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Walt Willey Biography
Birth Name:Walt Willey
Birth Place:Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Profession Actor, Writer
Fast Facts
- Created the Willey World Endowment Fund to benefit children's charities
- Helped raise funds for the Friendship House in his home town of Ottawa, Illinois
- Has two children, Chance and Merit, with Marie Willey, who he married in 1994
- Studied sculpture at Southern Illinois University
- Quote: "I much prefer working live․ I'm totally jazzed after a live show․ If nobody laughs, then I'm doing something wrong and I won't do it again․"
- Cites actress Anne Bancroft as his first celebrity crush
- Played baseball against future soap opera actor Drake Hogestyn while in college
Awards
- 1991Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Supporting Actor: Daytime: nominated
- 1992Soap Opera Digest Award-Best Love Story: Daytime or Prime Time: nominated
- 1998OFTA Television Award-Best Actor in a Daytime Serial: nominated
- 2005Soap Opera Digest Award-Favorite Couple: nominated