions (TV Series) · as Chess Player |
| 2015 | Sisters · as Airport Traveler (uncredited) |
| 2015 | The Night Before · as Christmas Bartender (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Flesh and Bone (TV Series) · as Homeless Guy In Bus Station |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash · as Salt Well Regular (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Odd Mom Out (TV Series) · as Panhandler At Tkts Booth |
| 2015 | True Story · as Inmate (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Marvel's Daredevil (TV Series) · as Inmate |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series) · as Shirtless Man Wearing Trash Bag |
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year · as Subway Rider (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Annie · as Soup Kitchen Guest (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Top Five · as Bum On Subway |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) · as Paparazzi |
| 2014 | Gotham (TV Series) · as Derelict In Subway Tunnel |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) · as Homeless Man In Litter Basket |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn · as Vagrant |
| 2014 | Black Box (TV Series) · as Homeless Man In Park |
| 2014 | Deadbeat (TV Series) · as Homeless Man In Alley |
| 2014 | Believe (TV Series) · as Homeless Man |
| 2014 | Broad City (TV Series) · as Homeless Man |
| 2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Homeless |
| 2013 | Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Background |
| 2013 | Golden Boy (2013) (TV Series) · as Criminal |
| 2013 | The Americans (2013) (TV Series) · as Homeless At Soup Kitchen (uncredited) |
| 2013 | The Following (TV Series) · as Red Neck Bar Patron |
| 2013 | Ass Backwards · as Paparazzi |
| 2013 | The Carrie Diaries (TV Series) · as Panhandler |
| 2012 | High Maintenance (TV Series) · as Homeless Guy At Shelter |
| 2012 | Elementary (TV Series) · as Homeless Man |
| 2012 | Bachelorette · as Village Background |
| 2012 | The Newsroom (2012) (TV Series) · as Thompkins Square Hippie |
| 2012 | Being Flynn · as Homeless Man In Shelter (uncredited) |
| 2012 | NYC 22 (TV Series) · as Bum |
| 2012 | Smash (2012) (TV Series) · as Bar Patron |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge · as Inmate |
| 2012 | I Just Want My Pants Back (TV Series) · as Peeing Homeless Man |
| 2011 | Musical Chairs · as Spectator At Wheelchair Dance |
| 2011 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life · as Homeless Dude |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close · as Homeless Man (uncredited) |
| 2011 | The Sitter · as Subway Background |
| 2011 | The Heart, She Holler (TV Series) · as Bar Hick |
| 2011 | The Music Never Stopped · as Extra |
| 2011 | Homeland (TV Series) · as Homeless At Soup Kitchen |
| 2011 | A Gifted Man (TV Series) · as Aging Village Hippie |
| 2011 | Person of Interest (TV Series) · as Old Salty Dog |
| 2011 | Unforgettable (TV Series) · as Bohemian Artist |
| 2011 | The Beaver · as Bongo Drummer In Drum Circle |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Conan's Chess Opponent |
| 2010 | Fair Game · as Vietnam Vet At Rally (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Hasidic Official |
| 2010 | The Big C (TV Series) · as Hospice Patient |
| 2010 | The Other Guys · as Paparazzi |
| 2010 | The Extra Man · as Panhandler |
| 2010 | Are We There Yet? (TV Series) · as Homeless Jug Player |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack · as Michigan Inmate (uncredited) |
| 2010 | The Bounty Hunter · as Extra |
| 2010 | Cop Out · as Subway Rider |
| 2010 | How to Make It in America (TV Series) · as Flea Market Vendor |
| 2009 | White Collar (TV Series) · as Weird Guy In Lobby |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Irish Barfly |
| 2009 | Bored to Death (TV Series) · as Background |
| 2009 | The Rebound · as Background |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Hasidim On Subway |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie (TV Series) · as Triage Patient |
| 2009 | Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Fisherman |
| 2009 | Cupid (2009) (TV Series) · as Homeless Patron In Shelter |
| 2009 | Delocated (TV Series) · as Park Bg |
| 2008 | Life on Mars (US) (TV Series) · as Construction Worker |
| 2008 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist · as Homeless At Pabt (uncredited) |
| 2008 | The Wrestler · as Wrestling Fan (uncredited) |
| 2008 | The Wackness · as Barfly |
| 2007 | I Am Legend · as Survivor |
| 2007 | Mitch Albom's for One More Day · as Head Groundskeeper |
| 2007 | Enchanted · as 42nd Street Bg (uncredited) |
| 2007 | August Rush · as Central Park Background |
| 2007 | Across the Universe · as Bus Terminal Background |
| 2007 | Gossip Girl (TV Series) · as Dive Bar Patron |
| 2007 | Damages (TV Series) · as House Of Detention Inmate |
| 2007 | Gardener of Eden · as Panhandler |
| 2007 | The Knights of Prosperity (TV Series) · as Bar Patron |
| 2007 | M.O.N.Y. · as Bum With Penguin |
| 2006 | 30 Rock (TV Series) · as Nd Background |
| 2006 | Six Degrees (TV Series) · as Subway Rider (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Beer League · as Spectator |
| 2006 | Freedomland · as Searcher |
| 2005 | Rent · as Homeless Background |
| 2004 | House of D · as Nd Background |
| 2004 | Rescue Me (TV Series) · as Aa Participant |
| 2004 | The Jury (2004) (TV Series) · as Background |
| 2003 | Angels in America (TV Series) · as Biker |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice · as Boardwalk Bg |
| 2002 | Analyze That · as Sing Sing Inmate (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys · as Hippie At Party (uncredited) |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street (TV Series) · as Perp (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Ed (TV Series) · as Disciple |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) · as Homeless Fire Victim |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Computer Nerd |
| 1998 | Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Magnolia Cafe Customer |
| 1991 | The Refrigerator · as Eileen's Father |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Courtroom Spectator |
| 1989 | Penn & Teller Get Killed · as Volkswagen Driver |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy · as St. Bernard Owner (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Wait Until Dark · as Bg With Dog (uncredited) |
| 1966 | You're a Big Boy Now · as Commerce Street Bg (uncredited) |