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Sydney Walker

Sydney Walker

Known for
Acting
Born
May 5, 1921, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
September 30, 1994
Movies
16

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.

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

1994Getting Even with DadMr. Wankmueller
1993Mrs. DoubtfireBus Driver
1992Prelude to a KissOld Man
1991Shadow of a DoubtMr. Granville
1991Long Road HomeKleindecker
1990Fine ThingsRabbi
1990Blown AwayPlattsburgh Clerk
1987Eye on the SparrowObstetrician
1985Ewoks: The Battle for EndorVoice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
1984The Ewok AdventureDeej Warrick (voice)
1981A Christmas CarolFezziwig
1977Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?Narrator
1974EnemiesLevshin
1970Love StoryDr. Shapeley
1970Puzzle of a Downfall ChildPsychiatrist
1970The Way We Live NowLincoln

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