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Sydney Walker
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Sydney Walker was an American character actor of stage and screen and voice artist, with a career that spanned over five decades. He is most known for Prelude to a Kiss (elderly man Meg Ryan's character switches bodies with), and as the bus driver on Mrs. Doubtfire.
Walker made his Broadway debut as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the famous 1960 production of Jean Anouilh's "Beckett," which starred Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn. He subsequently appeared in 22 Broadway productions from 1960 to 1973.
Walker made his movie debut in theĀ Kirk DouglasĀ movieĀ A Lovely Way to DieĀ (1968) and played the doctor inĀ Love StoryĀ (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 19ā¦
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Sydney Walker was an American character actor of stage and screen and voice artist, with a career that spanned over five decades. He is most known for Prelude to a Kiss (elderly man Meg Ryan's character switches bodies with), and as the bus driver on Mrs. Doubtfire. Walker made his Broadway debut as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the famous 1960 production of Jean Anouilh's "Beckett," which starred Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn. He subsequently appeared in 22 Broadway productions from 1960 to 1973. Walker made his movie debut in theĀ Kirk DouglasĀ movieĀ A Lovely Way to DieĀ (1968) and played the doctor inĀ Love StoryĀ (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974. His last film wasĀ Getting Even with DadĀ (1994), but his most famous movie role came two years earlier in the film adaptation ofĀ Prelude to a KissĀ (1992), in which he reprized the role of the Old Man he had assayed in the 1988 Berkeley Repertory production of theĀ Craig LucasĀ play.
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Sydney Walker's Filmography
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Getting Even with Dad
as Mr. Wankmueller
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Bus Driver
Prelude to a Kiss
as Old Man
No Poster
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mr. Granville
Long Road Home
as Kleindecker
Fine Things
as Rabbi
Blown Away
as Plattsburgh Clerk
Eye on the Sparrow
as Obstetrician
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)
The Ewok Adventure
as Deej Warrick (voice)
No Poster
A Christmas Carol
as Fezziwig
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
as Narrator
Enemies
as Levshin
Love Story
as Dr. Shapeley
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
as Psychiatrist
The Way We Live Now
as Lincoln