Bill Walker

Bill Walker (1922 - 1995) was a Canadian broadcaster and actor.

Originally from Rouleau, Saskatchewan, he began his broadcasting career on Regina radio station CJRM before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He flew 35 missions as a bomber pilot, including the first daylight raid on the Ruhr Valley. Following the war he returned to the station as morning host and program director; at this time he also began acting in community theatre productions, winning the award for Best Actor at the Saskatchewan Regional Drama Festival five times and at the Dominion Drama Festival twice. During this era he married Marilyn Whittet, an actress and dancer he met in a production of Junior Miss. He also had selected stage acting roles, most notably playing Henry Higgins in the Rainbow Stage production of My Fair Lady in 1966.

Toward the end of his career he returned to radio, recording news commentaries for Toronto's CFRB.

In 1994, he sustained a hairline fracture of the neck in a car accident. His health declined afterward and he died approximately a year later, at age 72. He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame.