Walker Edmiston

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Walker Edmiston (February 6, 1926 – February 15, 2007) was an American actor and voice-over artist who was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Edmiston appeared on various television programs in character roles during the 1950s – 1970s, such as Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Knots Landing, and The Dukes of Hazzard).

Edmiston also did many television commercials and cartoon character voices, such as Ernie the Keebler Elf in hundreds of commercials for the cookie products of Kellogg Company, and voices for characters on H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos from the studios of Sid and Marty Krofft, as well as a recurring role as Enik the Altrusian on that studio's Land of the Lost. He also did many character voices on the Focus on the Family radio program, Adventures in Odyssey, in which he played the beloved Tom Riley and the notorious Bart Rathbone, for more than twenty years. Some of his voice credits were under the stage name Walter Edmiston and Walker Ed.

In the 1950s and 1960s, he hosted "The Walker Edmiston Show", a children's television program in Los Angeles, California. The program featured puppets of his own creation including Kingsley the Lion and Ravenswood the Buzzard.

Walker Edmiston died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 15, 2007, just 9 days after his 81st birthday. His wife was Evelyn Edmiston (1950 – 1998).

[edit] Filmography

Transformers — Inferno
The Great Mouse Detective — Citizen/Thug Guard
The Smurfs — Walden Edmiston
H.R. Pufnstuf — Boris Karloff Tree, Dr. Blinky, Dr. Blinky's Candle, East Wind, Grandfather Clock, Ludicrous Lion, North Wind, Redwood, Seymour Spider
The Flintstones — J. Montague Gypsum
Wholly Moses — God
Avatar: The Last Airbender — Fire Lord Azulon
Land of the Lost — Enik, Jefferson Davis Collie II

[edit] Radio

He also played many characters on the Adventures in Odyssey radio show (1987-2007), most notably as Tom Riley and Bart Rathbone. At times the two characters would argue, however Edmiston would require little redubbing or editing. He simply switched between the two characters without pause.