Rudolph Walker

ActorProduction Sep 28 (age 86) Trinidad, British West Indies 1963–2026 (63 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Rudolph Malcolm Walker CBE (born 28 September 1939) is a Trinidadian-British actor, best known for his sitcom roles as Bill Reynolds in Love Thy Neighbour (1972–76), Constable Frank Gladstone in The Thin Blue Line (1995–96) and since 2001 as Patrick Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2009, the Rudolph Walker Foundation was established to provide inspirational role models and positive activities that empower young people to overcome the obstacles and build positive futures.

Known For

Film

Ali G Indahouse

President Mwepu

Film

10 Rillington Place

West Indian

Film

The Thin Blue Line

Constable Frank Gladstone

Film

King Ralph

King Mulambon

Film

Let Him Have It

West Indian Driver

Film

The Witches

Mark

Film

Doctor Who: The War Games

Harper

Film

EastEnders

Patrick

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (39)

What Has the BBC Ever Done For Me?

2026

as Patrick Trueman

Angela Wynter and Rudolph Walker Remember... EastEnders: Yolande and Patrick

2025

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

2024

as Harper (archive footage)

5.8

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

as T.Ras Makonnen

Invasion 1897

Carnival!

as Self

Hit for Six

as Colin Thompson

Ali G Indahouse

as President Mwepu

Mutiny

as Voice

Dockers

as Bill Morris

Bhaji on the Beach

as Leonard Baptiste

Bitter Harvest

as John Johnson

Black and White in Colour

1992

as Self

Let Him Have It

1991

as West Indian Driver

King Ralph

as King Mulambon

Pirate Prince

as Thomas Newton

Escape From Kampala

as Kimumwe

Smack and Thistle

1991

as Churchill

Big George Is Dead

1987

as Tony

Elphida

1987

as Henry

Playboy of the West Indies

1985

as Mikey

The Hope and the Glory

1984

as Sam

Spaghetti House

1982

as Captain Martin

6.2

The Last Giraffe

1979

as Kamua

Another Day

1978

as George

Roadrunner

1977

as Albert Charles

Man About the House

as Himself

Love Thy Neighbour

as Bill Reynolds

A Warm December

as Man (uncredited)

The Trouble with 2B

Universal Soldier

as Mbote

10 Rillington Place

as West Indian

Girl Stroke Boy

as Mr. Delaney

All the Right Noises

as Gordon

Doctor Who: The War Games

1969

as Harper

9.7

The Tycoon

1968

as Major

Wind Versus Polygamy

1968

as Madu

The Witches

1966

as Mark

6.0

Fable

1965

as Policeman

Television (42)

My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani

2024

as Self - Interviewed Guest

7.0

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Boohbah

The Crouches

as Grandpa Langley Crouch

A Perfect State

The Thin Blue Line

as Constable Frank Gladstone

Scarlett

as Ransom

Between the Lines

For the Greater Good

as Dr Lawrence James

Mr. Bean

as Invigilator

Bodger and Badger

4 Play

as Defence counsel

Rules of Engagement

as Harry Cartwright

Lovejoy

as Earl Taylor

ScreenPlay

as John Johnson

EastEnders

as Patrick

EastEnders

as Patrick Trueman

Black Silk

as Larry Scott

The Chinese Detective

as Terence Villiers

An Audience with...

as Self

Empire Road

BBC2 Play of the Week

as George

The Fosters

as Andrew Henderson

Man About the House

as Self

Divorce His, Divorce Hers

as Kaduna

Love Thy Neighbour

as Bill Reynolds

The Frighteners

as Colonel Soute

Under And Over

as Club Owner

Big Brother

1970

as James Modola

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Nick

Paul Temple

On the Buses

as George

The Champions

ITV Playhouse

as Derek Page

Sanctuary

Mickey Dunne

as Second negro

Escape

1967

as Tami

United!

1965

7.0

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Benjamin Kingara

Theatre 625

as Mr Madu

The Wednesday Play

as Policeman

Doctor Who

as Harper

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

2019

Co-Producer

7.0