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Johnnie Walker(1894-1949)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker was born on January 7, 1894 in New York City, New York. At the age of 20 he began singing and dancing in vaudeville. He starred in Edison films and then went to Fox where he was billed as a star. Johnnie's greatest movies were Over the Hill (1920) in which he played the black sheep son who saved his mother from the poorhouse and Old Ironsides in which he played Lt. Steven Decatur. He is also known for The Matinee Idol which had great success when it was "revived" in 1996. Johnnie was dapper and often touted as the best dressed man in Hollywood. He was married to Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty, Maude Wayne and Broadway actress, Rena Parker. He died on December 5, 1949 in New York City.
BornJanuary 7, 1894
DiedDecember 5, 1949(55)
BornJanuary 7, 1894
DiedDecember 5, 1949(55)
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Known for

The Spirit of the USA (1924)
The Spirit of the USA
  • Johnnie Gains
  • 1924
Bachelor Apartments (1921)
Bachelor Apartments
  • Director(as Johnny Walker)
  • 1921
Red Lights (1923)
Red Lights
6.4
  • John Blake
  • 1923
Irma Harrison and Gladys Hulette in Lena Rivers (1925)
Lena Rivers
  • Durward Belmont(as Johnny Walker)
  • 1925

Credits

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Actor



  • Wallace Ford in Back Door to Heaven (1939)
    Back Door to Heaven
    5.9
    • Trustee (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen in Under Pressure (1935)
    Under Pressure
    6.4
    • Mucker (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • A Forced Response
    Short
    • Bridge Player
    • 1933
  • Mr. Broadway (1933)
    Mr. Broadway
    5.8
    • Johnnie Walker
    • 1933
  • Mary Nolan and Johnnie Walker in Enemies of the Law (1931)
    Enemies of the Law
    • Larry Marsh
    • 1931
  • Ann Harding in The Girl of the Golden West (1930)
    The Girl of the Golden West
    5.4
    • Nick
    • 1930
  • Humphrey Bogart and Claire Luce in Up the River (1930)
    Up the River
    5.9
    • Happy (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Alice Day and Johnnie Walker in Ladies in Love (1930)
    Ladies in Love
    4.8
    • Harry King
    • 1930
  • Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Marie Prevost, and Lowell Sherman in Ladies of Leisure (1930)
    Ladies of Leisure
    6.7
    • Charlie
    • 1930
  • The Swellhead (1930)
    The Swellhead
    • Bill 'Cyclone' Hickey
    • 1930
  • William Collier Jr., Alice Day, and John St. Polis in The Melody Man (1930)
    The Melody Man
    • Joe Yates (as Johnny Walker)
    • 1930
  • Frank Hagney, George Magrill, Shirley Mason, Tom Santschi, and Johnnie Walker in Vultures of the Sea (1928)
    Vultures of the Sea
    2.1
    • Frank Armstrong
    • 1928
  • Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker in The Matinee Idol (1928)
    The Matinee Idol
    6.9
    • Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
    • 1928
  • William Collier Jr. and Shirley Mason in So This Is Love (1928)
    So This Is Love
    5.8
    • Spike Mullins
    • 1928
  • Virginia Lee Corbin in Bare Knees (1928)
    Bare Knees
    7.2
    • Paul Gladden
    • 1928

Producer



  • Fannie Hurst, Harry E. Yarnell, Johannes Steel, and Claude Pepper in International Forum No. 3 (1941)
    International Forum No. 3
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • George F. Eliot, Linton Wells, Ralph Ingersoll, and Wythe Williams in International Forum No. 2 (1941)
    International Forum No. 2
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • William L. Shirer, Linton Wells, Wythe Williams, and Dorothy Thompson in International Forum No. 1 (1941)
    International Forum No. 1
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Wallace Ford in Back Door to Heaven (1939)
    Back Door to Heaven
    5.9
    • associate producer
    • 1939
  • The Yiddish King Lear (1935)
    The Yiddish King Lear
    5.9
    • producer
    • 1935
  • The Knock on the Door
    • producer
    • 1923

Director



  • The Doctor
    Short
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Mr. Broadway (1933)
    Mr. Broadway
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Bachelor Apartments (1921)
    Bachelor Apartments
    • Director (as Johnny Walker)
    • 1921

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • J. Walker
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • January 7, 1894
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 5, 1949
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Maude WayneMarch 7, 1928 - March 1936 (divorced)
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  • Trivia
    Tall, dark-haired romantic lead of the 1920's. Best known for his role as a Broadway star in The Matinee Idol (1928). Did not manage the transition to sound particularly well, only cast in minor supporting roles after 1930.

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