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Wilfred Walter is a Actor British born on 2 march 1882 at Ripon (United-kingdom)

Wilfred Walter

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 march 1882 at Ripon (United-kingdom)
Death 9 july 1958 (at 76 years) at Ashtead (United-kingdom)

Wilfred Walter (2 March 1882 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 July 1958 in Ashtead, Surrey) 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 Dark Eyes of London.

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Filmography of Wilfred Walter (10 films)

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The Clue of the Missing Ape
The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)
, 58minutes
Directed by James Hill (réalisateur britannique)
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Children's films
Actors George Cole, Peter Copley, Bill Shine, Evelyn Roberts, John Welch (Welsh), Wilfred Walter
Roles Rear Admiral Vinson
Rating60% 3.0053253.0053253.0053253.0053253.005325
The film centers on the adventures of Sea Cadet Jimmy Sutton, played by Roy Savage. Sutton is seen walking down an English country path, and the sound of a boy's cheerful whistling are dubbed onto the soundtrack. Soon a misfiring propeller engine is also heard and a World War II-style plane crashes in a field. Sutton heroically rescues the pilot and retrieves a portfolio of important papers as the plane erupts in flames. Two suspicious men can be seen sneaking away, trading dialogue that indicates they have sabotaged the plane.
No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
, 1h38
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Bessie Love, Elizabeth Allan
Rating70% 3.5469053.5469053.5469053.5469053.546905
Theodore Honey (James Stewart), an eccentric "boffin" with the Royal Aircraft Establishment, is working on solving a difficult aviation crash problem. A widower with a 12 year old daughter, Elspeth (Janette Scott), Honey is sent from Farnborough to investigate the crash of a Rutland Reindeer airliner in Labrador, Canada. He theorizes the accident happened because of the tailplane's structural failure, caused by sudden metal fatigue after 1440 flight hours. To test the theory in his laboratory, a rear airframe is being vibrated at a very high rate in daily eight-hour cycles.
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
, 2h2
Directed by Gabriel Pascal
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson, Francis L. Sullivan, Cecil Parker
Roles Councillor (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0989053.0989053.0989053.0989053.098905
In this philosophical coming-of-age film, an aging Julius Caesar takes possession of the Egyptian capital city of Alexandria, and tries to resolve a feud between young Princess Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy. During the resulting sometimes-murderous court intrigues, Caesar develops a special relationship with Cleopatra, and teaches her how to use her royal power.
Night Train to Munich
Night Train to Munich (1940)
, 1h35
Directed by Carol Reed, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Wyndham Goldie
Roles Czech Official (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5981853.5981853.5981853.5981853.598185
As German forces take over Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), a Czechoslovak scientist working on a new type of armour-plating, is flown to Britain. Bomasch's daughter, Anna (Margaret Lockwood), is arrested before she can reach the airport and sent to a concentration camp, where she is interrogated by Nazis who are after her father. Anna refuses to cooperate. Soon she is befriended by a fellow prisoner named Karl Marsen (Paul Henreid), who says he is a teacher imprisoned for his political views. Together they are able to escape and make their way to London. Anna does not know that Marsen is in fact a Gestapo agent assigned to gain her trust and locate her father.
A Window in London
A Window in London (1940)
, 1h17
Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas, Hartley Power, Patricia Roc, Glen Alyn
Roles Foreman
Rating64% 3.2410153.2410153.2410153.2410153.241015
Pat (Patricia Roc), a hotel switchboard operator and Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator are a happy well meaning couple, however because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. While he works during the day on the construction of Waterloo Bridge his patient wife works during the night on a hotel telephone exchange. One morning on his way to work, Peter goes on the London Underground train and spots what seems to be a murder being committed on at the open window of a building overlooking the tracks. Deciding to investigate this "crime" Peter and a policeman arrive at the residence. There they find out that the couple were in fact rehearsing an illusion. Zoltini is a bad tempered magician and his wife Vivienne (Sally Gray) is his assistant. The suspicious magician becomes sure that his wife is having an affair with Peter - every time he sees her with the handsome stranger. On another night Zoltini and Vivienne have an argument on the backstage - leading to him slapping her in the face. As a result, Vivienne leaves (while her husband performs on stage) and takes a taxi with Peter up to his crane. Furious with Vivienne for leaving during the 'vanishing women' sequence of their performance, Zoltini looks for his wife while Pat has been sacked from the hotel for not paying attention to her job.
The Human Monster
The Human Monster (1939)
, 1h15
Directed by Walter Summers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Wilfred Walter, Alexander Field, Edmon Ryan
Roles Blind Jake
Rating57% 2.8512052.8512052.8512052.8512052.851205
In London, Dr. Orloff (Bela Lugosi) runs an insurance agency where he loans money in exchange for the assigning of life insurance benefits to himself of many of his customers' policies. A resident of Orloff's (under the name "Dearborn") home for the "Destitute Blind" is Jake, a tall, hideous brute, who murders on Orloff's behalf. Scotland Yard begins finding bodies in the Thames River. One of the dead men has a daughter named Diane (Greta Gynt) for whom Orloff obtains employment at the home for the blind. Suspicions begin to arise surrounding Dearborn and Orloff in relation to the dead bodies. Orloff sends Jake (Wilfred Walter) to kill Diane who has found out too much about them. When Orloff disappears, Diane finds one of her father's cuff links in the home from the blind. Confronted by Diane, Dearborn removes his disguise to show himself as Orloff. Orloff traps Diane with a straight-jacket and calls for Jake to finish the job. Jake refuses as he has found out that Orloff has murdered a blind friend of his. Jake turns on Orloff and throws him out of a window allowing him to sink in the mud below.
Convict 99
Convict 99 (1938)
, 1h31
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Googie Withers, Peter Gawthorne, Basil Radford
Roles Max Slessor
Rating66% 3.3420253.3420253.3420253.3420253.342025
Incompetent Dr Benjamin Twist (Will Hay) is dismissed from his job as headmaster at St. Michaels' School (the school returns in a later film The Ghost of St. Michael's), and applies for a job in another school.