Walter Rayford Tucker Jr. (August 27, 1924 – October 1, 1990) was an American dentist and politician who served nine years as the Mayor of Compton, California.

While attending Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in Nashville, Tennessee, he met Martha Hinton, a student at Fisk University.

Circa 1970 Tucker bought land and built a medical building with his brothers, Booker T., an oral surgeon, and S. Edward, an OBGYN.

Serving the Watts community for many years, the brothers finally sold the building in the 80's and the area was redeveloped into a strip mall.

In addition to practicing dentistry and holding political office, Tucker served as an Associate Pastor at Zion Baptist Church.