Sydney Walker
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Biography: Sydney Walker was an American character actor of stage and screen and voice artist, with a career that spanned over five decades. He is most known for Prelude to a Kiss (elderly man Meg Ryan's character switches bodies with), and as the bus driver on Mrs. Doubtfire. Walker made his Broadway debut as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the famous 1960 production of Jean Anouilh's "Beckett," which starred Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn. He subsequently appeared in 22 Broadway productions from 1960 to 1973. Walker made his movie debut in the Kirk Douglas movie A Lovely Way to Die (1968) and played the doctor in Love Story (1970). He made five appearances on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974. His last film was Getting Even with Dad (1994), but his most famous movie role came two years earlier in the film adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss (1992), in which he reprized the role of the Old Man he had assayed in the 1988 Berkeley Repertory production of the Craig Lucas play.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: May 05, 1921
Deathday: September 30, 1994
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Gender: Male
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Mrs. Doubtfire
Overview: Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-24
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Prelude to a Kiss
Overview: A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-10
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Love Story
Overview: Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-16
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Eye on the Sparrow
Overview: True story of a blind couple who fought the authorities to acquire the right to adopt a child.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-07
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Enemies
Overview: In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to a strike, they decide to close down the factory. When an owner is slain in a scuffle with a workman, the ensuing investigation uncovers the socialist fervor that is sweeping the countryside.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-23
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Shadow of a Doubt
Overview: Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall Street financier," has a deep, dark secret. And knowledge of that secret by anyone can prove to be deadly.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-27
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Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Overview: Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-16
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Fine Things
Overview: Bernard Fine's career leaves little time for romance, so fate takes over. When Bernie befriends a little girl, he meets - and falls for - her single mother, Liz. They soon marry and add a son to their new family. But the happiness is short-lived as Liz is fatally stricken by cancer. Added to the heartbreak is a threat from the past that could tear the family apart. For Bernie, it's a struggle to hold on to and savor the truly fine things in life.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-15
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A Christmas Carol
Overview: Televised stage performance based on Charles Dickens' novella.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-21
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Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Overview: Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who adopted 14 children [12 at the start of filming], some of whom are severely disabled war orphans -- in addition to raising Dorothy's five biological children and Bob's biological daughter. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-01
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The Ewok Adventure
Overview: Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-25
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Overview: The army of the Marauders, led by King Terak and the witch Charal, attack the Ewoks village, killing Cindel's family. Cindel and the Ewok Wicket escape and meet Teek in the forest, a naughty and very fast animal. Teek takes them to a house in which an old man, Noa, lives. Like Cindel, he also crashed with his Starcruiser on Endor. Together they fight Terak and Charal.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-24
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The Way We Live Now
Overview: A mid-life crisis propels a disaffected advertising executive out of his marriage and into a series of disastrous love affairs with a series of women. He will eventually return to his wife, chastened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-27
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