Sydney Walker

Acting

Sydney Walker

Born
Died
(aged 73)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
17 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 17

YearTitleRole
1994 Getting Even with Dad Film Mr. Wankmueller
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Film Bus Driver
1992 Prelude to a Kiss Film Old Man
1991 Shadow of a Doubt Film Mr. Granville
1991 Long Road Home Film Kleindecker
1990 Fine Things Film Rabbi
1990 Blown Away Film Plattsburgh Clerk
1987 Eye on the Sparrow Film Obstetrician
1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Film Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
1984 The Ewok Adventure Film Deej Warrick (voice)
1981 A Christmas Carol Film Fezziwig
1977 Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? Film Narrator
1974 Enemies Film Levshin
1971 Great Performances TV Levshin (1 ep)
1970 Love Story Film Dr. Shapeley
1970 Puzzle of a Downfall Child Film Psychiatrist
1970 The Way We Live Now Film Lincoln
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