Walter West was born on September 11, 1885 in Cookham, Berkshire, England as Walter Leonard Alabaster West. He was a director and producer, known for The House Opposite (1917), By the Hand of a Brother (1915) and A Great Coup (1919). He was married to Ane Katrine Dusine Kristensen and Violet Hopson. He died on March 7, 1958 in London, England.