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Walter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce, 20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor. Kingsford began his acting career on the London stage. He also had a long Broadway career, appearing in plays from the 1912 original American production of George Bernard Shaw's Fanny's First Play to 1944's Song of Norway.
In the early 1920s, Kingford was active with the Henry Jewett Players.
Kingsford moved to Hollywood, California, for a prolific film career in supporting parts. On screen, he specialised in portraying authority figures such as noblemen, heads of state, doctors, police inspectors and lawyers. He is best known for his recurring role as the snobbish hospital head Dr. P. Walter Carew in the popular Dr. Kildare (and Dr. Gillespie) film series.
Kingsford had numerous television appearances in the 1950s. They included TV Reader's Digest, Command Performance and Science Fiction Theatre.
Known For
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(1951)
Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Mongolia Captain (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Uncle Kenneth
Captains Courageous
(1937)
Dr. Finley
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Colonel Sandherr
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Dr. Melton (uncredited)
The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941)
Mr. Allison (General Manager)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
(1932)
Dodge - Miller's Valet (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
(1934)
Drew
The Pursuit of Happiness
(1934)
Rev. Lyman Banks
Shanghai
(1935)
Hilton
Professional Soldier
(1935)
Christian Ledgard
The White Cockatoo
(1935)
Marcus Lovscheim
Naughty Marietta
(1935)
Don Carlos
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1935)
Hiram Grewgious
I Found Stella Parish
(1935)
Reeves
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1936)
Joshua Snade
The Invisible Ray
(1936)
Sir Francis Stevens
Meet Nero Wolfe
(1936)
Emanuel Jeremiah (E.J.) Kimball
Hearts Divided
(1936)
Pichon
Speed
(1936)
Uncle Edward Emery
Frankie and Johnnie
(1936)
Timothy
Trouble for Two
(1936)
Malthus
The Story of Louis Pasteur
(1936)
Napoleon III
Mad Holiday
(1936)
Ben Kelvin
The Music Goes 'Round
(1936)
Cobham
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
(1937)
"Professor" Stanton
Captains Courageous
(1937)
Dr. Finley
Double or Nothing
(1937)
Mr. Dobson
Behind the Criminal
(1937)
Robert Carver
Stolen Holiday
(1937)
Francis Chalon
My Dear Miss Aldrich
(1937)
Mr. Talbot
The Devil Is Driving
(1937)
Louis Wooster
I'll Take Romance
(1937)
William Kane
Maytime
(1937)
Mr. Rudyard
It Could Happen to You
(1937)
Prof. Schwab
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Colonel Sandherr
The League of Frightened Men
(1937)
Ferdinand E. Bowen
Algiers
(1938)
Chef Inspector Louvain
Carefree
(1938)
Dr. Powers
The Young in Heart
(1938)
Inspector
If I Were King
(1938)
Tristan l'Hermite
The Lone Wolf in Paris
(1938)
Grand Duke Gregor de Meyerson
Paradise for Three
(1938)
William Reichenbach
The Toy Wife
(1938)
Judge Rondell
There's Always a Woman
(1938)
Grigson - Butler
Say It in French
(1938)
Hopkins
Young Dr. Kildare
(1938)
Dr. P. Walter Carew
Smashing the Spy Ring
(1938)
Dr. L.B. Carter
Lord Jeff
(1938)
Superintendent
A Yank at Oxford
(1938)
Dean Williams
The Man in the Iron Mask
(1939)
Colbert
The Witness Vanishes
(1939)
Amos Craven
Miracles for Sale
(1939)
Colonel Watrous
Juarez
(1939)
Prince Richard Metternich
Calling Dr. Kildare
(1939)
Dr. Walter Carew
Dancing Co-Ed
(1939)
President Cavendish
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
(1939)
Dr. S.J. Carew
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
(1940)
Dr. Walter Carew
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
(1940)
Dr. Walter Carew
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Uncle Kenneth
Star Dust
(1940)
Studio Actor Playing "Napoleon"
A Dispatch from Reuters
(1940)
Napoleon III
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
(1940)
Dr. S.J. 'Walter' Carew, Hospital Administrator
Lucky Partners
(1940)
Wendell
Adventure in Diamonds
(1940)
Wakefield
The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941)
Mr. Allison (General Manager)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
(1941)
Henry (Jardin butler)
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
(1941)
Dr. Walter Carew
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
(1941)
Dr. Hooper Tupman
Unholy Partners
(1941)
Mr. Peck
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
(1941)
Dr. Walter Carew
The Corsican Brothers
(1941)
Monsieur Dupre
Hit the Road
(1941)
Colonel Smith
Calling Dr. Gillespie
(1942)
Dr. Carew
Fingers at the Window
(1942)
Dr. Cromwall
My Favorite Blonde
(1942)
Dr. Wallace Faber
Fly-By-Night
(1942)
Heydt
Dr. Kildare's Victory
(1942)
Dr. Walter Carew
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
(1942)
T.W. White
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
(1942)
Dr. Walter Carew
Mr. Lucky
(1943)
Commissioner Hargraves
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
(1943)
Dr. Walter Carew
Flight for Freedom
(1943)
Admiral Graves
Bomber's Moon
(1943)
Prof. Frederich Mueller
Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943)
Senator Simpson
Don't You Believe It
(1943)
George Washington
3 Men in White
(1944)
Dr. Walter Carew
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Dr. Melton (uncredited)
Between Two Women
(1945)
Dr. Walter Carew
The Velvet Touch
(1948)
Peter Gunther
The Black Arrow
(1948)
Sir Oliver Oates
Slattery's Hurricane
(1949)
R.J. Milne
Experiment Alcatraz
(1950)
Dr. J.P. Finley
Two Dollar Bettor
(1951)
Carleton P. Adams
Tarzan's Peril
(1951)
Barney (uncredited)
My Forbidden Past
(1951)
Coroner
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(1951)
Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge
Confidence Girl
(1952)
Mr. Markewell
The Brigand
(1952)
Sultan of Morocco
The Pathfinder
(1952)
Col. Duncannon
Walking My Baby Back Home
(1953)
Uncle Henry
Loose in London
(1953)
Earl of Washington
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Mongolia Captain (uncredited)
The Search for Bridey Murphy
(1956)
Professor
Merry Andrew
(1958)
Mr. Fairchild