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- Born in Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Queens, New York City) on April 15, 1940, the son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones, Robert Walker Jr. certainly had the right pedigree to make the grade in Hollywood. His parents separated when Robert was only three. Six years later, his mother married powerful film mogul David O. Selznick who by this time had already taken firm control of Jones's career.
Walker Jr. began training at the Actors' Studio in the early 1960s. He also married wife Ellie Wood in the early 1960s and they had three children. Walker Jr. preferred to find his own place in the entertainment field and tried to avoid the obvious comparisons, but his startling resemblance to his late father made it extremely difficult for film audiences to separate the two. He started his film career in good company and with two strong roles in The Hook (1963), a morality story set during the Korean war starring Kirk Douglas and Nick Adams, and The Ceremony (1963) in which he received a Golden Globe Award for "promising newcomer" as Laurence Harvey's brother. Walker Jr. also worked on TV and earned a Theatre World Award for his two 1964 off-Broadway roles in "I Knock at the Door" and "Pictures in the Hallway."
Of slight build and boyishly handsome, Robert Walker Jr. seemed on his way when he was handed the biggest challenge of his film career taking over Jack Lemmon's Oscar-winning role as Ensign Pulver (1964) in the sequel to the popular service comedy Mister Roberts (1955). Unfortunately, his comparison to Lemmon paled significantly and the script had neither the charm nor wit of its predecessor. The film and Walker were torpedoed by the reviewers and Walker lost major ground in Hollywood. Despite his obvious talent, his subsequent films lacked the quality and promise of his first two, which included The Happening (1967), The Savage Seven (1968), Killers Three (1968) and the title role in Young Billy Young (1969) starring Robert Mitchum. He and his wife Ellie appeared in roles in the hit cult film Easy Rider (1969).
Walker Jr. had guest roles in many popular television series from the 1960s through the early 1990s. In The Big Valley (1965) episode, "My Son, My Son" (aired November 3, 1965), Walker portrayed Evan Miles, an emotionally disturbed college dropout who becomes obsessed with childhood friend Audra Barkley. He played the title role and another emotionally disturbed character, a troubled actor who lived and performed on the streets and in circuses, in Naked City (1958) episode "Dust Devil on a Quiet Street" (aired November 28, 1962). He had a memorable role in Star Trek (1966) as "Charles 'Charlie' Evans" in the episode "Charlie X" (aired September 15, 1966). In addition, he played Billy the Kid in episode 22 of The Time Tunnel (1966), which originally aired on February 10, 1967. He portrayed Nick Baxter, an ill alien who caused the deaths of humans by touch, in the episode "Panic" in the television series The Invaders (1967) (aired April 11, 1967). He played Mark Cole in the October 29, 1967 episode of Bonanza (1959), titled "The Gentle Ones". He appeared in a pivotal role on the Columbo (1971) episode "Mind Over Mayhem" (1974) and in the 5th season of Combat! (1962) in the episode "Ollie Joe". His final television appearances were in the 1990s, in L.A. Law (1986), FBI: The Untold Stories (1991), Santa Barbara (1984), The New Lassie (1989), The New Adam-12 (1990), and In the Heat of the Night (1988). - Actor
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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, power and naturalness. He went quite far in his short life; however, the many tortured souls he played so brilliantly closely mirrored the actor himself and the demons that haunted his own being wasted no time in taking him down a self-destructive path for which there was no return.
Walker was born Robert Hudson Walker in 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the youngest of four sons of Zella (McQuarrie) and Horace Hudson Walker, a news editor for the local paper. He was of English and Scottish descent. His maternal aunt, Hortense (McQuarrie) Odlum, was the first female president of Bonwit Teller. His parents separated while he was quite young and the anxiety and depression built up over this loss marred his early school years, which were marked by acts of belligerent aggression and temper tantrums, resulting in his being expelled from school several times. To control his behavioral problems, a positive activity was sought that could help him develop confidence and on which he could focus his energies. It came in the form of acting. Following a lead in a school play at the San Diego Army and Navy Academy at Carlsbad-by-the-Sea, California, Walker entered an acting contest at the Pasadena Playhouse and won a top performance prize. A well-to-do aunt paid for his tuition at the American Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA) in 1938, and he was on his way.
