Walker was born in
Toronto,
Ontario, and raised in
Ottawa, where he attended
Gloucester High School. He had an older sister Sandra, and a younger brother, Jim. Walker studied animation at
Sheridan College. Upon his graduation, he was hired by
Atkinson Film-Arts and worked on the animated shows
Dennis the Menace and
The Raccoons. Walker joined
Walt Disney Animation Studios at their
Florida location in 1989. His first project with Disney was the
Roger Rabbit short film
Roller Coaster Rabbit. He also worked on
The Rescuers Down Under (1990),
Beauty and the Beast (1991),
Aladdin (1992),
The Lion King (1994),
Mulan (1998), and
Lilo & Stitch (2002). He died of a heart attack at his California home in 2015, aged 54. ==References==