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Bill Walker
Age
95 (passed away Jan. 27th, 1992)
Birthday
Jul. 1st, 1896
Born in
Indiana, USA
Height
Bill Walker's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles1978 - The Wiz1971 - Big Jake 1970 - The Great White Hope 1966 - Our Man Flint 1964 - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1963 - 4 for Texas 1962 - To Kill a Mockingbird 1961 - King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein 1959 - The Mating Game 1959 - Porgy and Bess 1958 - The Long, Hot Summer 1955 - A Man Called Peter 1955 - I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955 - Queen Bee 1955 - The Big Knife 1954 - Killer Leopard 1953 - Cry of the Hunted 1952 - Stars and Stripes Forever 1951 - Angels in the Outfield 1951 - The Well 1950 - Young Man with a Horn 1949 - Africa Screams 1948 - I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes 1948 - Larceny 1946 - The Falcon's Adventure 1946 - The Killers |
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TRIVIA:
- In recalling his courtroom scene in _To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)_ (qv), 'Gregory Peck' (qv) recalled the vital contribution of Bill Walker, who was cast as Reverend Sikes. "All the black people in the balcony stood," Peck noted. "My two kids didn't. When Bill said to them 'Stand up, children, your father is passing,' he wrapped up the Academy Award for me."
- The son of a freed slave.
- He was a tireless worker in the field of Civil Rights, frequently laying both his career and his life on the line.
- Was married to original 'Our Gang' leading lady Peggy Cartwright, one of the early interracial marriages in Hollywood.
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