Stuart Walker (director)

Stuart Armstrong Walker (March 4, 1888 – March 13, 1941) was an American director and producer in theatre and motion pictures.

Stuart Walker
Walker in 1919
Born	Stuart Armstrong Walker (1888-03-04)March 4, 1888 Augusta, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	March 14, 1941(1941-03-14) (aged 53) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Cincinnati
Occupations	Director producer

Biography

Walker reading the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's Seventeen with actress Lillian Ross, who played the role of Jane in the Broadway production (1918)

Stuart Walker was born March 4, 1888, in Augusta, Kentucky, the son of Cliff Stuart Walker and Matilda Taliaferro Armstrong Walker. After attending public school in Cincinnati and graduating from the University of Cincinnati, he went to work for David Belasco and made his debut as an actor in 1909. He became a play reader for Belasco, and directed plays including The Governor's Lady (1912). In 1914 Walker joined Jessie Bonstelle as a director in Detroit and Buffalo.^[1]

In 1915, Walker organized the Portmanteau Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company. He produced seasons in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville and New York City. He staged the first dramatization of Booth Tarkington's bestselling novel Seventeen,^[1] presented on Broadway in 1918 starring Gregory Kelly and his future wife, newcomer Ruth Gordon.^[2]

Walker's repertory company was active throughout the 1920s.^[3] Its credits include the first American performance of Alberto Casella's supernatural drama Death Takes a Holiday, adapted by Walter Ferris, in 1929.^[4]

In 1930, Walker became a screenwriter in Hollywood,^[1] and served as dialogue director on films including Brothers and The Last of the Lone Wolf.^[5] He directed his first feature film the following year, and in 1936 he became a producer for Paramount Pictures.^[1]

Walker died March 13, 1941, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, following a heart attack.^[1]

Filmography

Director

Douglass Montgomery, Claude Rains and David Manners in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)

Signed drawing of Stuart Walker by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1926

Year	Title	Notes
1931	The Secret Call	[5]
1931	The False Madonna	[5]
1932	The Misleading Lady	[5]
1932	Evenings for Sale	[5]
1932	Tonight Is Ours	[5]
1933	The Eagle and the Hawk	[5]
1933	White Woman	[5]
1934	Romance in the Rain	[5]
1934	Great Expectations	[5]
1935	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	[5]
1935	Werewolf of London	[5]
1935	Manhattan Moon	[5]

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
1937	Bulldog Drummond Escapes	Associate producer, uncredited[5]
1937	Wild Money	Uncredited[5]
1937	Sophie Lang Goes West	Uncredited[5]
1937	Bulldog Drummond Comes Back	Uncredited[5]
1938	Bulldog Drummond's Revenge	Uncredited[5]
1938	Bulldog Drummond's Peril	Uncredited[5]
1938	Hunted Men	Associate producer, uncredited[5]
1938	Prison Farm	Associate producer, uncredited[5]
1938	Sons of the Legion	Associate producer, uncredited[5]
1938	Arrest Bulldog Drummond	[5]
1939	Disbarred	Associate producer[5]
1939	King of Chinatown	Associate producer, uncredited[5]
1939	Bulldog Drummond's Bride	Associate producer[5]
1940	Emergency Squad	Associate producer, uncredited[5]
1940	Seventeen	Associate producer, uncredited; screenwriter[5]
1940	Opened by Mistake	Associate producer, uncredited[5]