Walter Shumway

Actor: Walter Shumway

Born: Oct 26, 1884 in Cleveland, Ohio
Died: Jan 13, 1965 in Woodland Hills, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '20s-'40s
Major Genres: Western, Action
Career Highlights: The Apache Raider, Headin' North, Catch As Catch Can
First Major Screen Credit: Fighting Sheriff (1925)

Biography

The husband of actress/writer/producer Corra Beach, Walter Shumway made his screen debut opposite his wife in What Becomes of the Children? (1918), an "uplift" melodrama dealing with divorce. The couple remade the film as a talkie in 1936, this time with Shumway directing Robert Frazer and Natalie Moorhead. As an actor, the tall, dark-haired Shumway usually played villains in low-budget Westerns and would continue to appear in bit parts onscreen until at least 1950. He died at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide