Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford
File:Walter Kingsford in Calling Dr. Gillespie trailer.jpg Walter Kingsford in Calling Dr. Gillespie
Born	Walter Pearce (1881-09-20)September 20, 1881 Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
Died	North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Cause of death	heart attack
Years active	1930-1958
Spouse(s)	Winifred Hanley (? - ?) Alison Kingsford (?-1950) (her death)
Children	1 son

Walter Kingsford (20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor.

Early years

Walter Kingsford was born Walter Pearce in Redhill, Surrey, England.

Stage

Kingsford began his acting career on the London stage. He also had a long Broadway career, appearing in plays from the 1912 original American production of George Bernard Shaw's Fanny's First Play to 1944's Song of Norway.

In the early 1920s, Kingford was active with the Henry Jewett Players.

Film

Kingsford moved to Hollywood, California, for a prolific film career in supporting parts. On screen, he specialised in portraying authority figures such as noblemen, heads of state, doctors, police inspectors and lawyers. He is best known for his recurring role as the snobbish hospital head Dr. P. Walter Carew in the popular Dr. Kildare (and Dr. Gillespie) film series.

Television

Kingsford had numerous television appearances in the 1950s. They included TV Reader's Digest, Command Performance and Science Fiction Theatre.

Personal life

Kingsford was married to actress Winifred Hanley. They had a son, Guy.

Death

Kingsford died of a heart attack in Hollywood in 1958, aged 75. He was survived by a son, Guy.

Partial filmography

• Sherlock Holmes (1922) (uncredited)
• Outward Bound (1930) (uncredited)
• The President Vanishes (1934)
• The White Cockatoo (1935)
• Shanghai (1935)
• Professional Soldier (1935)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
• I Found Stella Parish (1935)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1935) (uncredited)
• The Invisible Ray (1936)
• The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
• The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
• Trouble for Two (1936)
• Hearts Divided (1936)
• Anthony Adverse (1936)
• Mad Holiday (1936)
• Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)
• Stolen Holiday (1937)
• Captains Courageous (1937)
• The League of Frightened Men (1937)
• The Devil is Driving (1937)
• My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• Paradise for Three (1938)
• There's Always a Woman (1938)
• The Toy Wife (1938)
• A Yank at Oxford (1938)
• Lord Jeff (1938)
• Algiers (1938)
• If I Were King (1938)
• The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
• Juarez (1939)
• Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
• Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
• Smashing the Spy Ring (1939)
• Miracles for Sale (1939)
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
• Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
• Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
• Kitty Foyle (1940)
• Star Dust (1940)
• A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940)
• Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
• The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
• The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
• Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
• Unholy Partner (1941)
• The Corsican Brothers (1941)
• Fly-by-Night (1942)
• Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
• My Favorite Blonde (1942)
• Fingers at the Window (1942)
• Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
• Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
• Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
• Mr. Lucky (1943)
• Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
• Flight for Freedom (1943)
• Bomber's Moon (1943)
• Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
• Three Men in White (1944)
• Mr. Skeffington (1944)
• Ghost Catchers (1944)
• Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
• Between Two Women (1945)
• The Black Arrow (1948)
• The Velvet Touch (1948)
• Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
• My Forbidden Past (1951)
• Tarzan's Peril (1951)
• The Pathfinder (1952)
• Loose in London (1953)
• Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
• Merry Andrew (1958)

External links

• Walter Kingsford at the Internet Movie Database
• Walter Kingsford at the Internet Broadway Database
• Walter Kingsford at Find a Grave