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Sydney Walker

Sydney Walker

Known For Acting
Birthday May 05, 1921
Died Sep 30, 1994 (73)
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 03, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 a ... s 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

Filmography

Getting Even with Dad

Getting Even with Dad

1994

as Mr. Wankmueller

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

as Bus Driver

Prelude to a Kiss

Prelude to a Kiss

1992

as Old Man

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1991

as Mr. Granville

Fine Things

Fine Things

1990

as Rabbi

Eye on the Sparrow

Eye on the Sparrow

1987

as Obstetrician

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

1985

as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)

The Ewok Adventure

The Ewok Adventure

1984

as Deej (voice)

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1981

as Fezziwig

Enemies

Enemies

1974

as Levshin

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

1970

as Lincoln

Love Story

Love Story

1970

as Dr. Shapeley

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970

as Psychiatrist

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Great Performances

as Levshin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

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