Things started off quite promisingly. While there he met fellow student Phyllis Isley who went on to play Elizabeth Barrett Browning to his Robert Browning in a production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (Phyllis was later renamed Jennifer Jones). The couple fell in love and both quit the academy in order to save money and marry, but they found little work other than some small parts at a Greenwich Village theater. They eventually found a radio job together in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and married on January 2, 1939, honeymooning in Hollywood in order to secure more acting parts. Other than some radio jobs and bit parts in films, the move didn't pan out. The couple returned to New York and started a family. Sons Robert Walker Jr. (born 1940) and Michael Walker (born 1941) would both become actors in their own right. Following their births Jennifer returned to auditioning and caught the eye of producer David O. Selznick, who took an immediate interest in her and signed her to a contract. Selznick was also instrumental in securing a contract for Robert over at MGM. Stardom would be theirs as a result of this Selznick association, but at quite a cost to Robert.
Robert gained immediate attention in his first important MGM role as a shy, ill-fated sailor in Bataan (1943), but was miscast as a scientist in the Greer Garson biopic Madame Curie (1943). Hollywood notice would come in the form of his sweet, sad-sack title role in the service comedy See Here, Private Hargrove (1944), the story of a cub reporter who is drafted into the army. The role brought out all the touching, fascinating qualities of Robert. In the meantime, Jennifer became so caught up in her obsessive relationship with mentor Selznick that she broke off with Robert. The actor was devastated and abruptly turned to heavy drinking. He would never completely recover from this loss. The first of many skirmishes with the law came about when he was arrested on a hit-and-run charge. In another self-destructive act, he agreed to appear with his estranged wife in the Selznick film Since You Went Away (1944). Although he suffered great anguish during the filming, the movie was praised by critics. He played a young soldier who dies before the end of the last reel, and audiences identified with him in both his troubled on- and off-screen roles. Another vivid part that showed off Walker's star quality came opposite the equally troubled Judy Garland in The Clock (1945), a simple romantic story of two lost souls, a soldier and a girl, who accidentally meet while he is on furlough.
The tumultuous state of Walker's not-so-private life began to seriously affect his screen career in the late 1940s. In the musical Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) he played composer Jerome Kern but was eclipsed by the musical numbers and flurry of special guests. He was third billed behind Katharine Hepburn and Paul Henreid, who portrayed pianist Clara Schumann and mentally unstable composer Robert Schumann, in Song of Love (1947). Robert played famed composer and friend Johannes Brahms. Following a lead part as a love-struck window dresser in One Touch of Venus (1948), which focused more on Ava Gardner's creative vision of loveliness, he impulsively married Barbara Ford, the daughter of famed director John Ford. The marriage ended in divorce after just five months, following more erratic outbursts, including arrests for drunkenness. By this time Jennifer had married Selznick, and this pushed Robert over the brink. He was committed to a sanatorium and not released until the middle of 1949.
After his recovery and release, he was back to work with top roles in the comedy Please Believe Me (1950) opposite Deborah Kerr and the western Vengeance Valley (1951) starring Burt Lancaster. Robert happened to be loaned out to Warner Bros. when he was handed the most memorable film role of his career, that of the charming psychopath who attempts to trade murder favors with Farley Granger in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Strangers on a Train (1951). Hailed by the critics, Robert was mesmerizing in the part and part of the Hollywood elite once again. He had begun filming Paramount's My Son John (1952), which included Helen Hayes, Van Heflin and Dean Jagger in the cast, when tragedy occurred.
Robert had just finished principal photography and was making himself available for re-shoots for director Leo McCarey when, on the night of August 28, 1951, his housekeeper found him in an extremely agitated state. Failing to calm him down, she panicked and called his psychiatrist, who, upon arrival, administered a dose of sodium amytal, a sedative, which Walker had taken in the past. Unfortunately, he had been drinking as well and suffered an acute allergic reaction to the drug. Robert stopped breathing, and all efforts to resuscitate him failed. His death cut short the career of a man destined to become one of the most charismatic actors in film. As for life imitating art, perhaps Robert's agonies are what brought out the magnificence of his acting.- Actor
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Robert Walker Branchaud is known for Hawkeye (2021), The Walking Dead (2010) and Stranger Things (2016).- Animation Department
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Bob was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Michael and Sally Walker (nee Forrest) but grew up in the east end of Ottawa, ON. He graduated from Gloucester High School where his love for art and the gift of the canvas began to flourish. He attended Sheridan College in the animation program and upon graduation was hired by Atkinson Film-Art in Ottawa(part of Crawley Films). In 1989 Bob was hired by Disney Animation Studio in Orlando Florida. Starting out as a layout artist he worked his way up to head of the layout dept. and finally capped off his Disney career as a co-director of the Disney feature film Brother Bear along side Aaron Blaise and Producer Chuck Williams- Actor
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Robert Walker was born on 18 June 1888 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Pueblo Terror (1931), The Fair Pretender (1918) and The Gates of Eden (1916). He was married to Ruth R., Cora J. and Vera. He died on 4 March 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Robert Jeffery is an actor and writer based in Brooklyn. He appears opposite Will Smith in the Warner Bros. feature King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Robert also stars in the independent feature That Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes, directed by Onur Tukel (Catfight, Room 104). He made his onscreen debut in Pippa Bianco's Girl Talk while at Yale, and recently landed a supporting role in Bonding for Netflix. Robert wrote and stars in the independent half-hour TV pilot Inpatient, which premiered in competition at 2019 Seriesfest. His NYC theatre credits include leading roles in Love Cures at The Players Theatre and Waiting For Giovanni at The Flea. He holds a BA from Yale and an MFA from Columbia University. Robert grew up in Paris and speaks fluent French.- Raised in North Hollywood California. As actor in film, and TV, he is involved in the greater Cincinnati independent film scene. He has been in numerous film festival submissions, including Lights, The Man Code, Corporate, Trash Polka, Welcome to the World, and Level Seven. He is now more recognized and sought after in the surrounding bigger markets. His roles are becoming branded as the more edgier, intense pathological type actor.
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Robert Walker is The Executive Vice President of the newly formed literary management and production company, Next Phaze Media Group.
The company was co-founded by Robert along with his colleague Author/Producer Karen E. Franks, and they launched the company in January of 2023.
As an award-winning writer who began working in the performing arts industry after attending Colgate University in 1981, Robert has worn many hats over the years as a music manager, promoter, and publicist. He has spent the last 4 years as the Literary Talent Agent for Smith Young Talent Agency headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Working out of the agency's satellite office in Los Angeles, Robert was responsible for the client acquisition of writers and content creators for the agency and represented those writer's intellectual properties in seeking shopping agreements and production deals for feature films, and TV series, and also representing authors seeking book publication deals. To date he has successfully procured agreements for clients with MACRO, Edmonds Entertainment, Birds Eye Entertainment, Swirl Films and All Black TV. Some of his clients have included award winning Actress/Director/Writer, Lonette McKee; R&B/Gospel Singer Kelly Price; 'Boley USA' award winning creator Andre Jackson and Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' music video co-star Ola Ray; and award-winning Producers Erin C. Hawkins of Erin Hawkins Consulting and Emmy winner Frederick Taylor of Tomorrow Pictures.
As a freelance Public Relations Consultant and Feature Blogger, Robert's clients have included the NBA's only licensed female designer of women's sports apparel, Deborah Williams of Her Game 2; The Sickle Cell Anemia Disease Association of America; Gospel Artist and 2009 NAACP Image Award nominee Omega Bugembe Okello; Electric Soul Singer Esnavi; famed Dancer and Actress, Trina Parks; Filmmaker Nicole Franklin, Jazz Singer Freda Payne; and actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tommie Tonea Stewart.
Robert has published over 100 feature articles on HubPages and for Gospel Innovation, SHEEN Magazine, Black Star News, Harlem World Magazine, and HBCU Connect. He is the recipient of the Silver Award at the 2011 World Fest Film Festival for co-producing and writing the children's animated educational pilot, 'Milieu the Cricket'.
