Sydney Walker
| Sydney Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 5, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1994 (aged 73) (cancer) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stage Actor, Screen Actor, Voice Actor |
| Years active | 1952–1994 |
Sydney Walker (May 5, 1921 – September 30, 1994) was an American actor and voice artist.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sydney Walker was primarily a stage actor, who made his professional debut in 1960 and performing in twenty-eight Broadway plays between 1961 and 1973. In 1967, he was nominated for a Tony Award as "Best Featured Actor in a Play" for his performance The Wild Duck.
Between 1966 and 1969 Sidney Walker was a principal player in Ellis Raab's APA-Phoenix Repertory Company in New York City working with an extraordinary group including Rosemary Harris, Donald Moffet, Keene Curtis, Paul Sparer, Nancy Marchand, all of whom were to have significant careers in movies, television and theatre.
As a character actor in motion pictures, he appeared as Dr. Shapely in the 1970 blockbuster film Love Story, and also appeared in The Way We Live Now and Puzzle of a Downfall Child the same year. His most prominent film role came in the 1992 movie Prelude to a Kiss, in which he was featured as a dying elderly man who switches bodies with a newlywed portrayed by Meg Ryan. He had a small role in the 1993 hit Mrs. Doubtfire as the Muni bus driver who finds a small attraction to Mrs. Doubtfire, and played Mr. Wankmueller in the 1994 Macaulay Culkin comedy Getting Even with Dad. He also acted in the television soap opera The Guiding Light for the 1970–71 season.
Walker also provided the voice for the children's toy "Grampa Time" (a toy that had a nightlight and told bedtime stories).
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