---
name: "James Walker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-walker"
fi1m_id: "james-walker"
imdb_id: "nm0907813"
tmdb_id: 208920
wikidata_id: "Q6145009"
roles: []
born: "31 March 1940"
died: "1 January 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T00:35:22.947433+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Walker

## Identity

James Walker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-walker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-walker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0907813
- **TMDB ID:** 208920
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6145009
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Walker_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6145009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208920

Actor. Born 31 March 1940 in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset, England, UK). Died 1 January 2017.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 March 1940, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset, England, UK)
- **Died:** 1 January 2017
- **Active:** 1987–1996
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Walker_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6145009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208920

## Biography

James Walker (born James Stuart Chalton) was an English actor. He was born on 31 March 1940 in Bournemouth and brought up in Leeds. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he read modern languages, graduating in 1961, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1963 to 1966. He adopted his mother's maiden name as his stage name.

Walker appeared in films including *Nineteen Eighty-Four* (1984) as Syme, *Empire of the Sun* (1987) as Mr Radik and *Twelfth Night* (1996) as the Priest. His stage work included a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon from 1992 to 1994, with a foreign tour of *The Winter's Tale*, and the role of Albert Einstein in Terry Johnson's *Insignificance* in Harrogate in 1999. He also had numerous television roles. He was married to Sandra Walker from 1986 until his death in February 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Fi1m 70, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Fi1m 81, as Mr. Radik — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (2003), series, as Priest
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), as Priest — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Scam* (1993), as Arthur Hopper
- *Archer's Goon* (1992), series, as Music Master
- *9 1/2 Ninjas!* (1991), as Bum
- *Blore M.P.* (1989), as Headmaster
- *Danny the Champion of the World* (1989), as Vicar
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), as Mr. Radik — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams* (1986), as Mr Justice Devlin
- *The Russian Soldier* (1986), as Bookseller
- *Howards' Way* (1985), series, as Organist
- *Nineteen Eighty-Four* (1984), as Syme
- *Diana* (1984), series, as Morse Code Instructor
- *Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime* (1983), series, as Clerk #1
- *The Secret Adversary* (1983), as First Clerk
- *Shine on Harvey Moon* (1982), series, as Defence Counsel
- *Tenko* (1981), series, as Vicar
- *Bill Brand* (1976), series, as Lane
- *Edna: The Inebriate Woman* (1971), as Social security clerk

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