Rudolph Walker

Acting

Rudolph Walker

Born 1939-09-28 · Trinidad, British West Indies

Rudolph Malcolm Walker CBE (born 28 September 1939) is a Trinidadian-British actor, best known for his sitcom roles as Bill Reynolds in Love Thy Neighbour (1972–76), Constable Frank Gladstone in The Thin Blue Line (1995–96) and since 2001 as Patrick Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2009, the Rudolph Walker Foundation was established to provide inspirational role models and positive activities that empower young people to overcome the obstacles and build positive futures.

Acting credits

Ali G Indahouse poster
6.1

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.

Ali G Indahouse

2002

King Ralph poster
5.4

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

King Ralph

1991

The Last Giraffe poster
7.0

An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe of Kenya by adopting an orphaned animal whose mother had been slain by a notorious poacher.

The Last Giraffe

1979

10 Rillington Place poster
7.3

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

10 Rillington Place

1971

Bitter Harvest poster
NR

A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece together her story.

Bitter Harvest

1992

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Carnival!

2009

Let Him Have It poster
6.6

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.

Let Him Have It

1991

No artwork available
NR

When millionaire businessman Guy Taylor takes up with the beautiful Rachel Bell, two years married to a struggling sculptor, he starts to question what he really wants. TV play. Third part of writer Kenneth Jupp's "Chelsea Trilogy"; see also The PHOTOGRAPHER (tx 29/1/1968) and The EXPLORER/ PLAYHOUSE (tx 14/10/1968).

The Tycoon

1968

The Witches poster
6.0

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

The Witches

1966

Fable poster
7.0

In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

Fable

1965

A Warm December poster
6.5

Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.

A Warm December

1973

Girl Stroke Boy poster
5.6

When a young man brings an unexpected new partner home for dinner, the underlying prejudices of his straitlaced, middle-class parents are brought to the fore.

Girl Stroke Boy

1971

Bhaji on the Beach poster
5.3

A group of South Asian women try but cannot escape their problems on a day trip to a British beach resort.

Bhaji on the Beach

1993

Man About the House poster
4.9

An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.

Man About the House

1974

Universal Soldier poster
6.7

A life-long mercenary commander and weapons expert is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.

Universal Soldier

1972

Roadrunner poster
NR

A young West Indian has to interrupt his rich international life to sort out some passport trouble at home. His lifestyle is very different from the simple one of his family in North London, leading to considerable tension.

Roadrunner

1977

Mutiny poster
NR

A story of WWI soldiers and the Black struggle for pride and freedom. Eye witness testimonies of surviving veterans, official documents and archive photos reveal the incredible story of the British West Indies Regiment.

Mutiny

1999

Doctor Who: The War Games poster
9.7

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of World War I, they realise it to be one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers to form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this plot is the War Chief, another renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. The creeping realisation sets in that the Doctor cannot solve this problem alone, and that his days of wandering may be at an end...

Doctor Who: The War Games

1969

Spaghetti House poster
6.3

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.

Spaghetti House

1982

Dockers poster
6.8

Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves

Dockers

1999

Black and White in Colour poster
10.0

A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.

Black and White in Colour

1992

Pirate Prince poster
10.0

Jack Prince, a British renegade, joins a rebellion and becomes one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean.

Pirate Prince

1991

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross poster
7.0

Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality.

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

2019

Love Thy Neighbour poster
6.3

Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...

Love Thy Neighbour

1973