Roy Walton
Roy Walton was an English card magic expert. First interested in magic at the age of eight, Walton was a world-recognized card magician creating hundreds of card effects, including his most famous effect, Card warp. He mentored numerous Scottish magicians including Jerry Sadowitz, R. Paul Wilson and Peter Duffie.
Many of Walton's pamphlets and other works have been collected in three books on card magic currently published by Lewis Davenport Ltd. of London, and he contributed to several English language magazines on card magic.
He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for many years, and died there on 3 February 2020.
Published works
CARDS IN PRINCIPLE by Peter DuffieWalton's Warm Up, page 13
THE MAGIC OF FRED ROBINSON by Peter Duffie
By the Centre, page 86
CARD TO WALLET by Jerry Mentzer
Giant Card To Wallet, page 19
CARDWORKS by Richard Kaufman
Red Eye Special No. 1, page 68-70
Red Eye Special No. 2, page 68-70
THE CHRONICLES
Caper – No. 4, page 1084
NEXT – No. 11, page 1174
Count Me In – No 15, page 1205 –
The Alternate Shift, page 77
The Invisible Plan, page 79
THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME ONE by Roy Walton
THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME TWO by Roy Walton
THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME THREE by Roy Walton
THE CRIMP
Roy Walton Meets Choob & Eejit! – No. 6, page 46
Mental Impression! – No. 39, page 356
Spots Across – No. 40, page 360 – Walton/McClements/Sadowitz
Tearaway – No. 40, page 364 – Reprint from Pabular
CURIOSER by Karl Fulves
Unstacked Parity
DAI VERNON'S ULTIMATE SECRETS OF CARD MAGIC by Lewis Ganson
Fellow Travellers, page 198
DARK ANGEL by Peter Duffie and Roy Walton – EBook
Dark Angel
DAVENPORTS' CATALOGUE
Pocket Packet – 1999 – Given away free to customers with the Davenports' catalogue
DARROS DEN
The Awakening
DARYL'S AMBITIOUS CARD OMNIBUS
Ambitious Movie, page 66
DUFFIE'S CARD COMPULSIONS by Peter Duffie
A Hint of Tint, page 97 – Duffie/Walton
THE DUNGEON
Short Change – Issue 7, March 1995, page 22
EGO
Checkmate – Vol 1 No. 2, page 5
Sweet Seventeen – Vol 1 No. 9, page 9
EPILOGUE
Down & Under – No. 1, page 1
A Faro Tree – No. 1, page 8
The Universal Ghost – No 2, page 11
The Universal Mexican – No 2, page 12
Impact – No 4, page 27
Restless Colors – No 5, page 40
Money Power – No 6, page 41
Black Widow Notes – No 7, page 55
Divided We Stand – No 8, page 61
They Match – No 9, page 71
Upside-Down Collectors – No 11, page 83
Nomad Card – No 12, page 97
Expansion Notes – No 14, page 113 – Elmsley/Walton
Pocket Power – No 14, page 116
Drop Outs – No 16, page 144
Royal Marriages – No 17, page 155
Isolator – No 19, page 175
Collecting Box – No 20, page 189
Imprint – No 21, page 197
Kangaroo – No 24, page 232
Ascanio Aces – Special No 4, page 287
Ascanio Rainbow – Special No 4, page 288
Ascanio Poker – Special No 4, page 289
FARO & RIFFLE TECHNIQUE by Karl Fulves
Abacus Card Trick
FIFTY YEARS LATER
Jubilee Countdown, page 64
FIVE TIMES FIVE SCOTLAND by Peter Duffie
Whispering Henry, page 118
Pass Out, page 121
Ghostly Spell, page 125
THE FOO CAN
Pieces on Earth – Issue 2 – Page 8
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT PLEASURE by Daryl Martinez
Ambitious Movie, page 31
FOURCAST by Karl Fulves
The Arrangement Pg 34
GENII
Mental Four – 1954 – Vol 19, page 85
An Aces And Kings Transpositon – 1967 – Vol 31 No 7, page 297
Moonshine – 1990 – Vol 54, page 235
Personality Complex – 1990 – Vol 54, page 236
Auto Cue – July 1991 – Vol 54 – 597
Royal Town – August 1997, page 47 – Published by Briar Tyson
Impure Thoughts From A "Royal Town" – November 1997, page 5
Treasure Hunt – August 1998, page 5
The Apprentice Matchmaker – April 1999, page 42
OUCH! – May 1999, page 47
Finlayson's Frolic – July 1999, page 48
A Magical Joke – March 2000, page 75
Confusion of the Innocents – Sept 2000, page 60
Color Cocktail – December 2000, page 56
Southern Key Tap – January 2001, page 85
A Twisted Tale – April 2001, page 52
A Twisted Tale – November 2001, page 70 – Same as above
Pair Dance – July 2002, page 67
Please Pass – January 2004, page 31
Open Acrobatics – July 2004, page 86
THE HIEROPHANT – EBOOK edition
Ambush, page 171
Friendly Persuasion, page 236
Pocket Princess, page 252
Gone To Earth, page 303
IBIDEM
Conjurers, Laymen and Mirrors – No 34&35, page 811 – Short essay
Second Thoughts – No 34&35, page 811 – Short essay
Vanishing Water – No 34&35, page 812 – This was later renamed Oil And Queens.
