Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)

Robert Walker
Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)
Born	Robert Hudson Walker (1918-10-13)October 13, 1918 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	August 28, 1951(1951-08-28) (aged 32) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–1951
Spouses	Jennifer Jones ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1945)​ Barbara Ford ​ ​ (m. 1948; div. 1948)​ Hanna Hertelendy ​ (m. 1949)​
Children	2, including Robert Walker Jr.

Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor^[1] who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951), which was released shortly before his early demise.

He started in youthful boy-next-door roles, often as a World War II soldier. One of these roles was opposite his first wife, Jennifer Jones, in the World War II epic Since You Went Away (1944). He also played Jerome Kern in Till the Clouds Roll By. Twice divorced by 30, he suffered from alcoholism and mental illness, which were exacerbated by his painful separation and divorce from Jones.^[2]