Sydney Walker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

14

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-05-05

Deathday

1994-09-30 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sydney Walker

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

Mrs. Doubtfire
7.2%

Mrs. Doubtfire

Nov 24, 1993

Love Story
6.8%

Love Story

Dec 16, 1970

The Ewok Adventure
5.9%

The Ewok Adventure

Nov 25, 1984

Prelude to a Kiss
5.6%

Prelude to a Kiss

Jul 10, 1992

Great Performances
5.4%

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

Fine Things
5.8%

Fine Things

Oct 15, 1990

Shadow of a Doubt
5.2%

Shadow of a Doubt

Apr 27, 1991

Eye on the Sparrow
6.5%

Eye on the Sparrow

Dec 7, 1987

Enemies
0.0%

Enemies

Jan 23, 1974

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Acting

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