On The Side of the Angels – No 34&35, page 813
Card Case – No 34&35, page 813
Simplicity Lead In – No 34&35, page 815
Predicted Gilbreath – No 34&35, page 815
Cheaters' Gilbreath – No 34&35, page 816
Game Law – No 34&35, page 817
Second Thoughts on Gilbreath – No 34&35, page 818
Found-Two Cards – No 34&35, page 819
Second Thoughts on Gilbreath "Again" – No 34&35, page 820
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are – No 34&35, page 821
Second Thoughts on Four Aces – No 34&35, page 822
Crash Diet – No 34&35, page 823
Card in Purse – No 34&35, page 823
Treble Trouble – No 34&35, page 824
Sans Wizard – No 34&35, page 824
The Royverse – No 34&35, page 826
A Simple Trick Using The Move – No 34&35, page 826
Named-Card Shuffle – No 34&35, page 827
Second Thoughts on Oil And Water – No 34&35, page 827
IMPROMPTU CARD MAGIC by Aldo Colombini
Kangaroo, page 18
The Magic Lesson, page 32
Money Power, page 94
LINKING RING
Regimentation
KABBALA
Ten Paces to the Right – Vol 1 No 1, page 4
Right Number – Vol 1 No 4, page 34
Twice Removed – Vol 1 No 9, page 73
Match A Matic – Vol 1 No 11, page 88
Card Number – Vol 2 No 3, page 21
Taking Flight – Vol 2 No 4, page 28
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK by R. Paul Wilson
Pass at Red, page 6
THE LOOKING GLASS
No Hiding Place – Summer 1996, page 100
Company of Four – Winter 1998, page 147
Poof Change – Winter 1998, page 155 – Duffie/Walton
MAGIC
The Magic Queen of Diamonds – April 1992
Count Me in Again – February 1994, page 57
Pile Drivers – June 1994 – Effect by J.K. Hartman – Variation of 'Count Me in Again'
Voice Waves – July 1994, page 56
Hokem Poker – April 1998, page 78 – Effect by Ramon Rioboo – Variation of 'Draw Poker Deal'
How ODD – June 1998, page 72
Peek-A-BOO – Sept 1998, page 72
Lucky Seven – July 1999, page 75
Square Dance – October 1999, page 81
Punch Drunk – March 2000, page 70
Stay Lucky – January 2002, page 70
Thanks for the Memories – May 2002, page 84
Math Chore Atlas – July 2004, page 83
Steven's Choice – October 2004, page 80
Camouflage – February 2010, page 74
Sweet William – March 2010, page 72
MAGIC CIRCULAR
Eliminator in Disguise – August 1996
MORE SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Influential Pairs, page 24 – Fulves/Walton
Blind Choice, page 50
MY BEST SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Out on Location, page 15 – Fulves/Walton
NEW INSPIRATIONS by Peter Duffie
Roy Walton on Colorosity, page 9
NEW SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Lucky Seven, page 6
Double Think, page 34
NEW YORK MAGIC SYMPOSIUM – COLLECTION 1
Sign of Four, page 94
Bottom Card Reversal, page 95
NEW YORK MAGIC SYMPOSIUM – COLLECTION 2
Morlock's Revenge, page 56 – Jennings/Walton
OCTET by Karl Fulves
Snap Royalty, page 39
OPUS
Magic Sign – May 1988, page 6
A Low Bow to a Legend – September 1992, page 9 – Roy commemorating Vernon
Fair Play – September 1992, page 10
Opus Questionnaire – September 1992, page 18 – Interview with Roy
OUT OF SIGHT by Mr. E. Ozo
HOLD OUT, page 14
PABULAR
The Witch Doctors, page 3
Obsolete Prediction, page 40
Tearaway, page 78
Carousel, page 97
Earthbound, page 103
Past Help, page 170
The Card Shark, page 213 – See correction on Pg 252
Inflated Ace, page 303
A Martian Plot, page 304
Your Very Own, page 306
Chiefly Yourselves, page 307
Denary Deceit, page 309
Ambitious Move, page 310
Truth and Consequence, page 311
Baker Street Re-visited, page 338
A Straight Shuffle, page 392
USA Trail, page 418
Twice Two, page 454
NOSFERATU, page 510
Card School, page 689
Oasis, page 704
Detective Story, page 786
Ferly Defragmentation Etc., page 812
