A tall Irish type, Walter James offered at least two unforgettable portrayals in the late silent era: as Mary Pickford's gentle policeman father in Little Annie Rooney (1925) bestowing good cheer and sage advice to all and sundry in his downtrodden Lower Eastside precinct; and even more imposing, as Harold Lloyd's bearish sheriff father in The Kid Brother (1927). James became a semi-regular member of Lloyd's stock company, appearing with the bespectacled comedian in Cat's Paw (1934) and Professor Beware (1938). Much earlier in his career, the strapping actor from Tennessee had been the Chief Eunuch in swimmer Annette Kellerman's A Daughter of the Gods (1916) and a native chief in D.W. Griffith's The Idol Dancer (1920).
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The Panther's Claw
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Invisible Stripes
Actor |
1940 | |||
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Eternally Yours
Actor |
1939 | |||
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Convicts at Large
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Professor Beware
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Oh, Susanna!
Actor |
1937 | |||
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This is My Affair
Actor |
1937 | |||
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Modern Times
Actor |
1936 | |||
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The Cat's Paw
Actor |
1934 | |||
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Scareheads
Actor |
1931 | |||
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Street Scene
Actor |
1931 | |||
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Hell's Heroes
Actor |
1930 | |||
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Shadow of the Law
Actor |
1930 | |||
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Big Killing
Actor |
1928 | |||
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Me Gangster
Actor |
1928 | |||
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Me, Gangster
Actor |
1928 | |||
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Wright Idea
Actor |
1928 | |||
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Blood Ship
Actor |
1927 | |||
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The Irresistible Lover
Actor |
1927 | |||
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The Kid Brother
Actor |
1927 | |||
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Battling Butler
Actor |
1926 | |||
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Everlasting Whisper
Actor |
1925 | |||
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Little Annie Rooney
Actor |
1925 | |||
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The Monster
Actor |
1925 | |||
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Fair Lady
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Secrets of Paris
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Idol Dancer
Actor |
1920 | |||
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Daughter of the Gods
Actor |
1916 |
