Robert Walker, Jr.
| Robert Walker, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 15, 1940 Queens, New York, United States |
| Years active | 1956–1991 |
| Spouse | Ellie Wood Walker (1961–?) 3 children Judy Claire Walker (2 children) Dawn Walker (?-present) 2 children |
Robert Hudson Walker, Jr. (born April 15, 1940) is an American actor.
He was born in Queens, New York and is the elder son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones. A younger brother, Michael Walker, died in 2007 [1].
Walker appeared in a 1962 episode of the classic television series Route 66. Walker, Jr. has appeared in films and television since the early 1960s. His movies include the title role in Ensign Pulver (1964) with Burl Ives and Walter Matthau, The War Wagon (1967) with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, the title role in Young Billy Young alongside Robert Mitchum in 1969, Easy Rider, also in 1969, and Beware! The Blob, or--Son Of Blob in 1972. In 1982 he starred in Angkor: Cambodia Express with Nancy Kwan, Christopher George, Woody Strode and Sorapong Chatree.
In The Big Valley episode, "My Son, My Son," aired on November 3, 1965, Walker, Jr. portrayed Evan Miles, an emotionally disturbed college dropout who becomes obsessed with childhood friend Audra Barkley. He played the title role and another emotionally disturbed character, a troubled actor who lived and performed on the streets and in circuses, in The Naked City episode "Dust Devil on a Quiet Street" from Nov. 28, 1962. He had a memorable role in Star Trek as "Charles 'Charlie' Evans" in the episode "Charlie X", which aired on September 15, 1966. In addition, he played Billy the Kid in episode 22 of The Time Tunnel, which originally aired on February 10, 1967, and also portrayed Nick Baxter, an ill alien who caused the deaths of humans by touch, in the episode "Panic" in the television series The Invaders, which aired on April 11, 1967. He also had a role in an episode of Columbo, "Mind Over Mayhem", (1974). In later years, Walker Jr. maintained on TV episodics, his final appearances occurring in 1991 with L.A. Law and In the Heat of the Night.
[edit] Personal life
Walker Jr. married Eleanor "Ellie" Wood, of Maysville, Kentucky, in the 1960s. They lived in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico for many years and had three children. Ellie appeared as the titular Amazonian super-heroine in Wonder Woman: "Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?" [1] Their marriage eventually failed; the reasons are not publicly known.
Robert's second wife was Judy Claire Walker (née Motulsky). They had two children, Jordan Walker (born May 26, 1982) and Colette Walker (born July 16, 1984).
Robert is now married to Dawn Walker, his third wife, and they have two children — Henry and Emily.
Walker's younger brother, Michael Walker, died on December 27, 2007. The causes and circumstances of his death remain publicly unknown.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Robert Walker, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert Walker, Jr. at AllRovi
- "Actor Robert Walker, Jr., and friend, Malibu, 1965", photograph by Dennis Hopper from 2011 book of Hopper's photographs, via the The Independent.
- Robert Walker at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
