Stuart Armstrong Walker (March 4, 1888 – March 13, 1941) was an American director and producer in theatre and motion pictures.
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Born | Stuart Armstrong Walker March 4, 1888 Augusta, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | March 14, 1941 | (aged 53)
Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
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Stuart Walker was born March 4, 1888, in Augusta, Kentucky, the son of Cliff Stuart Walker and Matilda Taliaferro Armstrong Walker. After attending public school in Cincinnati and graduating from the University of Cincinnati, he went to work for David Belasco and made his debut as an actor in 1909. He became a play reader for Belasco, and directed plays including The Governor's Lady (1912). In 1914 Walker joined Jessie Bonstelle as a director in Detroit and Buffalo.
In 1915, Walker organized the Portmanteau Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company. He produced seasons in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville and New York City. He staged the first dramatization of Booth Tarkington's bestselling novel Seventeen, presented on Broadway in 1918 starring Gregory Kelly and his future wife, newcomer Ruth Gordon.
Walker's repertory company was active throughout the 1920s. Its credits include the first American performance of Alberto Casella's supernatural drama Death Takes a Holiday, adapted by Walter Ferris, in 1929.
In 1930, Walker became a screenwriter in Hollywood, and served as dialogue director on films including Brothers and The Last of the Lone Wolf. He directed his first feature film the following year, and in 1936 he became a producer for Paramount Pictures.
Walker died March 13, 1941, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, following a heart attack.
[[File:Mystery-of-Edwin-Drood-1935.jpg|thumb|[[File:Signed drawing of Stuart Walker by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1926.jpg|thumb|Signed drawing of Stuart Walker by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1926]]Douglass Montgomery, Claude Rains and David Manners in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)]]
Year | Title | Notes |
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1931 | The Secret Call | |
1931 | The False Madonna | |
1932 | The Misleading Lady | |
1932 | Evenings for Sale | |
1932 | Tonight Is Ours | |
1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | |
1933 | White Woman | |
1934 | Romance in the Rain | |
1934 | Great Expectations | |
1935 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
1935 | Werewolf of London | |
1935 | Manhattan Moon |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1937 | Bulldog Drummond Escapes | Associate producer, uncredited |
1937 | Wild Money | Uncredited |
1937 | Sophie Lang Goes West | Uncredited |
1937 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Uncredited |
1938 | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Uncredited |
1938 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Uncredited |
1938 | Hunted Men | Associate producer, uncredited |
1938 | Prison Farm | Associate producer, uncredited |
1938 | Sons of the Legion | Associate producer, uncredited |
1938 | Arrest Bulldog Drummond | |
1939 | Disbarred | Associate producer |
1939 | King of Chinatown | Associate producer, uncredited |
1939 | Bulldog Drummond's Bride | Associate producer |
1940 | Emergency Squad | Associate producer, uncredited |
1940 | Seventeen | Associate producer, uncredited; screenwriter |
1940 | Opened by Mistake | Associate producer, uncredited |
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