Robert Walker (October 13, 1918 - August 28, 1951) was an American actor. Image File history File links Robert Walker File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Born Robert Hudson Walker in Salt Lake City, Utah to Horace and Zella Walker, he was the youngest of four sons. An interest in acting led him to enroll at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937 where he met fellow aspiring actor Phylis Isley (better known as Jennifer Jones). After a brief courtship, the two were married in 1939 and moved to Hollywood to find work in films but their prospects were meager and they soon returned to New York. Walker soon found work in radio while Phylis stayed home and gave birth to two sons in succession, Robert Walker, Jr., born April 15,1940 and Michael Walker, born March 13, 1941. Phylis soon returned to auditioning where her luck changed when she was discovered by producer David O. Selznick. He changed her name to Jennifer Jones and groomed her for stardom. She eventually landed the plum role of Bernadette Soubirous in the Twentieth Century Fox production The Song of Bernadette (1943). State nickname: Beehive State Other U.S. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. ... Jennifer Jones (born Phyllis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actress. ... ... Robert Walker, Jr. ... There are several people with the name Michael Walker: Dr. Michael Walker, headmaster of King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford - see Michael Walker (headmaster) Michael Walker, a councillor in Canada who advocates a Province of Toronto - see Michael Walker (politician) Michael Walker, a Canadian economist who founded the Fraser... David O. Selznick David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the icon Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. ... Jennifer Jones (born Phyllis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actress. ... Bernadette Soubirous (January 7, 1844–April 16, 1879) was a visionary from the town of Lourdes in southern France. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... Categories: Movie stubs | 1942 books | Books starting with S | 1943 films | Best Picture Oscar Nominee | Best Actress Oscar (film) | Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee (film) | Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominee (film) ...

Farley Granger and Walker in a scene from Strangers on a Train (1951)

The couple returned to Hollywood and Selznick's connections helped Walker secure a contract with MGM where he started work on the war drama Bataan (1943). Walker's charming demeanor and boyish good looks caught on with audiences and he worked steadily playing "boy-next-door" roles in films such as See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) and Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945). He also appeared in Selznick's Since You Went Away (1944) in which he and his wife Jones gave poignant performances as doomed young lovers. Farley Granger (left) as Guy Haines and Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony in Alfred Hitchcocks Strangers on a Train (1951). ... Farley Granger (left) as Guy Haines and Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony in Alfred Hitchcocks Strangers on a Train (1951). ... Granger with costar Ann Blyth in Our Very Own (1950). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Since You Went Away is a 1944 film which tells the story of how a woman copes at home while her husband has gone off to fight World War II. It stars Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, Monty Woolley, Robert Walker, Lionel Barrymore, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead...

Walker and Jones separated during the filming of Since You Went Away and divorced after filming completed. Although Walker continued to work steadily in Hollywood, he was distraught over the divorce and was soon prone to drinking, emotional outbursts and eventually, a nervous breakdown. He spent time at the Menninger Clinic in 1949 where he was treated for a psychiatric disorder. He married Barbara Ford, daughter of director John Ford, in 1948 but the marriage only lasted six weeks. The Menninger Clinic was founded in 1925 in Topeka, Kansas, by Drs. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ...

Following his dismissal from the Menninger Clinic, he was hired by director Alfred Hitchcock for Strangers on a Train (1951). His performance as the evil but oddly sympathetic Bruno Anthony was highly lauded and considered his greatest performance. Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE, (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the thriller genre. ... Strangers on a Train is a film released in 1951 by Warner Bros. ...

While filming My Son John in 1951, Walker died suddenly after being administered sodium amytal by his doctor following another emotional outburst.

References

Linet, Beverly. Star Crossed: The Story of Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. ISBN 0399131949