Bill Walters
Born: 1937-12-11 in Columbus, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2018
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Homeless Man (uncredited)
2017
- John Wick: Chapter 2 as Homeless Man in Chinatown (uncredited)
- The Dark Tower as Homeless Man in Alley (uncredited)
- Marjorie Prime as Old Jon (as W.A. Walters)
2016
- The Comedian as Homeless in Soup Line (uncredited)
- Barry as Homeless Man in Stairwell (uncredited)
2015
- Ricki and the Flash as Salt Well Regular (uncredited)
- Sisters as Airport Traveler (uncredited)
- The Night Before as Christmas Bartender (uncredited)
- True Story as Inmate (uncredited)
2014
- A Most Violent Year as Subway Rider (uncredited)
- Annie as Soup Kitchen Guest (uncredited)
- Shelter as Homeless Man with Cart (uncredited)
2013
- The Americans as Homeless at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
2012
- Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life as Homeless Dude
- Man on a Ledge as Inmate
- Being Flynn as Homeless Man in Shelter (uncredited)
2011
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Homeless Man (uncredited)
2010
- Fair Game as Vietnam Vet at Rally (uncredited)
- You Don't Know Jack as Michigan Inmate (uncredited)
- The Extra Man as Panhandler
2009
- White Collar as Weird Guy in Lobby
- Bored to Death as Barfly (uncredited)
- Back as Homeless at Bowling Green
2008
- The Wrestler as Wrestling Fan (uncredited)
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as Homeless at PABT (uncredited)
2007
- Enchanted as 42nd Street BG (uncredited)
2006
- Six Degrees as Subway Rider (uncredited)
- P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have A Problem! as Manager of the Stage
2002
- Analyze That as Sing Sing Inmate (uncredited)
2001
- 100 Centre Street as Perp (uncredited)
- Riding in Cars with Boys as Hippie at Party (uncredited)
1991
- The Refrigerator as Eileen's Father
1969
- Midnight Cowboy as St. Bernard Owner (uncredited)
1967
- Wait Until Dark as BG with Dog (uncredited)
1966
- You're a Big Boy Now as Commerce Street BG (uncredited)