Walker Edmiston
Biography
Walker Edmiston was an American actor and puppeteer whose career centered on voices and puppetry. Born in St. Louis, he acted in local theater during high school and later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. In the 1950s he worked on puppet shows at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles and hosted The Walker Edmiston Show, a children's program with puppets of his own creation. His voice was heard on The Buffalo Billy Show, Time for Beany and Dumbo's Circus, and he took character roles on television from the 1950s into the 1970s, including the Star Trek episode The Corbomite Maneuver, in which he voiced Balok. He had a running role as Regan in the 1966 comedy western The Rounders, voiced Ernie the elf for Keebler commercials and characters on H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, played Enik the Altrusian in Land of the Lost, and spent more than twenty years on the radio program Adventures in Odyssey.
81years old at death
- Born St. Louis
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 21 years1965 to 1986
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A change of course
Edmiston provided animated character voices and appeared in many television commercials, including Ernie the elf for the Keebler Company's cookie products. He also voiced characters on H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos.
About the name
Edmiston used the stage name Walter Edmiston for some of his voice credits, including the Autobot Inferno in The Transformers in 1985.
Walker Edmiston movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Great Mouse Detective1986 Adventure, Animation, Familyas Citizen / Thug Guardvoice
IMDb rating 7.160K votes
Worked with
Walker Edmiston shares two films with Frank Welker, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Keenan Wynn's page
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Karen Black's page
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All films by Burny Mattinson
All films by Ron Clements
Nelson ShinDirector, 1 film, 1986
All films by Nelson Shin
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