As an avid actor, he started Chiedza Drama Club, and was also active at the Anglican Young People's Association at St Michael's Church.
He attended the famous St Augustine's Mission, Penhalonga before he got his first job as an editorial assistant at the Rhodesia Literature Bureau.
In 1970, Muparutsa joined Sundown Theatre, a professional group that was based at Prince Edward School under John Haig.
[2] Besides, his immense contributions in contemporary Zimbabwean theatre, Muparutsa, was also a revered actor who made appearances in popular feature films such as Everyone's Child (1996), Kini & Adams (1997) and Yellow Card (2000).
In 2011 Tsitsi Dangarembga's International Images Film Festival (IIFF) for Women also introduced the Walter Muparutsa Award in the New Man Category.