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Robert Walker (I) (1918–1951)

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He possessed the same special brand of rebel/misfit sensitivity and charm that made superstars out of John Garfield and (later) James Dean and Montgomery Clift. In the war-torn 1940s, Robert Walker represented MGM's fresh, instinctive breed of up-and-coming talent. His boyish good looks combined with an attractive vulnerability came across the screen with such beauty... See full bio »

Born:

Robert Hudson Walker
in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Died:

(age 32) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Farley Granger and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train Still of Judy Garland and Robert Walker in The Clock Still of Ruth Roman and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train Still of Farley Granger and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train Still of Farley Granger and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train
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1952 My Son John
John Jefferson
 
1951 Strangers on a Train
Bruno Antony
 
1951 Vengeance Valley
Lee Strobie
 
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Cmdr. William J. Lattimer
 
1950 Please Believe Me
Terence Keath
 
1950 Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
James
 
1949 Black Midnight
Kurt Andrews
 
1949 Law of the Barbary Coast
Donald Ritchie
 
1949 My Own True Love
Charles Stone
 
1949 Rhapsody of Negro Life (short)
Henry Gills
 
1948 Miraculous Journey
Jim Moore
 
1948 One Touch of Venus
Eddie Hatch
 
1948 Arthur Takes Over
Bruce Carter
 
1947 Song of Love
Johannes Brahms
 
1947 The Sea of Grass
Brock Brewton
 
1947 The Beginning or the End
Col. Jeff Nixon
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
Jerome Kern
 
1946 Do You Love Me
Alfred Benson
 
1946 Midnight Menace
 
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
John Hill
 
1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Cpl. Marion Hargrove
 
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
Jimmy Dobson
 
1945 The Clock
Corporal Joe Allen
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
David Thatcher - Crew of the Ruptured Duck
 
1944 Since You Went Away
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II
 
1944 See Here, Private Hargrove
Pvt. Marion Hargrove
 
1943 Madame Curie
David Le Gros
 
1943 Bataan
Leonard Purckett
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed
Boy (uncredited)
 
1939 These Glamour Girls
College Boy (uncredited)
 
1939 Winter Carnival
Wes (uncredited)
 
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1951 Strangers on a Train (performer: "The Band Played On" 1895 - uncredited)
 
1948 One Touch of Venus ("Don't Look Now But My Heart is Showing" - uncredited)
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (performer: "They Didn't Believe Me" - uncredited)
 
1944 See Here, Private Hargrove (performer: "In My Arms" 1944 - uncredited)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (music: "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited / performer: "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited, "Oh My Darling Clementine" 1884 - uncredited, "The Farmer in the Dell" - uncredited)
 
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1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II
 
1950 The Schumann Story (short)
Johannes Brahms
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Robert Walker Sr.

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Personal Quote:

When I remember how stubborn I was, how certain my parents didn't understand me, it scares me a little. You see, I have two boys myself, Michael and Bobbie, Jr., and I wonder how I'll ever get it across to them, how I'll ever put it into words when they're fourteen that I DO understand them. Because my parents are wonderful people... See more »

Trivia:

In December of 1948, he made national news when he fled from a Topeka, Kansas, psychiatric clinic and smashed up the local police station after being arrested for public drunkenness. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra