Keith A Walker


Actor, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Also Known As
Keith Walker
Birth Place
St Louis, Missouri, USA
Died
December 30, 1996
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Keith A Walker worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. He hosted the TV show "Let Me Talk To...." on KHJ-TV. He began his career by producing several radio shows in San Francisco, CA in the late 1960s. He wrote the pilot and 16 episodes for the Hanna-Barbara series "Mystery Island." He moved to Los Angeles, CA. He began his writing career in the late '70s by writ...

Family & Companions

Peggy Walton-Walker
Wife
Screenwriter. Co-wrote "Free Willy".

Biography

Keith A Walker worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. He hosted the TV show "Let Me Talk To...." on KHJ-TV. He began his career by producing several radio shows in San Francisco, CA in the late 1960s. He wrote the pilot and 16 episodes for the Hanna-Barbara series "Mystery Island." He moved to Los Angeles, CA. He began his writing career in the late '70s by writing 26 episodes of "Zero Hour" for the Mutual Radio Network. He took over radio station KLAC's all-night talk program. He also starred in the TV movies "The Affair" (1973-74), "The Law" (NBC, 1974-75) and "The Missing Are Deadly" (ABC, 1974-75). A Walker worked in television around the start of his acting career with a role on "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (ABC, 1974-75). His work around this time also included a part on the TV movie "Malice in Wonderland" (CBS, 1984-85). In the seventies and the eighties, he acted in "Till Death" (1978), "Future Schlock" (1983) and "The Goonies" (1985) with Sean Astin. A Walker was most recently credited in the Bindi Irwin family sequel "Free Willy: Escape From Pirate's Cove" (2010). A Walker had a number of different projects under his belt in the nineties through the early 2000s, including "Free Willy" (1993), "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home" with Jason James Richter (1995) and "Free Willy 3: The Rescue" with Jason James Richter (1997). His credits also expanded to "Fate" (2005) starring Michael Paré. A Walker passed away in December 1996 at the age of 61.

Life Events

1993

Co-wrote the screen version of "Free Willy"

Companions

Peggy Walton-Walker
Wife
Screenwriter. Co-wrote "Free Willy".

Bibliography