Wilfred Walter
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Wilfred Walter was an English
film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter.
His best known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 comedy Convict 99
, who is mistaken for the prison governor Benjamin Twist (Will Hay
). Walter also acted as the monstrous lumbering brute Jake, Dr Orloff's (Bela Lugosi
) assistant in the 1939 film adaption of the Edgar Wallace
thriller The Human Monster aka The Dark Eyes of London.
England
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film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter.
His best known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 comedy Convict 99
Convict 99
Convict 99 is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring British comedian Will Hay and Googie Withers.-Synopsis:Incompetent Dr Benjamin Twist is dismissed from his job as headmaster at St. Michaels' School Convict 99 is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel...
, who is mistaken for the prison governor Benjamin Twist (Will Hay
Will Hay
William Thomson "Will" Hay was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer.-Early life:He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, in north east England, to William R...
). Walter also acted as the monstrous lumbering brute Jake, Dr Orloff's (Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
) assistant in the 1939 film adaption of the Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....
thriller The Human Monster aka The Dark Eyes of London.
Selected filmography
- Old RosesOld RosesOld Roses is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester. An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.-Cast:...
(1935) - Hearts of Humanity (1936)
- To the Victor aka Owd Bob (1938)
- Convict 99Convict 99Convict 99 is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring British comedian Will Hay and Googie Withers.-Synopsis:Incompetent Dr Benjamin Twist is dismissed from his job as headmaster at St. Michaels' School Convict 99 is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel...
(1938) - The Human Monster aka The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
- A Window in London aka Lady in Distress (1940)
- Night Train to MunichNight Train to MunichNight Train to Munich is a 1940 British thriller film. It was directed by Carol Reed, with writing credits by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. It is liberally adapted from the Gordon Wellesley novel Report on a Fugitive.-Plot:...
(1940) - Caesar and CleopatraCaesar and Cleopatra (1945 film)Caesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 British, Technicolor, biographical, romantic comedy film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. It was adapted from a 1901 play, Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw...
(1945) - No Highway in the Sky aka No Highway (1951)
- Judgment DeferredJudgment DeferredJudgment Deferred is a 1952 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler and Abraham Sofaer. With the assistance of a journalist a group of refugees try and unmask the criminal who has framed one of their number as a drug dealer.-Selected cast:* Hugh...
(1952)