Wilfred Walter

Wilfred Walter (2 March 1882 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 July 1958 in Ashtead, Surrey) was an English film and theatre actor, sometimes credited as Wilfrid Walter.^[1] He was born Franz Wilfrid Walter, son of the actor Richard Walter.^[2]

Wilfred Walter
Born	2 March 1882 Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	9 July 1958(1958-07-09) (aged 76) Ashtead, Surrey, England
Years active	1935–56 (in films) 1918-50 (theatre)

Career

He was a Shakespearian actor during the first half of the 20th century, playing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Old Vic, where his major roles included Mark Antony, Falstaff, Othello, Bottom and Titus Andronicus.^[3][4]

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).^[5] 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.^[6]

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) (uncredited)
• Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) (uncredited)
• No Highway in the Sky (1951) (uncredited)
• Judgment Deferred (1952)