Known For
Acting
Born
May 05, 1921
Died
Sep 30, 1994
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
17 titles
Sydney Walker
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.
Known For
Filmography
Getting Even with Dad
Mr. Wankmueller
Mrs. Doubtfire
Bus Driver
Prelude to a Kiss
Old Man
Shadow of a Doubt
Mr. Granville
Long Road Home
Kleindecker
Fine Things
Rabbi
Blown Away
Plattsburgh Clerk
Eye on the Sparrow
Obstetrician
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
The Ewok Adventure
Deej Warrick (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Fezziwig
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Narrator
Enemies
Levshin
Great Performances
Levshin
Love Story
Dr. Shapeley
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Psychiatrist
The Way We Live Now
Lincoln