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Peter Walker (jurist)
Peter or Pete Walker may refer to: Politics * Peter Walker (Australian politician) (1922â1987) * Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester (1932â2010), British politician * Peter Walker (RAF officer) (1949â2015), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Sports * Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1936) (1936â2020), English cricketer and broadcaster * Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1952), English cricketer for Devon * Peter Walker (footballer) (1942â2010), Australian rules footballer * Peter Walker (golfer), Scottish golfer * Peter Walker (racing driver) (1912â1984), British racing driver * Pete Walker (baseball) (born 1969), baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays Other * Peter Walker (actor) (born 1927), American film, stage and television actor * Peter Walker (brewer) (died 1879), Scottish brewer * Peter Walker (bishop) (1919â2010), Anglican bishop * Peter Walker (guitarist) (born 1937), American folk guitarist * Peter Walker (dancer), American ballet dancer * Peter Walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (Australian Politician)
Peter Benson Walker (8 May 1922 – 14 July 1987) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Hobart. In 1982 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division), Liberal member for Division of Denison (state), Denison, but he was defeated in 1986. He died the following year. References 1922 births 1987 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (actor)
Peter Thomas Walker (born July 24, 1927) is an American film, stage and television actor. Born in Mineola, New York. He appeared in over 30 films and television programs, and was known for his appearance as Sam in the anthology television series ''The Twilight Zone'' in the episode " A World of Difference". Walker was also a performer at the Avondale Playhouse. He later worked as a photographer and sculptor. He played the Narrator/Mysterious Man in the 1st National Tour of the musical ''Into the Woods''. Partial filmography *''Jeunes maries'' (1954) â Un G.I. *''Paris Nights'' (1954) *''If All the Guys in the World'' (1955) â Johnny *'' Madelon'' (1955) â Un American *''Maigret dirige l'enquete'' (1956) *'' Valerie'' (1957) â Herb Garth *'' The Wayward Girl'' (1957) â Tommy Gray *'' Under Fire'' (1957) â Lieutenant Sarris *''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1959) (Season 4 Episode 20: "The Diamond Necklace") - Jewelry Salesman *''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1959) (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Walker (director)
Pete Walker (born 4 July 1939) is an English film director, writer, and producer, specializing in horror film, horror and sexploitation films, frequently combining the two. Biography Walker was born on 4 July 1939 in Brighton, England, the son of stand-up comedy, stand-up comic Syd Walker and a showgirl mother. He began his performing career as a stand-up comic while a teenager, but quit at age 19. Walker made films such as ''Die Screaming, Marianne'', ''The Flesh and Blood Show'', ''House of Whipcord'', ''Frightmare (1974 film), Frightmare'', ''House of Mortal Sin'', ''Schizo (1976 film), Schizo'', ''The Comeback (1978 film), The Comeback'', and ''House of the Long Shadows''. His films often featured sadistic authority figures, such as priests or judges, punishing anyone usually young women who doesn't conform to their strict personal moral codes, but he has denied there being any political subtext to his films. Because of the speed with which he had to make his films, Walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (landscape Architect)
Peter Walker (born 1932 in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is an American landscape architect and the founder of PWP Landscape Architecture. Early life and education WalkerThe Cultural Landscape Foundation The Cultural Landscape Foundation.ASLA- The Dirt ASLA- The Dirt Bio. grew up in California, where he attended the University of California, Berkeley. Walker started out studying journalism but quickly changed his field and received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture in 1955. He did graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (dancer)
Peter Walker (born ) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He joined the New York City Ballet (NYCB) in 2012 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2022. He choreographed ''Ten in Seven'' (2016) and ''Dance Odyssey'' (2018) for NYCB, as well as the 2020 film ''I'm Thinking of Ending Things''. Early life and training Walker was raised in Fort Myers, Florida. He began learning tap dancing at age eight, before focusing on ballet after being convinced by his ballet teacher and former New York City Ballet principal dancer Melinda Roy. He took part in School of American Ballet's summer program in 2006 and 2007, before entering the scholl full-time in 2007. Whilst a student, he appeared in a ballet choreographed by Lauren Lovette. In his last year at the school, he choreographed a pas de deux for the student workshop. One of the dancers slated to perform got injured, so Walker danced his part. Career Walker became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet in spring 2011, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (guitarist)
