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Sydney Walker
Actor
Born May 5, 1921Died September 30, 1994 (73 years)
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.
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 Filmography
| 1994 | Getting Even with Dad · as Mr. Wankmueller |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire · as Bus Driver |
| 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss · as Old Man |
| 1991 | Shadow of a Doubt · as Mr. Granville |
| 1991 | Long Road Home · as Kleindecker |
| 1990 | Best Shots · as Uncle Jack |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body (TV Series) · as Clayton Bidwell |
| 1990 | Fine Things · as Rabbi |
| 1988 | Midnight Caller (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1988 | Blown Away · as Plattsburgh Clerk |
| 1987 | Eye on the Sparrow · as Obstetrician |
| 1985 | Ewoks: The Battle for Endor · as Voice Characterization (deej) (voice) |
| 1984 | The Ewok Adventure · as Deej Warrick (voice) |
| 1977 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Levshin |
| 1970 | Puzzle of a Downfall Child · as Psychiatrist |
| 1970 | Love Story · as Dr. Shapeley |
| 1970 | The Way We Live Now · as Lincoln |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to Die · as Cast |
| 1965 | For the People (TV Series) · as Dr. Andrews |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Sir Andrew Melvil |
| 1955 | Captain Z-RO (TV Series) · as James Marshall |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Ekdal |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Dr. Bruce Banning #3 (1970-1971) |