Wilfred Walter

Wilfred Walter (2 March 1882 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 July 1958 in Ashtead, Surrey) was an English film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter.His best known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 comedy Convict 99, who is mistaken for the prison governor Benjamin Twist (Will Hay). Walter also acted as the monstrous lumbering brute Jake, Dr Orloff's (Bela Lugosi) assistant in the 1939 film adaption of the Edgar Wallace thriller The Dark Eyes of London.

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Birth dateMarch 02, 1882
Birth place
England , Ripon , West Riding of Yorkshire
Date of deathJuly 09, 1958
Place of death
England , Surrey , Ashtead

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