Jack Walten

Jack Walten is a major character in The Walten Files.

History
Jack Walten was born on September 23, 1932. He attended Cleary University in Livingston County. In 1958, he and Felix Kranken, a fellow student, came up with the idea of animatronic entertainers. He graduated and married Rosemary Walten in 1959. In 1960, his first child, Sophie Walten, was born. His second child, Edd, was born on May 15, 1962 and his third, Molly, was born on August 22, 1965.

In August of 1965, Felix and Jack proposed the idea of Bon's Burgers to the Cybertech Fun corporation and were approved.

On May 2nd, 1974, Jack was busy with work and Rosemary was busy taking Sophie to the dentist, so he called Felix to ask him to pick up his two younger children, Edd and Molly, and bring them to a school party, then get them back home at 9 pm. Felix seemed reluctant at first, but agreed when Jack explained the situation.

During the school party, Felix left the children on their own, and wandered off to the adult only area, which had a bar in it, where he drank excessively. Molly and Ed, after finding him, question his condition, but they still have to go home, since it had already been over an hour since Felix was supposed to drive them home.

On the way to the Waltens', Felix lost control of the car, killing both children in the crash immediately, and burying them in Saint Juana's Forest. Jack is heard near the end of the flashback sequence of BunnyFarm, frantically calling Felix dozens of times and berating him in voice messages, worried sick about his children who were supposed to be home hours ago.

Jack Walten was last seen on June 11, 1974.

Personality
Not much is known about his personality, but he seems to be calm judging by his phone calls with Felix, although he gets enraged when it comes to his children.

Martin Walls has said he is extroverted and that he can be intimidating when he wants to be.

Felix Kranken
Felix Kranken and Jack Walten are close friends who met in university. They bonded over wanting to start an animatronic themed restaurant and eventually their shared dream became a reality and that made them both the owners and founders of Bon’s Burgers. Their relationship takes a sharp turn when Felix got into a crash due to being blackout drunk and accidentally killed Jack’s two youngest children, Molly and Edd Walten. Soon after that Jack went missing.

The two would go to bars to hang out. Bon's Burgers is the two's only common interest.

Rosemary Walten
Rosemary Walten is Jack Walten’s wife. Her and Jack show no signs of having a struggling marriage before Jack goes missing and Rosemary dies. Although we do not know many details of their marriage/relationship, they do seem to be a loving couple as she returned to the diner every night in hopes of finding her missing husband.

The two met as teenagers as they lived close together.

Trivia

 * Jack Walten's appearance was based off of one of the founders of Atari, Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell was also a founder of Chuck E. Cheese, a popular children's restaurant chain that also featured singing animatronics.
 * Jack is voiced by Martin Walls, the creator of The Walten Files.
 * The missing poster for Jack is actually a picture of Rodney Alcala aka "The Dating Game Killer".
 * His favorite color is red.
 * He speaks Spanish and has a Chilean accent.
 * He studied business.
 * He hates things with funky patterns.
 * He likes 20's-40's songs.


 * He isn't a great dancer, he is clumsy.


 * Due to a line in Derek Collins' Log, Jack is a Smoker.