Martin Walker (actor)

{{Short description|British actor (1901–1955)}}

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| birth_date = 27 July 1901

| birth_place = Harrow, London
United Kingdom

| death_date = {{death-date and age|18 September 1955|27 July 1901}}

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1922-1954

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Martin Walker (27 July 1901 – 18 September 1955) was a British stage and screen actor.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/mm0/martin-walker|title=Martin Walker - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/martin-walker-p74278|title=Martin Walker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} He appeared in films for over thirty years from 1922 onwards, mainly in supporting roles and occasionally as a lead, such as in Help Yourself (1932).Sutton p.256

The actor also wrote and directed a short film, Hide and Seek, in 1922. He made his final film appearance in The Belles of St. Trinian's in 1954.

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Sutton, David R. A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.