Sydney Walker
Known For
Acting
Born
May 5, 1921
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
September 30, 1994

Sydney Walker

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 the Kirk Douglas movie A Lovely Way to Die (1968) and played the doctor in Love Story (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974. His last film was Getting Even with Dad (1994), but his most famous movie role came two years earlier in the film adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss (1992), in which he reprized the role of the Old M…

Known For

Great Performances
6.1

Great Performances

1971 · TV

Mrs. Doubtfire
7.2

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 · Movie

Love Story
6.8

Love Story

1970 · Movie

The Ewok Adventure
5.9

The Ewok Adventure

1984 · Movie

Prelude to a Kiss
5.6

Prelude to a Kiss

1992 · Movie

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
5.4

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

1985 · Movie

Getting Even with Dad
5.3

Getting Even with Dad

1994 · Movie

Shadow of a Doubt
6.0

Shadow of a Doubt

1991 · Movie

Fine Things
6.0

Fine Things

1990 · Movie

Puzzle of a Downfall Child
6.4

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970 · Movie

Long Road Home
6.5

Long Road Home

1991 · Movie

Eye on the Sparrow
7.0

Eye on the Sparrow

1987 · Movie

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
6.4

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

1977 · Movie

The Way We Live Now
9.0

The Way We Live Now

1970 · Movie

Enemies

Enemies

1974 · Movie

Blown Away
9.0

Blown Away

1990 · Movie

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