Outward Bound, page 844
End Game Plus, page 872
Through The Centuries of Time, page 907
I'd Give My Right Hand, page 1202
The 229-224 Trick, page 1259
Rainbow Road, page 1246
Triple Alliance, page 1256
Sum Trick, page 1259
PACKET TRICKS by Jerry Mentzer
Roy-al Monte, page 5
Walton's Universal, page 47
PALLBEARER'S REVIEW
Lesson in Larceny – Vol 1 No 9, page 47
Draw Poker Plus – Vol 2 No 4, page 79 – First Roy Walton Issue
Dead Easy Location – Vol 2 No 4, page 79
Conspicuous Consumption – Vol 2 No 4, page 84
Color-Sense – Vol 2 No 4, page 84
Four Card Brainwave – First Folio, page 142
Daydream – Vol 3 No 4, page 142
Influential Pairs – Vol 3 No 6, page 171
Ghost Cup – Second Folio, page 221 – A Cups and Balls Effect
Helensburg Speller – Second Folio, page 221
Letter from Roy – Page 258
Blue Phantom II – Vol 5 No 4, page 321
Ultra Reverse – Vol 5 No 6, page 331 – Published under the pseudonym Gene Lawton
Back into Time – Vol 5 No 11, page 363
Devilish Die – Fourth Folio, page 383 – Karl Fulves commenting on this effect: "If an award were granted for an effect relying on outrageous ingenuity to achieve the desired end, Mr. Walton's dice trick would rate first prize."
Controlled Fate – Vol 6 No 2, page 390
Oracull – Vol 6 No6, page 415
Double Discovery – Vol 6 No 8, page 428
Chamelon Cards – Vol 6 No 12, page 464
Simple Math – Vol 7 No 7, page 517
Duo Colors – Vol 7 No 9, page 547
Ambitious 1-2-3-4 – Vol 7 No 11, page 559 – Second Roy Walton Issue – See Pg 608 for addition.
Long Shot – Vol 7 No 11, page 560 – See Pg 640 for variation by Robin Robertson
Twister – Vol 7 No 11, page 562
The N.C. Game – Vol 7 No 11, page 562 – Non Card Effect – See Pg 608 for addition
Informer – Vol 8 No 2, page 575
Color Flite – Vol 8 No 8, page 632
Play It Again – Vol 8 No 10, page 647
The Magic Lesson – Vol 9 No 3, page 699
Once Upon A Time – Vol 9 No 12, page 818
Letter – Vol 10 No 2, page 830 – A letter from Roy
PENUMBRA
Pinkerton's Ladies – July/August 2002, page 2
Pinkerton's Surprise – November/December 2002, page 15 – Walton/Clark/Goodwin
Acorn's Progress – February 2004, page 2
Triple Alliance – March 2006, page 11
PENTAGRAM
Erdnase And All That – Vol 9 No 3, December 1954, page 1
Anent "About Turn" – Vol 12 No 7, April 1954, page 51 – handling of Hugh Scott's "About Turn" move
Queens And Water – Vol 13 No 1, October 1958, page 3
PROFILE edited by Steven Hamilton
The Plot Thickens – Issue 3, August 1991
School Daze – Issue 5, December 1991
Doppelganger – Issue 7, April 1992
A Note From Roy Walton – Issue 10, October 1992
Dominic Twose – Two – Issue 13, April 1993
Suitcase, Issue 18, February 1994
Some Useful Information – Issue 18, February 1994
RICHARD'S ALMANAC by Richard Kaufman
Duck Soup – Summer 1985
RIFFLE SHUFFLE SET-UPS by Karl Fulves
Influential Pairs, page 10 – Fulves/Walton
Miracle Location, page 73
Influence, page 75
RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE – PART 1 by Karl Fulves
Z-Notes, page 27 – Notes on The Zarrow Shuffle
RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE – PART 3 by Karl Fulves
The Double Ended Run Up, page 149
Analysis of the Cull Stock System, page 163
ROGER'S THESAURUS by Roger Crosthwaite
Leave'Em Laughing
SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Lesson in Larceny, page 25
The Blue Phantom, page 82
SCOTLAND UP CLOSE by Peter Duffie
Autograph Hunter, page 1
SPELLBINDER
Caught in Time – Vol. 1 No. 6
SWINDLE SHEET
The Honest Cheat
TRIGGER by Roy Walton
2 Trigger
4 Showdown
6 Hop-A-Long Hofzinser
7 Trigger Happy
9 Jail Break
10 Greenhorn
11 Horse Sense
VIRTUAL MIRACLES
Cardputer
MARKETED TRICKS
Card Warp
Cascade
Kaleidoscope
Animal Magic