Walter Schneider (1878–1935) was a German operatic bass.
Born in Bretzenheim, his initial musical ambition was to become a conductor, but in the end he decided on a singing career.
His repertoire included several major Wagner bass roles (Gurnemanz in Parsifal, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Fasolt and Hunding in Der Ring des Nibelungen a.o.).
He sang in several world premiere performances: Schreker's Der ferne Klang (18 August 1912), Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin (15 March 1913) and Die Gezeichneten (25 April 1918), Delius's Fennimore and Gerda (21 October 1919), Rudi Stephan's Die ersten Menschen (1 July 1920), and d'Albert's Der Golem (14 November 1926).
In December 1934 he made his final appearance in Frankfurt as Mephisto in Gounod's Faust, the same role in which he had made his Frankfurt debut nineteen years earlier.