DID YOU KNOW?

(Some trivia about Robert Walker)


Height and Weight -- 6’, 145 lbs.

Eye & Hair Color – Blue eyes, brown hair

Children – 2 boys

Nickname – Curly

Owned a Boxer dog named Brooke

Strictly a shower man – likes to sing in his bath

Favorite lunch – creamed chicken hash plus 3 bottle of milk plus apple pie a la mode

Breakfast is orange juice, milk and coffee

Favorite Color – Royal blue

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, playing drums, word games, music, Early American furniture

Favorite Book – “The Little Prince”

Closest friends – Jim Henaghan, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lawford

Married when making $25 a week

Picked up a smattering of Yiddish and Italian while living in New York

Memo of Hollywood talent scout: “ROBERT WALKER…New York radio actor. Pace all wrong. Body too skinny. Nice personality. Not for movies.”

Neat and orderly, but inclined to be late for appointments

Late diner, favoring leisurely meals around nine in the evening

Stay-up later and late riser when not working

Makes telephone calls at any hour of the day or night


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