Peter Walker (born 1938) is an American folk guitarist, known for his skillful performances that blend Indian classical and Spanish flamenco music traditions. He gained recognition primarily for his recorded work during the late 1960s. In recent years, his reputation has seen a resurgence among younger American and European outsider folk artists. He is now regarded as a prominent figure in the company of established American finger-pickers such as Sandy Bull, John Fahey, Robbie Basho and Leo Kottke. This renewed recognition has provided him with new opportunities for touring and recording. Early life and career Walker was born in Boston, Massachusetts into a musical family. His father played guitar and mandolin, and his mother was a concert pianist who played in the first all-women's orchestra in the US. He began to play the guitar and harmonica from an early age. In 1952, at age 14, he left home, hitchhiking throughout the US from Maine to Florida and across the country from coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (bishop)
Peter Knight Walker (6 December 1919 â 28 December 2010) was an Anglican bishop. Early life and education Walker was educated at Leeds Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). He was then a teacher at The King's School, Peterborough and Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood. Ordained ministry Walker was ordained in 1954. His first ordained ministry position was a curacy at Hemel Hempstead, after which he was fellow, dean and lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. From 1962 to 1972 he was principal of Westcott House, Cambridge. In 1972 he was consecrated to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Dorchester. In 1977 he was translated to become the Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (brewer)
Peter Walker (died 1879) was the owner and master brewer of the Fort Brewery in Ayr, Scotland. Career Walker established the Fort Brewery in Ayr, Scotland in 1817. He moved to Liverpool in 1836 and established a new brewery in Everton. He moved again, this time to Warrington, in 1846, acquired Pemberton's Brewery there and, having admitted his son Andrew Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ... to the business, started trading as Peter Walker & Son. He retired in 1873. References History of South Ayrshire 1879 deaths Scottish brewers 19th-century Scottish businesspeople {{Beer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Walker (baseball)
Peter Brian Walker (born April 8, 1969) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher and currently the pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Playing career Walker graduated from East Lyme High School in East Lyme, Connecticut, and from Charter Oak State College. He played college baseball at the University of Connecticut and earned All-Tournament honors in the Huskies 1990 Big East Conference baseball tournament championship. Walker was drafted by the New York Mets in and made his MLB debut for them in . On March 17 , Walker was traded along with minor leaguer Scott Adair to the San Diego Padres for Roberto Petagine and minor leaguer Luis Arroyo. Walker played one game for the Padres before going to the minors. In 1997, Walker signed with the Boston Red Sox but never played for them at the major league level. In , Walker made his way back to the major league level with the Colorado Rockies after signing with them in 1998. In D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker, Baron Walker Of Worcester
Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, (25 March 1932 â 23 June 2010) was a British Conservative politician who served in Cabinet under Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1961 to 1992 and was made a life peer in 1992. Walker became the youngest National Chairman of the Young Conservatives in 1958. He was a founder of the Tory Reform Group, and served as Chairman of the Carlton Club. Early life and education Born in Middlesex, younger son of Sydney Walker, a capstan operator at the Gramophone Company's factory at Hayes, and his wife Rose (nÊe Dean), Walker was privately educated at Latymer Upper School in London. He did not go to college or university. Parliamentary career Walker rose through the ranks of the Conservative Party's youth wing, the Young Conservatives. He was a branch chairman at the age of 14, and later National Chairman. He fought the Parliamentary seat of Dartford in the general elections o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (racing Driver)
Peter Douglas Conyers Walker (7 October 1912 â 1 March 1984) was an English racing driver. He was born in Huby, Yorkshire and died in Newtown, Worcestershire. He proved a strong driver in most disciplines, but was most adept in sports cars, winning the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and the Goodwood Nine-Hours in 1955. He effectively retired after a crash in 1956 left him with serious injuries. Early life and pre-war racing Peter 'Skid' Walker was born in Yorkshire in October 1912. He really started his racing career in 1935, after linking up with Peter Whitehead. He enjoyed success in both circuit racing and hillclimbing with an ERA prior to World War II, with victories at Brooklands and Donington Park. Throughout this period, he could be found racing Whitehead's ERAs. His aggressive, sliding style made him a crowd favourite and gained him a little bit of notoriety. After the hostilities finished, he returned to the sport. Racing career Although competitive before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (golfer)
Peter Walker (born c. 1876) was a Scottish golfer. Walker placed tied for ninth in the 1899 U.S. Open, held 14â15 September 1899, at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland. Early life Walker was born in Scotland, circa 1876. Golf career 1897 Amateur Championship While a student at St Andrews University, Walker played in the 1897 Amateur Championship. He beat the experienced Samuel Mure Fergusson 6 & 5 in the third round before losing to Laurie Auchterlonie, the nephew of the 1902 U.S. Open winner of the same name, in the fourth round. This was the only time he played in the Amateur Championship. 1899 U.S. Open Walker placed tied for ninth in the 1899 U.S. Open, held 14â15 September 1899, at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
