Hollywood’s Most Versatile Actor and Director

As an actor and director, Christopher Joseph Walker is one of the most versatile actors to ever grace the silver screen. His career began as a newsreel cameraman and he went on to shoot his first feature film in the Arctic Circle. He went on to work in various studios, specializing as quickies. His camera skills were legendary: he had a large collection of lenses and knew what each one of them was capable of. These advantages allowed him to get close-up shots without moving the camera or using a tripod. This saved studios time and money while he was shooting westerns or serials.

Joseph Walker’s career spans many decades. He was born in Denver, Colorado in 1892 and died in Las Vegas in his eighties. His many patents cover a number of fields, including a method of producing multi-exposure motion picture films, a dissolve device for cameras, and a means of transmitting and decoding secret messages. His passion for motion pictures and the potential to capture the human experience was a driving force in his career in the movie industry.