About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1921-05-05
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website:
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Sydney Walker

Overview

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

Acting

1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Actor Bus Driver 71
Good
1992 Prelude to a Kiss Actor Old Man 58
Average
1991 Shadow of a Doubt Actor Mr. Granville 58
Average
1990 Fine Things Actor Rabbi 58
Average
1987 Eye on the Sparrow Actor Obstetrician 59
Average
1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Actor Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice) 57
Average
1984 The Ewok Adventure Actor Deej (voice) 59
Average
1981 A Christmas Carol Actor Fezziwig N/A
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1977 Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? Actor Narrator 59
Average
1974 Enemies Actor Levshin N/A
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1970 Puzzle of a Downfall Child Actor Psychiatrist 59
Average
1970 Love Story Actor Dr. Shapeley 64
Fair
1970 The Way We Live Now Actor Lincoln N/A
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