About Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)
Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951), which was released shortly before his premature death. He started in youthful boy-next-door roles, often as a World War II soldier. One of these roles was opposite his first wife, Jennifer Jones, in the World War II epic Since You Went Away (1944). He also played Jerome Kern in Till the Clouds Roll By. Twice divorced by 30, he was an alcoholic and mentally ill, which were exacerbated by his painful separation and divorce from Jones. Isley then returned to auditioning, and her luck changed when she was discovered in 1941 by producer David O. Since You Went Away was one of the most financially successful movies of 1944, earning over $7 million. The film earned rental receipts of more than $6 million.
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