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Walter Bacon

Date of birth: 1891-05-13

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Walter Scott Bacon

Walter Bacon

Biography

Movie Credits

Critic's Choice
2.8

Critic's Choice

1963-02-24

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be ver

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
3.4

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967-03-09

A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of

The Suspect
3.4

The Suspect

1945-01-31

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yea

Bannerline
3

Bannerline

1951-10-12

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

Storm Warning
3.3

Storm Warning

1951-02-10

A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Kla

In Old Amarillo
3

In Old Amarillo

1951-05-15

A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the r

Seven Days in May
3.6

Seven Days in May

1964-02-01

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Chicago Confidential
2.4

Chicago Confidential

1957-08-30

In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.

It Happened Tomorrow
3.4

It Happened Tomorrow

1944-03-31

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings

Keeper of the Flame
3.3

Keeper of the Flame

1943-04-01

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

Westbound
3.1

Westbound

1959-04-25

As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes fights on a vital but little-known batt

Robin and the 7 Hoods
3

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964-06-24

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisbor

The Chapman Report
2.5

The Chapman Report

1962-10-05

A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.

Party Girl
3.4

Party Girl

1958-10-28

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he mee

The Fastest Gun Alive
3.5

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956-07-12

Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee

Twilight of Honor
3.1

Twilight of Honor

1963-11-13

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his m

Pot o' Gold
2.8

Pot o' Gold

1941-04-03

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. B

Roadblock
2.9

Roadblock

1951-09-17

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

Gypsy
3.1

Gypsy

1962-11-01

Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge b

Nazi Agent
3.3

Nazi Agent

1942-03-01

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a

Belle of the Yukon
2.7

Belle of the Yukon

1944-12-27

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest c

The Last Hurrah
3.6

The Last Hurrah

1958-12-31

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo

Deadline at Dawn
3.1

Deadline at Dawn

1946-03-18

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of m

Glory Alley
2.8

Glory Alley

1952-06-06

A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.

The Invisible Man Returns
3.1

The Invisible Man Returns

1940-01-12

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him in

Witness for the Prosecution
4.1

Witness for the Prosecution

1957-12-17

An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and ev

Psycho
4.2

Psycho

1960-06-22

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starti

The Man Who Knew Too Much
3.7

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956-05-16

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocc

The Tin Star
3.5

The Tin Star

1957-11-06

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

Modern Times
4.2

Modern Times

1936-02-05

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by

It's Always Fair Weather
3.5

It's Always Fair Weather

1955-08-30

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. The

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
3.5

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966-06-08

A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopar

Auntie Mame
3.5

Auntie Mame

1958-12-04

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patric

Friendly Persuasion
3.3

Friendly Persuasion

1956-10-30

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio

The Square Jungle
3

The Square Jungle

1955-12-30

Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through l

Advise & Consent
3.6

Advise & Consent

1962-06-06

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffin

City for Conquest
3.4

City for Conquest

1940-09-21

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug

The Spirit of St. Louis
3.4

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957-04-01

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York t

Around the World in 80 Days
3.3

Around the World in 80 Days

1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor

Citizen Kane
4

Citizen Kane

1941-04-17

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich

Flame of Barbary Coast
2.6

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945-05-28

Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.

The Fighting Seabees
3.1

The Fighting Seabees

1944-01-27

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work

Mr. Lucky
3.5

Mr. Lucky

1943-07-01

A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience be

The Bigamist
3.2

The Bigamist

1953-12-03

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of

The Iron Mistress
2.5

The Iron Mistress

1952-11-19

In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother,

The Miracle of the Bells
3

The Miracle of the Bells

1948-03-27

The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she

Make Your Own Bed
2.9

Make Your Own Bed

1944-06-10

Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires

Pursued
3.3

Pursued

1947-03-05

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighb

A Streetcar Named Desire
3.8

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951-09-18

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with

Reign of Terror
3.4

Reign of Terror

1949-10-15

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacob

Bright Leaf
2.9

Bright Leaf

1950-06-16

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

The Man from Colorado
3.4

The Man from Colorado

1948-08-07

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of the

The Proud Ones
3.2

The Proud Ones

1956-05-15

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
3

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960-01-21

Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where h

To Kill a Mockingbird
4

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962-12-20

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
2.6

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947-09-26

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome

Munster, Go Home!
3.2

Munster, Go Home!

1966-06-15

Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where th

The File on Thelma Jordon
3.3

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949-11-04

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a t

The Quiet Gun
3.2

The Quiet Gun

1957-07-18

A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontie

Four Faces West
2.8

Four Faces West

1948-08-03

Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks abo

The Baron of Arizona
3.3

The Baron of Arizona

1950-03-04

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires

It Should Happen to You
3.5

It Should Happen to You

1954-01-15

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a docum

Two on a Guillotine
3

Two on a Guillotine

1965-01-13

The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a gui

Sunrise at Campobello
3

Sunrise at Campobello

1960-09-28

The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especial

The Mississippi Gambler
3.6

The Mississippi Gambler

1953-01-29

Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. H

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
3.3

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

1966-01-20

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted

Thunder Over the Plains
2.7

Thunder Over the Plains

1953-10-27

Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers,

Executive Suite
3.5

Executive Suite

1954-04-30

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to

Torn Curtain
3.3

Torn Curtain

1966-07-14

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and

The Great Race
3.5

The Great Race

1965-07-01

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto m

Escape from Fort Bravo
3.1

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953-12-04

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

The Prodigal
2

The Prodigal

1955-05-06

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring