Walter Baldwin
Walter Baldwin | |
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Walter Baldwin in the film The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) | |
| Born | Walter Smith Baldwin Jr. January 2, 1889 Lima, Ohio, US |
| Died | January 27, 1977 (aged 88) |
| Years active | 1936–1971 |
Walter Smith Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was an American character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances.
Baldwin was born January 2, 1889, in Lima, Ohio, into a theatrical family: his father Walter S. Baldwin Sr. and mother Pearl Melville (a sister of Rose Melville) were both actors. He joined his parents' stock theatre company, and in 1915 married fellow actress Geraldine Blair.