Sydney Walker

Sydney Walker

  • Birthday: 1921-05-05
  • Deathday: 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.

Filmography

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

As Bus Driver

Prelude to a Kiss

1992

As Old Man

Love Story

1970

As Dr. Shapeley

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970

As Psychiatrist

Fine Things

1990

As Rabbi

A Christmas Carol

1981

As Fezziwig

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

1985

As Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)

The Ewok Adventure

1984

As Deej (voice)

The Way We Live Now

1970

As Lincoln

Eye on the Sparrow

1987

As Obstetrician

Enemies

1974

As Levshin

Shadow of a Doubt

1991

As Mr. Granville

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