Walter James (June 3, 1882 – June 27, 1946) was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1915 and 1942. He was born in
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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, and died in
Gardena, California
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from a
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.
Partial filmography
* ''The Unbroken Road'' (1915)
* ''
A Daughter of the Gods'' (1916) - Chief Eunuch
* ''
Souls Adrift'' (1917) - A Swede Sailor
* ''
The Idol Dancer'' (1920) - Chief Wando
* ''
Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (1920) - José
* ''
Fair Lady'' (1922) - Gian Norcone
* ''
The Secrets of Paris'' (1922) - The Strangler
* ''
Two Shall Be Born'' (1924) - Hund
* ''
The Monster'' (1925) - Caliban
* ''
The Everlasting Whisper
''The Everlasting Whisper'' is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Wyndham Gittens. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Everlasting Whisper, a Tale of the California Wilderness'' by Jackson G ...
'' (1925) - Aswin Brody
* ''
Little Annie Rooney'' (1925) - Officer Rooney
* ''
The Seventh Bandit'' (1926) - Ben Goring
* ''
Glenister of the Mounted'' (1926) - Thorald
* ''
Battling Butler'' (1926) - The Mountain Girl's Father
* ''
The Kid Brother
''The Kid Brother'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent comedy film, comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It was successful and popular upon release and today is considered by critics and fans to be one of Lloyd's best films, integrating e ...
'' (1927) - Jim Hickory
* ''
Rich Men's Sons'' (1927) - Clerk (uncredited)
* ''
The Blood Ship'' (1927) - Capt. Angus Swope
* ''
The Patent Leather Kid'' (1927) - Officer Riley
* ''
The Irresistible Lover'' (1927) - Mr. Kennedy
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The Road to Ruin'' (1928) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
* ''
The Big Killing'' (1928) - Sheriff
* ''
The Wright Idea'' (1928) - Capt. Sandy
* ''
Me, Gangster'' (1928) - Police Capt. Dodd
* ''
The Divine Lady
''The Divine Lady'' is a 1928 American pre-Code synchronized sound historical drama film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It ...
'' (1929) - One of Nelson's Ship's Officers (uncredited)
* ''
Hell's Heroes'' (1929) - Sheriff
* ''
Shadow of the Law Shadow of the Law may refer to:
* Shadow of the law, a sociolegal term
* Shadow of the Law (1930 film), an American pre-Code film
* Shadow of the Law (1926 film), an American silent crime drama
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'' (1930) - Captain of the Guards
* ''
The Public Defender'' (1931) - Police Captain Anderson (uncredited)
* ''
Street Scene'' (1931) - Police Marshal James Henry
* ''
Scareheads'' (1931)
* ''
Docks of San Francisco'' (1932) - Phony Café Waiter (uncredited)
* ''
Police Court'' (1932) - Cappy Hearn
* ''
Ann Vickers'' (1933) - Guard (uncredited)
* ''
Hips, Hips, Hooray!'' (1934) - Mountaineer (uncredited)
* ''
No More Women'' (1934) - Bouncer (uncredited)
* ''
The Road to Ruin'' (1934) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
* ''
The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) - Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
* ''
Jealousy
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Jealousy can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, he ...
'' (1934) - Cop (uncredited)
* ''
Arizona Bad Man'' (1935) - Jack - Bartender
* ''
The Public Menace'' (1935) - Policeman (uncredited)
* ''
Hitch Hike Lady'' (1935) - Chief of Police (uncredited)
* ''
Custer's Last Stand
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota people, Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Si ...
'' (1936, Serial) - Judge Hooker
hs.12-14* ''
Riffraff'' (1936) - Townsman (uncredited)
* ''
Modern Times'' (1936) - Assembly Line Foreman (uncredited)
* ''
White Fang
''White Fang'' is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) about a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. First serialized in ''Outing'' magazin ...
'' (1936) - Posse Member (uncredited)
* ''
Oh, Susanna!'' (1936) - Sage City Sheriff Briggs
* ''
California Mail'' (1936) - Man Who Bets $1000 (uncredited)
* ''
Mountain Justice'' (1937) - Juror (uncredited)
* ''
This Is My Affair'' (1937) - Dinner Guest (uncredited)
* ''
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.
He first appeared in 1933 in a ...
'' (1938, Serial) - Joe Cannon (Ch. 11) (uncredited)
* ''
Professor Beware'' (1938) - Man with New Hat (uncredited)
* ''
Disbarred'' (1939) - Juror (uncredited)
* ''
Eternally Yours'' (1939) - Police Official (uncredited)
* ''
Invisible Stripes'' (1939) - Worker (uncredited)
* ''
Legion of the Lawless'' (1940) - Vigilante at Meeting (uncredited)
* ''
The Kid's Last Ride'' (1941) - Bartender (uncredited)
* ''
Citizen Kane
''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by, produced by and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It was Welles's List of directorial debuts, first feature film. ...
'' (1941) - Ward Heeler (uncredited)
* ''
The Lone Rider Fights Back
''The Lone Rider Fights Back'' is a 1941 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Dorothy Short, Denn ...
'' (1941) - Bartender (uncredited)
* ''
The Panther's Claw'' (1942) - Capt. Tom Henry
* ''
Good Luck, Mr. Yates'' (1943) - Leading Citizen (uncredited)
External links
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1882 births
1946 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Male actors from Tennessee
20th-century American male actors
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