Sydney Walker

Infobox actor
name = Sydney Walker


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birthdate = birth date|1921|05|5
birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
flagicon|Pennsylvania flagicon|USA
deathdate = death date and age|1994|09|30|1921|05|5 (cancer)
deathplace = San Francisco, California, USA
occupation = Stage Actor, Screen Actor, Voice Actor
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Sydney Walker (May 5, 1921 - September 30, 1994) was an American actor.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sydney Walker was primarily a stage actor, performing in twenty-eight Broadway plays between 1961 and 1973. In 1967, he was nominated for a Tony Award as "Best Featured Actor in a Play" for his performance in "The Wild Duck".

As a character actor in motion pictures, he appeared in the 1970 blockbuster film "Love Story " following which he acted in the television soap opera "The Guiding Light" for the 1970-71 season. His most prominent film role came in the 1992 movie "Prelude to a Kiss", in which he was featured as a dying elderly man who switches bodies with a newlywed portrayed by Meg Ryan. He had a small role in the 1993 hit Mrs. Doubtfire as the bus driver who finds a small attraction to Mrs. Doubtfire.

Walker also provided the voice for the children's toy "Grampa Time" (a toy that had a nightlight and told bedtime stories).

Walker died of cancer in San Francisco, California in 1994.

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