Eugene Walter (November 27, 1874 – September 26, 1941) was a playwright. He was the author of the hit play The Easiest Way.
Biography
He was born on November 27, 1874, in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the 1st Ohio Cavalry as a private and was a veteran of the Spanish–American War.
He was married to actress Charlotte Walker in 1908 in Cincinnati. They separated for a time in 1910. The marriage ended in divorce in October 1923, when he secretly married Mary Kissel in Mexico. She was a New York artists' model and actress.
Description
Artist and reporter Marguerite Martyn described Walter in 1910:
He is a man whose growth has not gone to length of limb or body. His incessant interest in life has taken him to many rough corners of the earth, so he is weather-toughened and looks as if he might be in excellent athletic training. He is small of stature and sturdy. He has a long upper lip and big eyes which he narrows and fixes upon something way off in the future. He is perfectly quiet, and you might think a little diffident — until he has something to say.
She also interviewed him in 1911.
Death
Walter died of cancer on September 26, 1941, in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Sawtelle.
Plays
Sergeant James (1901), later called Boots and Saddles (1909)
The Flag Station (1905)
The Undertow (1907)
Paid in Full (1908)
The Real Issue (1908)
The Wolf (1908)
The Easiest Way (1909)
Boots and Saddles (1909)
Just a Wife (1910)
The Assassin (1911)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1912), adapted from the novel of the same name
