Christopher Walken Walken", playing fictional poet and ladies' man Robert Fulmer. In Woody Allen's 1977 film "Annie Hall", Walken played the homicidal and borderline crazy brother of Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Also in 1977, Walken had a minor role as Eli Wallach's partner in "The Sentinel". In 1978, he appeared in "Shoot the Sun Down", a western filmed in 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder. Along with Nick Nolte and Burt Reynolds, Walken was considered by George Lucas for the part of Han Solo in "Star Wars"; the part ultimately went to Harrison Ford. In 1977, Walken also starred in an episode of
The Sitter (1977 film) The Sitter (1977 film) The Sitter is a 1977 American short film directed by Fred Walton on which his 1979 feature film "When a Stranger Calls" is based. It is a suspenseful retelling of the classic urban legend of "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs" about a babysitter (Lucia Stralser) who is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls which are finally revealed to be coming from inside the house. In early 1977, Fred Walton and his old college friend Steve Feke were throwing around story ideas for a film and Feke told him the legendary tale of "The Babysitter