Other media production work includes writing and producing internet and commercial radio shows for Emmy winner and Tony nominated actress Sheryl Lee Ralph for her 'D.I.V.A. Talk Radio Show', and he is currently in development work for a film about the life and times of Madam C.J. Walker's mentor, Annie Malone.- Producer
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Robert W. Walker is a Grammy-nominated Writer/Director/Editor whose range of experience has tied his name to the names of music legends -- from Shakira to Sophia Loren, Sting to Gloria Estefan. From entertainment to advertising, Walker's experience makes him one of the most qualified creative forces in the world today. His 15 years as broadcast director for one of the country's largest, most prolific advertising agencies produced hundreds regional and national commercials. As owner of a world-class recording studio, and partner in a high-energy creative production company, he has been a creator of all things visual/aural: memorable spot campaigns, music videos, big-impact sales films, infomercials, documentaries, and television shows and specials.
Walker began his media career while still in high school, when he landed a job as the youngest on-air personality ever on the #1-rated radio station in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Within a year, while his radio show attracted incredible ratings, and at only 17 years of age, he was off on a lifelong odyssey in the entertainment and media design business. He is responsible for launching and programming top radio stations in major markets for over 25 years.
Worldwide recognition of his talents has been prolific: he shared with his partner, Mo Fitzgibbon, in Walker/Fitzgibbon TV & Films the prestigious National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Bravo Award for "Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary" for their work on the biopic Lifetime Television: Intimate Portrait: Gloria Estefan. The duo won the New York Festival's WorldMedal for their work on Gloria Estefan's classic music video and official visual theme for 1996 Summer Olympics on NBC "Reach."
NARAS -- the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, with which Walker has been associated since his early days -- nominated Walker for a Grammy Award in 1999, for his creative direction and production work on Gloria Estefan¹s worldwide DVD release entitled Don't Stop.
Walker reflects on his record to date: "Awards, peer recognition, happy clients -- these are glittering highlights in a career whose personal value to me is its ability to satisfy an extreme creative urge that has driven me since childhood, and blessed me with a fulfilling way to add to this world some measure of beauty, fun, knowledge or, at the very least, amusement of a sort, all the while providing for my family."- Additional Crew
Robert Walker-Brown is known for Suicide Commandos (1968).- Director
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Robert G. Walker was born on 22 December 1917 in Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Rescue 8 (1958), I'm the Law (1953) and Street of Darkness (1958). He died on 7 February 1988 in Mount Shasta, California, USA.- Visual Effects
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Matthew Robert Walker was born on December 14, 1988, in Miami, Arizona. From an early age signs of his future career were apparent. In 2007 and 2008 Matthew left the country to direct two documentaries on language educators in Papua New Guinea and Slovakia. Upon his return to the U.S. he attended Scottsdale Community College. With limited financial options he scratched together enough to fund several projects during his tenure at his hometown college. Several of the projects gained notoriety due to their production value which lent Matthew the opportunity to Direct his first major music video for Atlantic Record's Portugal. The Man (2011). After graduating with two degrees in motion picture production he filled his time by working on short films, music videos and commercials as a visual effects artist. In 2014, frustrated with the lack of work eventually Matthew relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his career as a Visual Effects Artist and Director. Shortly after his relocation he has had the opportunity to work on feature films and network television as an editor and visual effects artist.- Actor
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James Robert Walker is known for Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992).- Robert W. Walker is known for Joanna Tepper: Let's Save the Children (2014).
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Robert Walker is known for Inner Space (1973), This Is the Life in South Australia (1976) and Harvest of the Gulfs (1975).- Actor
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Jacksonville Fla. Native Robert J. Walkers' new career happened by in new York city because of the economy. Because of the loss of his former job as a graphic artist, due to company cutbacks, Robert was looking to explore other forms of art to focus on. During that time, Robert was scouted on the street but by an advertising Exec and was asked to audition for a national PSA commercial. On a whim, he did it and was booked... The rest is history.
Robert has studies with the world renowned Method acting coach Susan Batson.- Robert Walker is known for Pale Blue Light (2011).
- Robert Walker is known for Darkest Edge (2020).
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Robert Walker is known for Surrender (2023) and Memoria (2021).- Robert V. Walker Jr. is known for Wanda Nevada (1979).