Person Open DS/UK/23015 Walter; Wilfred (2 March 1882-9 July 1958); English film and theatre actor Walter Wilfred 2 March 1882-9 July 1958 English film and theatre actor Male Franz Wilfrid Walter; Wilfrid Walter Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Ashtead, Surrey, England (died)

Wilfred Walter was an English film and theatre actor. He was a Shakespearian actor during the first half of the 20th century, playing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Old Vic, where his major roles included Mark Antony, Falstaff, Othello, Bottom and Titus Andronicus. 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).[5] 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Walter (2019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHAKirkbride 10/28/2019 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 df3a49c7-0505-4ecd-85d4-2dc25cebf43d