Wilfred Walter

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Wilfred Walter
Born	2 March 1882 Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	9 July 1958(1958-07-09) (aged 76) Ashtead, Surrey, England
Years active	1935–56 (in films)

Wilfred Walter (2 March 1882, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 July 1958, Ashtead, Surrey) was an English film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter.^[1]

His best known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 comedy Convict 99, who is mistaken for the prison governor Benjamin Twist (Will Hay). Walter also acted as the monstrous lumbering brute Jake, Dr Orloff's (Bela Lugosi) assistant in the 1939 film adaption of the Edgar Wallace thriller The Dark Eyes of London.

Selected filmography

Old Roses (1935)
Hearts of Humanity (1936)
Owd Bob (1938)
Convict 99 (1938)
The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
A Window in London (1940)
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Judgment Deferred (1952)

References

↑ Walter, Wilfred, BFI Film & TV Database, British Film Institute, UK.

External links

Wilfred Walter at the Internet Movie Database

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Persondata
Name	Walter, Wilfred
Alternative names
Short description	English actor
Date of birth	2 March 1882
Place of birth	Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire
Date of death	9 July 1958
Place of death	Ashtead, Surrey

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