Sydney Walker

Sydney Walker

1921-05-05 – 1994-09-30 (age 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Known For

Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

as Bus Driver

Love Story
Love Story

1970

as Dr. Shapeley

The Ewok Adventure
The Ewok Adventure

1984

as Deej Warrick (voice)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

1985

as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)

Getting Even with Dad
Getting Even with Dad

1994

as Mr. Wankmueller

Prelude to a Kiss
Prelude to a Kiss

1992

as Old Man

Fine Things
Fine Things

1990

as Rabbi

Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt

1991

as Mr. Granville

Blown Away
Blown Away

1990

as Plattsburgh Clerk

Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970

as Psychiatrist

Long Road Home
Long Road Home

1991

as Kleindecker

The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now

1970

as Lincoln

Eye on the Sparrow
Eye on the Sparrow

1987

as Obstetrician

Enemies
Enemies

1974

as Levshin

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A Christmas Carol

1981

as Fezziwig