- In recalling his courtroom scene in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Gregory Peck recalled the vital contribution of Bill Walker, who was cast as Reverend Sikes. "All the black people in the balcony stood," Peck noted. "My two kids didn't. When Bill said to them 'Stand up, children, your father is passing,' he wrapped up the Academy Award for me."
- Was married to original 'Our Gang' leading lady Peggy Cartwright, one of the early interracial marriages in Hollywood.
- The son of a freed slave.
- He was a tireless worker in the field of Civil Rights, frequently laying both his career and his life on the line.
- He was a veteran of World War I.
- In the filming of, "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)," Bill Walker appears delivering a package to Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) at the side door to the Hudson home. The scene did not make it into the completed film but movie stills exist of the scene.
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