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Bill Walters

Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1937, Bill attended Grandview Heights High School and the Ohio State University where he majored in fine arts hoping to get into advertising or cartooning. Among his many mementos are a sheaf of rejection slips from The New Yorker and Playboy. He was introduced to the theatre by volunteering to design the set for a friend's student production. He worked on the art staff of the OSU Motion Pictures Department and the University TV station, WOSU. In 1963, after the usual summer stock assignments, he arrived in New York City, where he worked at NBC as a page and as a production assistant. He became a backstage jack-of-all-trades with The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Playhouse of the Ridiculous, and many other regional and off-Broadway theater groups. In 1966 he was hired by Peter Schickele as the stage manager for PDQ Bach, and became known to thousands of concert goers in New York and around the country as the irascible and irritable but always efficient apologist for Schickele's satiric presentations of the infamous "Evening of Musical Madness". Despite his crusty on-stage persona, Bill was for 46 years the technical coordinator, production manager, road manager, and the REAL stage manager of the series of concerts that had its first public performance in 1965 at Town Hall in New York. He once said that he felt like Sky Masterson, the gambler-hero of "Guys and Dolls", who noted that: "There are two things that have been in every hotel room in America: Sky Masterson and the Gideon Bible." Walters continues to work in concerts, theatre, dabbles in background work in movies and TV, writes lots of unproduced plays and film scripts, and teaches film-making and video with kids. He also works for Gray Line New York Sightseeing as a tour guide riding around on the top of a double-decker bus telling lies about New York City to gullible and unwary tourists. He is married to the actress Donegal Browne. Their daughter Samantha Browne-Walters is also an actress.


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Born:
Dec 11, 1937 In Columbus, OH
Movie/TV Credits:
30
First Appeared:
In the movie You're a Big Boy Now 1966-09-09
Latest Project:
Movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018-10-19
Known For
Poster of Barry
Poster of Sisters
Poster of White Collar
Poster of Wait Until Dark
Filmography
Movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? Homeless Man (uncredited) 2018-10-19
Movie John Wick: Chapter 2 Homeless Man in Chinatown (uncredited) 2017-02-08
Movie Marjorie Prime Old Jon (as W.A. Walters) 2017-01-23
Movie The Dark Tower Homeless Man in Alley (uncredited) 2017-08-03
Movie Barry Homeless Man in Stairwell (uncredited) 2016-09-10
Movie The Comedian Homeless in Soup Line (uncredited) 2016-12-09
Movie True Story Inmate (uncredited) 2015-04-17
Movie Ricki and the Flash Salt Well Regular (uncredited) 2015-07-10
Movie Sisters Airport Traveler (uncredited) 2015-12-18
Movie The Night Before Christmas Bartender (uncredited) 2015-11-20
Movie Shelter Homeless Man with Cart (uncredited) 2014-09-12
Movie Annie Soup Kitchen Guest (uncredited) 2014-12-18
Movie A Most Violent Year Subway Rider (uncredited) 2014-12-31
Movie Man on a Ledge Inmate 2012-01-13
Movie Being Flynn Homeless Man in Shelter (uncredited) 2012-03-02
Movie Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Homeless Dude 2012-03-06
Movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Homeless Man (uncredited) 2011-12-25
Movie You Don't Know Jack Michigan Inmate (uncredited) 2010-04-14
Movie Fair Game Vietnam Vet at Rally (uncredited) 2010-05-20
Series White Collar Weird Guy in Lobby 2009-10-23
Movie Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Homeless at PABT (uncredited) 2008-10-03
Movie Enchanted 42nd Street BG (uncredited) 2007-11-20
Movie August Rush Central Park Background (uncredited) 2007-11-21
Movie Analyze That Sing Sing Inmate (uncredited) 2002-12-06
Movie Riding in Cars with Boys Hippie at Party (uncredited) 2001-10-19
Movie Chips, the War Dog Basic Training Soldier 1990-03-24
Movie Penn & Teller Get Killed Volkswagen Driver (uncredited) 1989-09-22
Movie Midnight Cowboy St. Bernard Owner (uncredited) 1969-05-25
Movie Wait Until Dark BG with Dog (uncredited) 1967-10-26
Movie You're a Big Boy Now Commerce Street BG (uncredited) 1966-09-09
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