Sydney Walker
Known for Acting · 17 credits
- Born
- 1921-05-05
- Died
- 1994-09-30
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (16)
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
as Bus Driver
Love Story
1970
as Dr. Shapeley
The Ewok Adventure
1984
as Deej Warrick (voice)
Getting Even with Dad
1994
as Mr. Wankmueller
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
as Old Man
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985
as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
Fine Things
1990
as Rabbi
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970
as Psychiatrist
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
as Mr. Granville
Long Road Home
1991
as Kleindecker
Eye on the Sparrow
1987
as Obstetrician
Enemies
1974
as Levshin
The Way We Live Now
1970
as Lincoln
A Christmas Carol
1981
as Fezziwig
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
1977
as Narrator
Blown Away
1990
as Plattsburgh Clerk
About Sydney Walker
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… With 17 credits spanning from 1970 to 1994, Sydney Walker has appeared in 16 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Sydney Walker Movies
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) — as Bus Driver
- Love Story (1970) — as Dr. Shapeley
- The Ewok Adventure (1984) — as Deej Warrick (voice)
- Getting Even with Dad (1994) — as Mr. Wankmueller
- Prelude to a Kiss (1992) — as Old Man
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