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  "description": "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nWalter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce, 20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor.  Kingsford began his acting career on the London stage. He also had a long Broadway career, appearing in plays from the 1912 original American production of George Bernard Shaw's Fanny's First Play to 1944's Song of Norway.\n\nIn the early 1920s, Kingford was active with the Henry Jewett Players.\n\nKingsford moved to Hollywood, California, for a prolific film career in supporting parts. On screen, he specialised in portraying authority figures such as noblemen, heads of state, doctors, police inspectors and lawyers. He is best known for his recurring role as the snobbish hospital head Dr. P. Walter Carew in the popular Dr. Kildare (and Dr. Gillespie) film series.\n\nKingsford had numerous television appearances in the 1950s. They included TV Reader's Digest, Command Performance and Science Fiction Theatre.",
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