Walter Percival

Walter Percival (May 2, 1887 – January 28,1934)^[1] was an American actor, producer, and writer on the stage and screen. He performed in numerous theater productions^[2][3] before making his film debut in 1918.

In 1909, Percival was part of a company headed by Grace Van Studdiford.^[4] His Broadway debut was in A Venetian Romance (1904), and his last Broadway performance was in Find Daddy (1926).^[1]

Stage roles

• Eugene Dubois in The Gay Musician (1908)^[5]
• Forrest Krider in Will o' th' Wisp (1911), a musical for which he had written the book and lyrics to music by Alfred G. Robyn.^[6]
• Prince Victor de Champagnax in The Man from Cook's (1912)^[7]

Filmography

• Our Mrs. McChesney (1918)^[8]
• The Moral Sinner (1924)
• The Flying Horseman (1926)
• The Big City (1928)
• Lights of New York (1928)
• Lightnin' (1930)
• The Avenger (1931)^[9]
• The Homicide Squad (1931)
• Guilty or Not Guilty (1932)
• Cabin in the Cotton (1932)^[10]
• Tillie and Gus (1933)^[11]