Sydney Walker

Biography

Sydney Walker was an American character actor of stage and screen and voice artist, with a career that spanned over five decades. He is most known for Prelude to a Kiss (elderly man Meg Ryan's character switches bodies with), and as the bus driver on Mrs. Doubtfire. Walker made his Broadway debut as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the famous 1960 production of Jean Anouilh's "Beckett," which starred Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn. He subsequently appeared in 22 Broadway productions from 1960 to 1973. Walker made his movie debut in the Kirk Douglas movie A Lovely Way to Die (1968) and played the doctor in Love Story (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974. His last film was Getting Even with Dad (1994), but his most famous movie role came two years earlier in the film adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss (1992), in which he reprized the role of the Old Man he had assayed in the 1988 Berkeley Repertory production of the Craig Lucas play.

Most Known For

Great Performances

as Levshin

Mrs. Doubtfire

as Bus Driver

Love Story

as Dr. Shapeley

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

as Voice Characterization (Deej) (voice)

The Ewok Adventure

as Deej Warrick (voice)

Getting Even with Dad

as Mr. Wankmueller

Prelude to a Kiss

as Old Man

Shadow of a Doubt

as Mr. Granville

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

as Psychiatrist

Fine Things

as Rabbi

Eye on the Sparrow

as Obstetrician

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

as Narrator

The Way We Live Now

as Lincoln

Long Road Home

as Kleindecker

A Christmas Carol

as Fezziwig

Enemies

as Levshin