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