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Walker Robert Edmiston (February 6, 1926 – February 15, 2007) was an American actor and puppeteer.[1]
Early years
Walker Edmiston was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 6, 1926, to William Sherman Edmiston (1894–1976) and Anna Edmiston (née Anderson, 1887–1967).[2] Edmiston participated in local theater productions during his high school years.[3] He later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse.[4]
Edmiston also did many television commercials and animated character voices, such as Ernie the elf in hundreds of commercials for the cookie products of the Keebler Company, and voices for characters on H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos from the studios of Sid and Marty Krofft,[1] as well as a recurring role as Enik the Altrusian in Land of the Lost.[6]: 579-580 He also 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. Following Edmiston's death, both characters were retired from the show.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, he hosted The Walker Edmiston Show, a children's television program in Los Angeles, California. The program featured puppets of his own creation including Kingsley the Lion, Ravenswood the Buzzard,[3] and Callie the Cat.
In 1962, Edmiston and his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he began a daily puppet show on KOOL-TV.[4] He was also a stage director at Children's Theater in Phoenix.[8]
Personal life and death
Edmiston married Evelyn in 1950, and together they had two children, daughters Andria and Erin.[3] Evelyn died in 1998.[3]
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^ abcdefTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 144. ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ abcdefgh"Walker Edmiston (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 8, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
^Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 431.
