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Mar 23, 1930 Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Died on 15 Jul 2003 (aged 73)
Film critic from Northern Ireland
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About Alexander Walker Critic
- Alexander Walker (23 March 1930 – 15 July 2003) was a film critic, born in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
- He was educated at Queen's University, Belfast, the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium and the University of Michigan, and worked for the Birmingham Post in the 1950s, before becoming film critic of the London Evening Standard in 1960, a role he retained until his death in 2003.
- He was a highly influential figure within the film industry, and also wrote a number of books including one on Stanley Kubrick, a history of the impact made on Hollywood by the rise of the talkies (The Shattered Silents) and a biography of Elizabeth Taylor.
- His most extensive work is a history of British cinema, spread over three books: Hollywood England, National Heroes and Icons in the Fire.
