Career
Walter 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 is well-known for his appearences alongside his real-life friend Jack Nicholson. The two appeared in nine films together, beginning with Goin' South in 1978. [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).
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.
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