Douglas Walton
Publicity Still of Douglas Walton, 1939
Born	John Douglas Duder (1909-10-17)October 17, 1909 Toronto,Ontario, Canada
Died	November 15, 1961(1961-11-15) (aged 52) New York City, U.S.
Nationality	Canadian American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1950
Spouses	Florence M. Barnett ​ ​ (m. 1934, divorced)​ Vee W. Roberts ​ ​ (m. 1943, divorced)​ Huguette Suzanne Marie Philomene Boudet ​ ​ (m. 1950)​

Douglas Walton (bornJohn Douglas Duder; October 17, 1909 – November 15, 1961) was aCanadian-born American actor who worked in American films during the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1950.

Born inToronto,Ontario, Canada on October 17, 1909, Walton began his acting career in the theatres ofChicago andNew York City. Tall, blond and elegant, Walton played many aristocratic, intellectual or sophisticated English or European men in films such asThe Count of Monte Cristo in 1934;Bride of Frankenstein (1935), in which Walton memorably played the English poetPercy Bysshe Shelley in the film's prologue; theClark Gable version ofMutiny on the Bounty (1935); and directorJohn Ford'sMary of Scotland (1936) starringKatharine Hepburn, in which Walton gave his perhaps best performance as the effeminate and cowardly "Lord Darnley".^[1][2] Ford directed Walton inThe Lost Patrol (1934) andThe Long Voyage Home (1940, starringJohn Wayne) as well. Walton also acted inBad Lands, the 1939 Western remake of Ford'sThe Lost Patrol, directed byLew Landers.

In 1939, Walton returned to New York to appear onBroadway in the comedyBilly Draws a Horse.^[3]

In the 1940s, Walton's parts were secondary characters or even uncredited roles inB-movies, or sometimes in high-profile films such asKing Vidor'sNorthwest Passage (1940), starringSpencer Tracy, andThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1945).^[1] One sizable role was "Percival Priceless" inDick Tracy vs. Cueball (1947).^[2] His final film wasThree Came Home (1950).^[4]

Walton retired in 1950 and died eleven years later, on November 17, 1961, from a heart attack, at age 52.^[1]

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