Bill Walker (actor)

William Franklin Walker (July 1, 1896 January 27, 1992) was an American television and film actor. Walker is best remembered for his role as Reverend Sykes in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.

William Walker
Born
William Franklin Walker

(1896-07-01)July 1, 1896
Pendleton, Indiana, United States
DiedJanuary 27, 1992(1992-01-27) (aged 95)
Years active19461987
Spouse(s)
(m. 1962)

Career

Born in Pendleton, Indiana,[1] Walker began his acting career in 1946. In a career that spanned five decades, Walker appeared in numerous television shows and films including Goodyear Television Playhouse, Raintree County, Yancy Derringer, Official Detective, The Amos 'n' Andy Show, The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Good Times, The Long, Hot Summer, To Kill a Mockingbird, Big Jake, What's Happening!!, Twilight's Last Gleaming, The President's Plane is Missing, Our Man Flint, Billy Jack Goes to Washington, Maurie, A Piece of the Action, The Girl Who Had Everything, and The Choirboys.

He was in the 1961 film The Mask, not to be confused with the Twilight Zone episode "The Masks" (1964), in which he also appeared (uncredited).

Personal life

Walker was married to Canadian actress Peggy Cartwright, a member of the original silent Our Gang troupe.

Death

Walker died of cancer on January 27, 1992. A World War I United States Army veteran, he is buried alongside his wife at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1946The KillersSamUncredited
1946Three Little Girls in BlueCaptain of WaitersUncredited
1946Swell GuyAlbert - Train PorterUncredited
1946The Falcon's AdventureTrain PorterUncredited
1947New OrleansMokeyUncredited
1947The Foxes of HarrowTy DemonUncredited
1948I Wouldn't Be in Your ShoesPrisoner
1948Canon CityPrisoner
1948LarcenyButlerUncredited
1948When My Baby Smiles at MePorterUncredited
1948Sun Tan Ranch
1948No Time for RomanceJ.T. Richards
1949Bad BoyOllie, the CookUncredited
1949Africa ScreamsInterpreterUncredited
1949SandSamUncredited
1949Free for AllHerbert
1949Bomba on Panther IslandLuke
1950Young Man with a HornBlack MinisterUncredited
1950Woman in HidingPorterUncredited
1950Bright LeafSimon - Singleton's ButlerUncredited
1950PeggyPorterUncredited
1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. MalonePullman PorterUncredited
1951Follow the SunGolf Club Waiter LeeUncredited
1951Lightning Strikes TwiceThe Nolans' ButlerUncredited
1951Francis Goes to the RacesSamUncredited
1951The Harlem GlobetrottersProf. Turner
1951Angels in the OutfieldWaiter on TrainUncredited
1951The WellDr. Billings
1951Anne of the IndiesBritish Club ServantUncredited
1951The Family SecretLarryUncredited
1952Tarzan's Savage FuryNative ChiefUncredited
1952Lydia BaileyGeneral LaPlume
1952Wait till the Sun Shines, NellieRobert Waverly Ferris aka Trooper
1952The Story of Will RogersTrain PorterUncredited
1952Night Without SleepHenryUncredited
1952Bloodhounds of BroadwayUncle Old FellaUncredited
1952Bomba and the Jungle GirlThe Wards' Headman
1952Stars and Stripes ForeverTrain PorterUncredited
1952Ruby GentryBartenderUncredited
1953The Mississippi GamblerDureau ButlerUncredited
1953The I Don't Care GirlCookUncredited
1953Jungle Drums of AfricaChief DouangaSerial
1953The Girl Who Had EverythingJulian
1953Bright RoadJake Young - C.T.'s FatherUncredited
1953Jamaica RunHuman
1953Cry of the HuntedDock AttendantUncredited
1953Rebel CityWilliam
1953The President's LadyUncle AlfredUncredited
1953SangareePriam
1954The Golden IdolNadji
1954The Gambler from NatchezRivage's ButlerUncredited
1954The OutcastSam Allen
1954Killer LeopardJonasUncredited
1955Prince of PlayersOld Ben
1955A Man Called PeterThe Whiting's ButlerUncredited
1955The Far HorizonsTom (servant)Uncredited
1955The Big KnifeRussell
1955The View from Pompey's HeadPullman PorterUncredited
1955Queen BeeSamUncredited
1955I'll Cry TomorrowPorterUncredited
1955Good Morning, Miss DoveHenryUncredited
1956A Kiss Before DyingBill, the Butler
1956You Can't Run Away from ItNorville, the Butler
1956Everything But the TruthWaiterUncredited
1957Raintree CountyOld GeorgeUncredited
1958The Long, Hot SummerLucius
1958Hot SpellAttendantUncredited
1958Ride a Crooked TrailJackson
1959The Mating GameServantUncredited
1959Porgy and BessUndertaker
1959Take a Giant StepFrank, the Bartender
1961The Big BankrollBartenderUncredited
1961AdaWilliam, ServantUncredited
1961Boy Who Caught a CrookKeeper
1962Walk on the Wild SideBlack Man(scenes deleted)
1962To Kill a MockingbirdReverend SykesUncredited
1962Rawhide: The Captain's WifeSandy
1962What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Deliveryman(scenes deleted)
1963Wall of NoiseMoney
19634 for TexasAttendantUncredited
1964Kisses for My PresidentJoseph
1964Hush...Hush, Sweet CharlotteChauffeur
1965The Third DayLogan
1966Our Man FlintAmerican Diplomat
1966Dimension 5Slim
1967The Last ChallengeJoey Moon Eagle - ServantUncredited
1968Three Guns for TexasUlmer ApplinUncredited
1968UptightBartenderUncredited
1969RiotJake
1969A Dream of KingsKampana
1970...tick...tick...tick...John Sawyer
1970The Great White HopeDeacon
1971Big JakeMoses Brown
1973MaurieStokes
1974Lost in the Stars
1976Chesty Anderson, USNTexas Oil Man
1977Twilight's Last GleamingWillard
1977Billy Jack Goes to WashingtonSecurity Guard
1977A Piece of the ActionClair Hurst
1977The ChoirboysTilden
1977Emergency!MusicianS6E24 “All Night Long”
1978The WizThe Wiz Singers Adult ChoirVoice, Uncredited

References

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