Douglas Walton

• Name — Douglas Walton • Birth Name — John Douglas Duder • Born — 17 October 1909 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Died — 15 November 1961 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1931–1950

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 17, 1909, Walton began his acting career in the theatres of Chicago and New York City. Tall, blond and elegant, Walton played many aristocratic, intellectual or sophisticated English or European men in films such as The Count of Monte Cristo in 1934; Bride of Frankenstein (1935), in which Walton memorably played the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in the film's prologue; the Clark Gable version of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); and director John Ford's Mary of Scotland (1936) starring Katharine Hepburn, in which Walton gave his perhaps best performance as the effeminate and cowardly "Lord Darnley". Ford directed Walton in The Lost Patrol (1934) and The Long Voyage Home (1940, starring John Wayne) as well. Walton also acted in Bad Lands, the 1939 Western remake of Ford's The Lost Patrol, directed by Lew Landers. In 1939, Walton returned to New York to appear on Broadway in the comedy Billy Draws a Horse. In the 1940s, Walton's parts were secondary characters or even uncredited roles in B-movies, or sometimes in high-profile films such as King Vidor's Northwest Passage (1940), starring Spencer Tracy, and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). One sizable role was "Percival Priceless" in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1947). His final film was Three Came Home (1950). Walton retired in 1950 and died eleven years later, on November 17, 1961, from a heart attack, at age 52.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1931 — Body and Soul — Uncredited • 1931 — Always Goodbye — Party Gossip — Uncredited • 1931 — Over the Hill — Stephen • 1931 — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Blond Student — Uncredited • 1932 — Scarface — Cesca's Boyfriend — Uncredited • 1933 — Cavalcade — Soldier Friend of Joe — Uncredited • 1933 — data-sort-value="Secret of Madame Blanche, The" | The Secret of Madame Blanche — Leonard Junior • 1933 — Looking Forward — Willie Benton • 1934 — Madame Spy — Karl • 1934 — data-sort-value="Lost Patrol, The" | The Lost Patrol — Pearson • 1934 — Murder in Trinidad — Gregory Bronson • 1934 — Shock — Gilroy Hayworth • 1934 — data-sort-value="Count of Monte Cristo, The" | The Count of Monte Cristo — Albert • 1934 — Charlie Chan in London — Hugh Gray • 1935 — Captain Hurricane — Jimmy Howell • 1935 — data-sort-value="Bride of Frankenstein, The" | Bride of Frankenstein — Percy Bysshe Shelley • 1935 — data-sort-value="Dark Angel, The" | The Dark Angel — Roulston — Uncredited • 1935 — Mutiny on the Bounty — Stewart • 1935 — Hitch Hike Lady — Alfred Bosworth Blake — Uncredited • 1936 — data-sort-value="Garden Murder Case, The" | The Garden Murder Case — Floyd Garden • 1936 — I Conquer the Sea! — Leonard Ashley • 1936 — Mary of Scotland — Lord Darnley • 1936 — Thank You, Jeeves! — Edward McDermott • 1936 — Camille — Henri — Uncredited • 1937 — Damaged Goods — George Dupont • 1937 — Flight from Glory — Garth Hilton • 1937 — Nation Aflame — Tommy Franklin • 1937 — Wallaby Jim of the Islands — Norman Brooks • 1938 — Storm Over Bengal — Terry • 1939 — Pacific Liner — Engineering Officer Bates — Uncredited • 1939 — data-sort-value="Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The" | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle — Student Pilot • 1939 — data-sort-value="Sun Never Sets, The" | The Sun Never Sets — Carpenter • 1939 — Bad Lands — Bob Mulford • 1939 — Raffles — Bunny Manders • 1940 — Northwest Passage — Lieutenant Avery • 1940 — Too Many Girls — Beverly Waverly • 1940 — data-sort-value="Long Voyage Home, The" | The Long Voyage Home — Second Mate • 1940 — data-sort-value="Letter, The" | The Letter — Well Wisher — Uncredited • 1941 — Singapore Woman — Roy Bennett • 1941 — One Night in Lisbon — Frank — Uncredited • 1941 — Hurry, Charlie, Hurry — Michael Prescott • 1942 — Jesse James, Jr. — Archie McDonald • 1942 — Desperate Journey — British Officer Playing Dice — Uncredited • 1944 — Murder, My Sweet — Lindsay Marriott • 1945 — Bring On the Girls — Edgar — Uncredited • 1945 — data-sort-value="Picture of Dorian Gray, The" | The Picture of Dorian Gray — Allen Campbell • 1945 — Kitty — Philip — Uncredited • 1946 — Our Hearts Were Growing Up — Terence Marlowe — Uncredited • 1946 — Cloak and Dagger — British Pilot — Uncredited • 1946 — Dick Tracy vs. Cueball — Percival Priceless • 1947 — High Conquest — Hugo Bunning as a Young man • 1947 — High Tide — Clinton Vaughn • 1947 — Green Dolphin Street — Sir Charles Maloney — Uncredited • 1947 — Forever Amber — Fop — Uncredited • 1948 — Hills of Home — Minister — Uncredited • 1948 — Command Decision — Englishman on Loudspeaker — Voice, Uncredited • 1948 — Trouble Preferred — Slippy Patterson, Pickpocket — Uncredited • 1949 — data-sort-value="Secret of St. Ives, The" | The Secret of St. Ives — Allan St. Ives • 1949 — Calamity Jane and Sam Bass — Bookmaker — Uncredited • 1950 — Three Came Home — Australian POW — Uncredited, (final film role)