Home / Birthday profiles / Denis Walter

Birthday profile

Denis Walter

Denis Walter, Australian radio host and singer

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
January 3, 1955
Age in 2026
71
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1955

About Denis Walter

Denis Clive Walter OAM, is an Australian radio presenter, baritone singer, recording artist and media personality who also presented television news for 16 years. Walter's music career has lasted over forty years and he has recorded 16 albums to date. In August 2018, Walter was announced as a host on the Nine Network's travel series Helloworld, appearing on the first series. Obsessed with the quiz show “Sale of the Century”, Walter auditioned for the vacant host role a record 19 times. Denis Clive Walter OAM, (born 3 January 1955) is an Australian radio presenter, baritone singer, recording artist and media personality who also presented television news for 16 years.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Denis Walter timeline

  1. Denis Clive Walter OAM, (born 3 January 1955) is an Australian radio presenter, baritone singer, recording artist and media personality who also presented television news for 16 years.
  2. In August 2018, Walter was announced as a host on the Nine Network's travel series Helloworld, appearing on the first series.

The world when Denis Walter was born

Denis Walter was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Denis Walter's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Discogs. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.