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Robert Walker

1918 - 1951

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Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951), which was released shortly before his premature death. He started in youthful boy-next-door roles, often as a World War II soldier. One of these roles was opposite his first wife, Jennifer Jones, in the World War II epic Since You Went Away (1944). He also played Jerome Kern in Till the Clouds Roll By. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Walker is the 673rd most popular actor (up from 1,766th in 2019), the 1,399th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,894th in 2019) and the 347th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Robert Walker ranks 673 out of 13,578. Before him are Edna Purviance, Linda Christian, Burgess Meredith, Edwige Fenech, Walter Brennan, and Erland Josephson. After him are John Heard, Jean Rochefort, Michelle Phillips, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Elliott, and Lee Byung-hun.

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Among people born in 1918, Robert Walker ranks 55. Before him are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Birgit Nilsson, Yasuhiro Nakasone, François Tombalbaye, Hans Scholl, and Pavlik Morozov. After him are André Bazin, Lila Kedrova, João Figueiredo, Anna Mani, Günther Rall, and Patricio Aylwin. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert Walker ranks 22. Before him are Otto Ohlendorf, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Alfred Hugenberg, Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Amélie of Orléans, and Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth. After him are Charles G. Dawes, Oswald Pohl, Harald Bohr, Óscar Carmona, Paul Blobel, and Kim Chaek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Walker ranks 1,399 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Edna Purviance (1895), Leo Fender (1909), Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), and Eric Adams (1960). After him are John Heard (1946), Tom Holland (1943), John Grisham (1955), Michelle Phillips (1944), Howard H. Aiken (1900), and Virginia Apgar (1909).

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Among actors born in United States, Robert Walker ranks 347. Before him are Cybill Shepherd (1950), Robert Knepper (1959), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Edna Purviance (1895), Burgess Meredith (1907), and Walter Brennan (1894). After him are John Heard (1946), Michelle Phillips (1944), Sam Elliott (1944), Robert Englund (1947), Mae West (1893), and Jeremy Renner (1971).

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