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Walker Edmiston(1926-2007)

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Walker Edmiston in Batman (1966)
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Talented, prolific and versatile voice and character actor Walker Edmiston had a remarkable career in radio, movies and television that spanned over five decades. Walker was born on February 6, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. Edmiston discovered at an early age that he could perfectly mimic other people's voices; he used to entertain his family with his vocal impression of Lionel Barrymore. After World War II ended Walker went to Los Angeles to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. Edmiston was introduced to animation producer Walter Lantz while performing in a play. This in turn lead to his first steady job doing various incidental voices on the children's show "Time for Beany." In the 50s and 60s he hosted "The Walker Edmiston Show," a children's TV program broadcast in Los Angeles which featured puppets of Edmiston's own creation that included Kingsley the Lion and Ravenswood the Buzzard. Walker worked often for Saturday morning TV series creators Sid and Marty Krofft; he supplied the voices of Sparky the Firefly on "The Bugaloos," Dr. Blinkey and Orson the Vulture on "H.R. Puffnstuf," and Big Daddy Ooze on "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters." Moreover, Edmiston portrayed a crazy old Civil War prospector on "Land of the Lost" and had a recurring role as token benevolent and intelligent Sleestak Enik. He provided the scary grunts and growls for the ferocious Zuni fetish doll in the final and most frightening segment of the made-for-TV horror anthology "Trilogy of Terror." Walker did the voice of Inferno for the "Transformers" cartoon show. For twenty years Edmiston was the voice of both beloved "nice guy" Tom Riley and the notorious Bart Rathbone on the popular radio program "Adventures in Odyssey." In addition, Walker was the voice of Ernie the Keebler Elf in countless TV commercials for ten years. Among the TV shows he had guest spots on are "Maverick," "Thriller," "The Virginian," "Green Acres," "Get Smart," "Star Trek," "The Wild, Wild West," "Bonanza," "Mission: Impossible," "Gunsmoke," "Fantasy Island," "The Waltons," "Little House on the Prairie," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Falcon Crest," and "Knots Landing." He appeared on several records with Spike Jones, looped actor's voices on numerous films (one of these jobs was doing the off-camera lines for Orson Welles in "Start the Revolution Without Me"), and even supplied many different voices on all five "Planet of the Apes" pictures (he's the voice of the talking baby chimp in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes"). Walker Edmiston died from complications from cancer at age 81 on February 15, 2007.
BornFebruary 6, 1926
DiedFebruary 15, 2007(81)
BornFebruary 6, 1926
DiedFebruary 15, 2007(81)
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Known for

Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Eve Brenner, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney, Barrie Ingham, Melissa Manchester, Susanne Pollatschek, Frank Welker, and Alan Young in The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
The Great Mouse Detective
7.1
  • Citizen
  • Thug Guard(voice)
  • 1986
The Krofft Puppets in Land of the Lost (1974)
Land of the Lost
7.1
TV Series
  • Enik
  • Wisdom
  • Jefferson Davis Collie III
Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy (1990)
Dick Tracy
6.2
  • Radio Announcer
  • 1990
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart
8.2
TV Series
  • Prince

Credits

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  • Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2006)
    Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
    7.4
    Video
    • (voice)
    • 2006
  • Adventures in Odyssey (1987)
    Adventures in Odyssey
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Bart Rathbone
    • Tom Riley
    • Bill ...
    • 1987–2006
  • Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, and Jack De Sena in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
    Avatar: The Last Airbender
    9.3
    TV Series
    • Azulon (voice)
    • 2006
  • Tara Strong, Paul Eiding, and Meagan Moore in Ben 10 (2005)
    Ben 10
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Marty
    • Ice Cream Employee (voice)
    • 2006
  • Throne of Darkness (2001)
    Throne of Darkness
    7.7
    Video Game
    • (voice)
    • 2001
  • Adventures in Odyssey: A Stranger Among Us (1998)
    Adventures in Odyssey: A Stranger Among Us
    7.4
    Video
    • (voice)
    • 1998
  • Christopher Daniel Barnes in Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994)
    Spider-Man: The Animated Series
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Whizzer
    • Bob Frank (voice)
    • 1997
  • Whisper of the Heart (1995)
    Whisper of the Heart
    7.8
    • Kita (English version, voice)
    • 1995
  • Lily Tomlin in Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home (1994)
    Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Cop
    • Neighbor
    • Prosecutor (voice, uncredited)
    • 1994
  • Gahan Wilson's Diner (1992)
    Gahan Wilson's Diner
    6.7
    Short
    • Trucker
    • Chef (voice)
    • 1992
  • Spacecats (1991)
    Spacecats
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Incidental Characters (voice)
    • 1991
  • Noelle North and Lorenzo Music in Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)
    Adventures of the Gummi Bears
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Sir Thornberry (voice)
    • 1989–1991
  • Lee Horsley in Paradise (1988)
    Paradise
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Doc Thomas
    • 1991
  • Cryptograms
    TV Movie
    • (voice)
    • 1990
  • Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy (1990)
    Dick Tracy
    6.2
    • Radio Announcer
    • 1990

Additional Crew



  • Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    7.8
    • voice dubbing: Gunter Meisner (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
    The Beach Girls and the Monster
    3.4
    • statues
    • 1965
  • Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
    Have Gun - Will Travel
    8.4
    TV Series
    • puppetry
    • 1960
  • Stan Freberg in Time for Beany (1949)
    Time for Beany
    7.9
    TV Series
    • puppeteer (1949-)
    • 1949–1954

Stunts



  • Class of '44 (1973)
    Class of '44
    5.4
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1973

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Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
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Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Trailer 1:28
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Transformers The Movie: 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Trailer 0:48
Transformers The Movie: 20th Anniversary Special Edition
The Flintstones: Season 6
Trailer 1:11
The Flintstones: Season 6
The Adventures Of The Little Prince: The Magic Case
Trailer 0:45
The Adventures Of The Little Prince: The Magic Case
The Adventures Of The Little Prince: The Greatest Gift
Trailer 0:48
The Adventures Of The Little Prince: The Greatest Gift

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Walker Ed
  • Born
    • February 6, 1926
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • February 15, 2007
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Evelyn KidwellAugust 14, 1950 - December 30, 1998 (her death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Appears on popular radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, most known as Tom Riley.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Auditioned for the voice of Yoda for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
  • Quotes
    I do many voices that I can't do and people ask me what I mean. What I tell them is that I'll be hired to come in and do a voice and prior to going in I can't do it. But I listen to the tape of the voice and that way have done things like Strother Martin in "Slapshot." Somehow, I have this ear where I can hear a voice and reproduce it.

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