James Walker (31 March 1940 – 28 February 2017) was an English actor active in films and on television between 1980 and 2006.

His career highlights included a season between 1992 and 1994 with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon – including a foreign tour with The Winter's Tale – and taking the role of Albert Einstein in Terry Johnson's play Insignificance, in Harrogate in 1999.

He was the son of Stuart Chalton, a chartered accountant, and his wife, Alice, known as Molly (née Walker).

He was educated at Sedbergh School and thereafter at Trinity College, Oxford, to study modern languages, graduating in 1961.

He also had roles in films including Nineteen Eighty-Four, Danny the Champion of the World, and Red Sun Rising.