| Code | DS/UK/23024 |
| Name | Walker; Syd (22 March 1886-13 January 1945); British actor and comedian |
| Dates | 22 March 1886-13 January 1945 |
| Gender | Male |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Biography | Syd Walker was a British actor and comedian. He was a music hall comic and a regular on BBC radio's Band Waggon (19381939) as Mr. Walker, a philosophic rag-and-bone man with the popular catch phrase "what would you do, chums?" He was also the father of film director Pete Walker.
He was known for Sweet Devil (1938), Over She Goes (1937) and Old Bill Through the Ages (1924). |