Walter F. Craig (December 20, 1854 – January 25, 1933) was a violin soloist and orchestra director in New York City.

As a musician, he became associated with a number of prominent vocalists including women: Madame Selika, Nelly Brown Mitchell, Adelaide G. Smith, Flora Batson,[2] Emma Azalia Hackley[4] and Sissieretta Jones[5] and men: L. L. Brown, William I. Powell, Thomas Chestnut,[2] and Harry Burleigh.

[10] Possibly the most well renowned annual concert was his pre-lenten reception which took place at Palm Garden in New York and continued into the 1910s.

[2] His work frequently interpreted classical composors with "exceptional feeling and fidelity" and was important in shaping the musical tastes of African-Americans in New York City.

His abilities stretched beyond classical composition and his orchestra was in great demand for dance programs.

[14] Bertie died at their Brooklyn home, 483 Hancock Street, on May 16, 1919.,[15] and the following year he married the recently widowed former singer Minerva "Minnie" Skanks Conick,[16] whose late husband, Edward Gearing Conick, had been the recording secretary of The Frogs (club), a Harlem-based association of African American theatrical professionals.