Robert Walker

Actor, Film actor

1918 – 1951

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Who was Robert Walker?

Robert Hudson Walker was an American actor, best known for his starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train.

He started in youthful boy-next-door roles, one of them opposite his first wife Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away. He also played Jerome Kern in Till the Clouds Roll By. Twice divorced by 30, he suffered from alcoholism and mental illness, which were exacerbated by his painful separation and divorce from Jones.

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Born
Oct 13, 1918
Salt Lake City
Also known as
  • Robert Hudson Walker
  • Robert Walker Sr.
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Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Lived in
  • Salt Lake City
Died
Aug 28, 1951
Los Angeles
Resting place
Lindquists Washington Heights Memorial Park

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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