1. Walker Robert Edmiston was an American actor and puppeteer.
12 Facts About Walker Edmiston
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Walker Edmiston was born in St Louis, Missouri, on February 6,1926, to William Sherman Edmiston and Anna Edmiston.
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Walker Edmiston's voice was heard on the puppet programs The Buffalo Billy Show and Time for Beany and on Dumbo's Circus, which included live action and animation.
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Walker Edmiston was a member of the cast of Lidsville and voiced characters on Pandamonium.
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Walker Edmiston appeared in character roles on several TV programs during the 1950s through the '70s, including the Star Trek episode The Corbomite Maneuver as the voice of Balok.
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Walker Edmiston appeared in Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Knots Landing, Adam-12, The Bob Newhart Show and The Dukes of Hazzard.
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Walker Edmiston played a character based on "Chester" in "Gun-Shy," the Maverick parody of Gunsmoke starring James Garner.
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In 1966, Walker Edmiston had a recurring role as Regan in the short-lived ABC comedy western series The Rounders with co-stars Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne, and Chill Wills.
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Walker Edmiston did many character voices on the Focus on the Family radio program, Adventures in Odyssey, in which he played Tom Riley, Bart Rathbone, and numerous other one-shot characters for more than twenty years.
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Walker Edmiston was a stage director at Children's Theater in Phoenix.
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Walker Edmiston married Evelyn in 1950, and together they had two children, daughters Andria and Erin.
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Walker Edmiston died from cancer in Woodland Hills, California on February 15,2007.