Wilfred Walter | |
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| Born | 2 March 1882 |
| Died | 9 July 1958 (aged 76) |
| Years active | 1935–56 (in films) 1918-50 (theatre) |
Wilfred Walter (2 March 1882 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 July 1958 in Ashtead, Surrey) was an English film and theatre actor, sometimes credited as Wilfrid Walter.[1] He was born Franz Wilfrid Walter, son of the actor Richard Walter.[2]
Career
He was a Shakespearian actor during the first half of the 20th century, playing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Old Vic, where his major roles included Mark Antony, Falstaff, Othello, Bottom and Titus Andronicus. [3][4]
His best-known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 comedy Convict 99, who is mistaken for the prison governor Benjamin Twist (Will Hay).[5] Walter also acted as the monstrous lumbering brute Jake, Dr Orloff's (Bela Lugosi) assistant in the 1939 film adaption of the Edgar Wallace thriller The Dark Eyes of London.[6]
Selected filmography
- Old Roses (1935)
- Hearts of Humanity (1936)
- Owd Bob (1938)
- Convict 99 (1938)
- The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
- A Window in London (1940)
- Night Train to Munich (1940) (uncredited)
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) (uncredited)
- No Highway in the Sky (1951) (uncredited)
- Judgment Deferred (1952)
References
- ↑ League, The Broadway. "Wilfred Walter – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ↑ Walter, Wilfred, BFI Film & TV Database, British Film Institute, UK.
- ↑ Storrington & District Museum Newsletter 41, Spring 2012
- ↑ "Wilfred Walter - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ↑ "Convict 99 (1938)". Archived from the original on 14 November 2017.
- ↑ Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian (13 November 2017). British Horror Cinema. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415230032 – via Google Books.