Walker Robert

American radio and film actor who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcocks thriller Strangers on a Train (1951), which was released shortly before his early demise. He made his film debut in Bataan (1943), followed by Since You Went Away and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). Throughout his career he was somewhat cramped by the wholesomeness of his image as an appealing boy-next-door. Actually an alcoholic and schizophrenic, he was convicted of drunk driving and spent a long period of time in a mental clinic. His first marriage to actress Jennifer Jones in 1939 lasted five years, divorced 1945; two children including actor Robert Walker Jr. (1940-2019). A second marriage and divorce (1948-1949) was followed by a third marriage to actress Hanna Hertelendy in 1949. Robert Walker died of sudden respiratory failure on 28 March 1951 at 10 PM PDT in Los Angeles, California. He was 32. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less