Rudolph Malcolm Walker CBE (born 28 September 1939) is a Trinidadian
actor, known for his roles as Bill Reynolds in the ITV sitcom Love Thy
Neighbour and Patrick Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.Rudolph
Walker was born on 28 September 1939 in San Juan, Trinidad, and began
acting as an eight-year-old in primary school, going on to join Derek
Walcott's Trinidad Theatre Workshop as its youngest member. With the
aim of furthering his career he left the island at the age of 20 in
1960. He had been planning to go to the United States, where he had
connections, but actor Errol John â€" who had already migrated to
Britain but was in Trinidad doing a play â€" convinced him to go to
the UK, where the training was superior.Walker's earliest television
role was as a policeman in the British The Wednesday Play, in the
episode titled "Fable" (aired 27 January 1965). He is known for his
comedic roles in Love Thy Neighbour (Thames Television), The Thin Blue
Line, which starred Rowan Atkinson, and in Ali G Indahouse. He also
appeared in Doctor Who, in the 1969 serial The War Games, and also in
several episodes of Empire Road in 1979. He was one of the first black
actors to be seen regularly on British television, and so has always
been proud of his role on the controversial Love Thy Neighbour, which
ran for seven series, from 1972 to 1976.
actor, known for his roles as Bill Reynolds in the ITV sitcom Love Thy
Neighbour and Patrick Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.Rudolph
Walker was born on 28 September 1939 in San Juan, Trinidad, and began
acting as an eight-year-old in primary school, going on to join Derek
Walcott's Trinidad Theatre Workshop as its youngest member. With the
aim of furthering his career he left the island at the age of 20 in
1960. He had been planning to go to the United States, where he had
connections, but actor Errol John â€" who had already migrated to
Britain but was in Trinidad doing a play â€" convinced him to go to
the UK, where the training was superior.Walker's earliest television
role was as a policeman in the British The Wednesday Play, in the
episode titled "Fable" (aired 27 January 1965). He is known for his
comedic roles in Love Thy Neighbour (Thames Television), The Thin Blue
Line, which starred Rowan Atkinson, and in Ali G Indahouse. He also
appeared in Doctor Who, in the 1969 serial The War Games, and also in
several episodes of Empire Road in 1979. He was one of the first black
actors to be seen regularly on British television, and so has always
been proud of his role on the controversial Love Thy Neighbour, which
ran for seven series, from 1972 to 1976.
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