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Fred Walton (actor)
Fred Walton was an English stage actor who immigrated to the United States in the early part of the 20th century and became a character actor in American silent and early sound films.
==Life and career==
Born on July 26, 1865 in Brighton, England, he appeared on the stage in England prior to moving to the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Cyranos.ch )〕 In 1905 he appeared in a production of ''The Babes and the Baron'', which ran at the Theatre Royal in Birmingham. The following year, the play was produced by Lee and J.J. Shubert at the Lyric Theatre in New York City, where Walton reprised his role as The Toy Soldier.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 He remained in the United States, and in 1910 and 1911 he starred in several film shorts, for the Selig Polyscope Company and Powers Picture Plays (which later merged with Independent Moving Pictures); Walton directed one of the shorts, ''April Fool''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=imdb.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=imdb.com )〕
In 1911, he would focus on his stage career, during which he appeared in over a dozen plays on Broadway between 1911 and 1922, before returning to the screen in 1924's ''The Fast Set''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Fast Set: Detail View )〕 Over the next 12 years, Walton would appear in over 40 films, mostly in supporting or smaller roles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Fred Walton )〕 Some of the more notable films in which Walton acted include: ''Sin Takes a Holiday'', starring Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, and Basil Rathbone;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Sin Takes a Holiday: Detail View )〕 the 1935 Frank Capra classic romantic comedy ''It Happened One Night'', starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=It Happened One Night: Detail View )〕 and ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' in 1936, starring Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello Barrymore, and C. Aubrey Smith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Little Lord Fauntleroy: Detail View )〕 He would make his final Broadway appearance in the role of Chester Biddlesby in the Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach musical, ''The Cat and the Fiddle'', which ran for almost 400 performances in 1931-32.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 Walton's final performance would be in 1936, in the Tyrone Power vehicle, ''Lloyd's of London'', which also starred Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lloyd's of London: Detail View )〕
Walton died on December 28, 1936, just two months after his last film, ''Lloyds of London'' finished production, and only a month after its premiere in November. He was buried in London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Find a Grave )〕
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