Sydney Walker

Born: 1921-05-05

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.


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Mrs. Doubtfire

as Bus Driver
Released: 1993-11-24

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed...

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Love Story

as Dr. Shapeley
Released: 1970-12-16

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry...

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The Ewok Adventure

as Deej (voice)
Released: 1984-11-25

Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel,...

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as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
Released: 1985-11-24

The army of the Marauders, led by King Terak and the witch Charal, attack the Ewoks village,...

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Prelude to a Kiss

as Old Man
Released: 1992-07-10

A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms...

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Fine Things

as Rabbi
Released: 1990-10-15

Bernard Fine's career leaves little time for romance, so fate takes over. When Bernie befriends...

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Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

as Narrator
Released: 1977-12-01

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about...

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Shadow of a Doubt

as Mr. Granville
Released: 1991-04-27

Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for...

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Eye on the Sparrow

as Obstetrician
Released: 1987-12-07

True story of a blind couple who fought the authorities to acquire the right to adopt a child.

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The Way We Live Now

as Lincoln
Released: 1970-05-27

A mid-life crisis propels a disaffected advertising executive out of his marriage and into a...

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Enemies

as Levshin
Released: 1974-01-23

In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives...

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Puzzle of a Downfall Child

as Psychiatrist
Released: 1970-12-16

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the...

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Great Performances

as Levshin
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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