Robert Walker, Jr.
| Robert Walker, Jr. | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Walker in 1966 | |
| Born |
April 15, 1940 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1956–1991 |
Robert Hudson Walker, Jr. (born April 15, 1940) is an American actor who was a familiar presence on TV in the 1960s. He became less active in later decades.
Early life
Walker was born in Queens, New York and is the elder son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones. He attended The Lawrenceville School near Princeton before beginning his acting career.
Career
Walker appeared in a 1962 episode of the classic television series Route 66. He has appeared in films and television since the early 1960s. His movies include the title role in Ensign Pulver (1964) with Burl Ives and Walter Matthau, The War Wagon (1967) with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, the title role in Young Billy Young alongside Robert Mitchum in 1969, Easy Rider, also in 1969, and Beware! The Blob, or--Son Of Blob in 1972. In 1982 he starred in Angkor: Cambodia Express with Nancy Kwan, Christopher George, Woody Strode, and Sorapong Chatree.
In The Big Valley episode, "My Son, My Son", aired on November 3, 1965, Walker portrayed Evan Miles, an emotionally disturbed college dropout who becomes obsessed with childhood friend Audra Barkley. He brilliantly played the title role and another emotionally disturbed character who was a troubled actor who lived and performed on the streets and in circuses, in The Naked City episode "Dust Devil on a Quiet Street" from Nov. 28, 1962. He had a memorable role in Star Trek as "Charles 'Charlie' Evans" in the episode "Charlie X", which aired September 15, 1966. In addition, he played Billy the Kid in episode 22 of The Time Tunnel, which originally aired on February 10, 1967, and also portrayed Nick Baxter, an ill alien who caused the deaths of humans by touch, in the episode "Panic" in the television series The Invaders, which aired on April 11, 1967. He played Mark Cole in the October 29, 1967 episode of Bonanza titled "The Gentle Ones". He also had a role in an episode of Columbo, Mind Over Mayhem (1974), and in the fifth season of the series Combat! in the episode "Ollie Joe".
In later years, Walker maintained an episodic presence on TV, his final appearances occurring in 1991 in L.A. Law and In the Heat of the Night.
Partial Filmography
- Hex (film)
- Ensign Pulver 1964
References
External links
- Robert Walker, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database
- "Actor Robert Walker, Jr., and friend, Malibu, 1965", photograph by Dennis Hopper from 2011 book of Hopper's photographs, via the The Independent.