Walter Kingsford
Actor
Biography
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Walter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce, 20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor. 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.
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.
Kingsford had numerous television appearances in the 1950s. They included TV Reader's Digest, Command Performance and Science Fiction Theatre.
Filmography
Captains Courageous
as Dr. Finley 1937
The Life of Emile Zola
as Colonel Sandherr 1937
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge 1951
Carefree
as Dr. Powers 1938
Mr. Skeffington
as Dr. Melton (uncredited) 1944
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Mr. Allison (General Manager) 1941
The Invisible Ray
as Sir Francis Stevens 1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Joshua Snade 1936
Kitty Foyle
as Mr. Kenneth 1940
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Napoleon III 1936
Algiers
as Chef Inspector Louvain 1938
Mr. Lucky
as Commissioner Hargraves 1943
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Colbert 1939
Anthony Adverse
1936
The Velvet Touch
as Peter Gunther 1948
The Young in Heart
as Inspector 1938