American actor
Tracey Walter
Walter in 2006
Born (1947-11-25 ) November 25, 1947 (age 77) Occupation Actor Years active 1971–2016 Children 2
Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947) is an American retired character actor .[ 1] He has appeared in more than 170 films and television series.
Life and career
Walter was born and grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey , the son of a truck driver .[ 2] He attended St. Anthony's High School there and played basketball.[ 3] He has one son and one daughter.[ 3]
He is known for his portrayal of "sidekicks" and "henchmen", such as Bob the Goon in Batman , Cookie in City Slickers , and Malak in Conan the Destroyer .[ 1] He portrayed Frog Rothchild Jr. on the ABC sitcom Best of the West from 1981 to 1982.[ 1]
Walter has acted in six Jonathan Demme films: Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Beloved (1998), and The Manchurian Candidate (2004).[ 1] He has been directed by Danny DeVito in three films: Matilda (1996), Death to Smoochy (2002), and Duplex (2003). He acted with and was directed by Jack Nicholson in The Two Jakes (1990). He and Nicholson have appeared in nine films together, beginning with Goin' South in 1978.[ 1]
He appeared in a small role with Clint Eastwood in the 1982 film Honkytonk Man [ 1] and has coined the phrase "Right Cheer" (as in right here) while playing a service station attendant, also attributed to Andy Griffith on his first comedy album What it Was, Was Football (1953).[citation needed ] Walter also coined the phrase "Make 'Em Bounce" (as in happy) in the film Raggedy Man .[citation needed ] His portrayal of Miller, the philosopher mechanic of Alex Cox 's Repo Man ,[ 1] earned Walter a Saturn Award in 1985 for Best Supporting Actor. In the 2000 film Erin Brockovich , Walter played Charles Embry, the PG&E employee who supplied the memo that tied an executive at the PG&E corporate headquarters to the knowledge of the Hinkley station water contamination.
Walter's television credits include guest appearances on WKRP in Cincinnati , Taxi , Charlie's Angels , Hill Street Blues , Amazing Stories , Moonlighting , David Lynch 's On the Air , Melrose Place , The Division , Veronica Mars , Criminal Minds and Cold Case . He appeared on Nash Bridges as Angel from 1996 to 2001 and on Reno 911! as Sheriff Walter Chechekevitch from 2003 to 2006.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1978
Lucan
Junior Hall
Episode: "The Lost Boy"
1978
Starsky & Hutch
Leo
Episode: "Dandruff"
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
Don Pesola #2
Episode: "The Contest Nobody Could Win"
1979
Vega$
Jimmy Potter
Episode: "Mixed Blessing"
1980
Charlie's Angels
Clint Mason
Episode: "An Angel's Trail"
1980
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Harlan Tyler
Television film
1981–1982
Best of the West
'Frog' Rothchild Jr.
21 episodes
1982
The Fall Guy
Skip
Episode: "The Silent Partner"
1982
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Lucky
Episode: "Gold Fever"
1982–1983
Hill Street Blues
Willie Laporter, Sammy
2 episodes
1982–1983
Filthy Rich
Alvin Essary
2 episodes
1983
Cagney & Lacey
Boone
Episode: "The Gang's All Here"
1983
Taxi
Panhandler
Episode: "A Grand Gesture"
1983
Bill: On His Own
Kenny
Television film
1983
Oh Madeline
Episode: "The Write Stuff"
1984
Hunter
Archie
Episode: "Pen Pals"
1985–1986
Amazing Stories
Blaze, Ezra
2 episodes
1986
Airwolf
Alvin
Episode: "Wildfire"
1987
Ohara
Candy
Episode: "Louie"
1987
Timestalkers
Sam
Television film
1987
Designing Women
Malcolm Box
Episode: "Seams from a Marriage"
1987
Moonlighting
Arnie Steckler
2 episodes
1987–1988
ALF
Gus 'Gravel Gus'
2 episodes
1987–1992
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Berik, Kayron
2 episodes
1988
The Bronx Zoo
Mr. Woshinsky
3 episodes
1988
The French as Seen by...
Dusty
2 episodes
1989
Alien Nation
Tom Mulden
Episode: "The Takeover"
1989–1990
Freddy's Nightmares
Eugene Moss / The Gravedigger
2 episodes
1990
Nasty Boys
Episode: "Desert Run"
1990
Get a Life
The Ride Operator
2 episodes
1991
Monsters
Ed, The Janitor
Episode: "Hostile Takeover"
1991
She-Wolf of London
Boris
Episode: "Bride of the Wolfman"
1991
Pacific Station
Episode: "Waiting for the Other Gumshoe to Drop"
1992
On the Air
'Blinky' Watts
7 episodes
1992
Wings
Tucker
Episode: "Two Jerks and a Jill"
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Phil Swill
2 episodes
1993
The Mommies
Clerk
Episode: "Christmas"
1993
Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero
Security Guard
Episode: "Dino Might (Gomora)"
1994
Melrose Place
Man At 'Dreamy Pines'
Episode: "Love, Mancini Style"
1994
Ride with the Wind
Francis
Television film
1994
L.A. Law
John Rosten
Episode: "Whistle Stop"
1994
Empty Nest
Mr. Malloy
Episode: "Best Friends"
1995
Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty
Oliver Tracy
Television film
1995
Buffalo Girls
Jim Ragg
Miniseries
1996–2001
Nash Bridges
Peter Spielman, Angel
8 episodes
1997
Tell Me No Secrets
Sean Ferguson
Television film
1997
The Devil's Child
Ezra
Television film, uncredited
1998
Brimstone
Knapsack
Episode: "Repentance"
1998
L.A. Doctors
Drug Store Guy
Episode: "Endless Bummer"
2002
The Division
Tom Johnson
Episode: "Forgive Me, Father"
2002
Boomtown
Dwayne
Episode: "Reelin' in the Years"
2003-2006
Teen Titans
Puppet King
Voice, 4 episodes[ 4]
2003
Justice League
Mophir
Voice, episode: "Eclipsed"[ 4]
2003–2006
Reno 911!
Sheriff Walter Chechekevitch
4 episodes
2005
Family Plan
Lou
Television film
2005
Veronica Mars
Manager
Episode: "Rat Saw God "
2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Abominable Snowman
Television film, uncredited
2007
Raines
William Jones
Episode: "Pilot"
2007
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Bum
Episode: "Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City"
2008
Criminal Minds
Ike Stratman
Episode: "Elephant's Memory"
2008
Monk
The Professor
Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Miracle "
2009
Prison Break
Janitor
Episode: "Rate of Exchange"; uncredited
2009
Cold Case
Cotter Doyle '09
Episode: "The Crossing"
2010
Medium
Walter Durant
Episode: "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day"
2012
Southland
Tom Smith
Episode: "Identity"
2012
Fred 3: Camp Fred
Gary 'Scary Gary'
Television film
References
^ a b c d e f g "Tracey Walter" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19.
^ Profile , FilmReference.com; accessed August 2, 2018.
^ a b
Petkovich, Anthony (November 2016). "An Interview with Tracey Walter". Shock Cinema (51). Edgewater, New Jersey: 34– 37. shockcinemamagazine.com . Issue No. 51 cover
^ a b "Tracy Walter (visual voices guide)" . Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 15, 2023 . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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