Tracey Walter

Tracey Walter
Walter in 2006
Born	(1947-11-25) November 25, 1947 (age 77) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
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] Walter has two children. ^[3]

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 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). Walter 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]

Walter 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Badge 373	Delivery Boy
1973	Serpico	Street Urchin	Uncredited
1977	Annie Hall	Actor in Rob's T.V. Show
1977	Mad Bull	Coley Turner
1978	Blue Collar	Union Member
1978	Goin' South	Coogan, Moon's Old Gang
1978	The Fifth Floor	Mental Patient
1979	Hardcore	Clerk in Adult Store
1980	The Octagon	Beatty	Uncredited
1980	The Hunter	Rocco Mason
1981	The Hand	Cop
1981	Raggedy Man	Arnold
1982	Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann	Carl Dorsett
1982	Honkytonk Man	'Pooch'
1983	Rumble Fish	Alley Mugger
1984	Repo Man	Miller
1984	Conan the Destroyer	Malak
1986	At Close Range	Patch Whitewood
1986	Something Wild	The Country Squire
1987	Malone	Calvin Bollard
1988	Mortuary Academy	Don Dickson
1989	Under the Boardwalk	Bum
1989	Out of the Dark	Lieutenant Frank Meyers
1988	Midnight Run	Diner Counter Man
1988	Married to the Mob	Chicken Lickin' Manager, "Mr. Chicken Lickin"
1989	Batman	Bob Hawkins, The Goon
1989	Homer and Eddie	Tommy Dearly
1990	Young Guns II	Beever Smith
1990	The Two Jakes	Tyrone Otley
1990	Pacific Heights	The Exterminator
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	Lamar
1991	Liquid Dreams	Cecil
1991	Delusion	Bus Ticket Cashier
1991	City Slickers	'Cookie'
1992	Guncrazy	Elton
1993	Amos & Andrew	Bob 'Bloodhound Bob'
1993	Cyborg 2	'Wild Card'
1993	Philadelphia	The Librarian
1994	Junior	Janitor With Information	Uncredited
1995	Fist of the North Star	Paul McCarthy
1995	Destiny Turns on the Radio	'Pappy'
1996	Larger than Life	Wee St. Francis
1996	Matilda	FBI Agent Bill
1996	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Joe Bennett
1996	Amanda	Father Reckinger
1997	Wild America	Leon
1997	Drive	'Hedgehog'
1997	Playing God	Jim
1998	Desperate Measures	Medical Inmate
1998	Beloved	Slave Catcher
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Conservacy Guard
1999	Façade	Jake
1999	Man on the Moon	National Enquirer Editor
2000	Drowning Mona	Clarence
2000	Erin Brockovich	Charles Embry
2001	Jack the Dog	The Mortician
2001	The Man from Elysian Fields	The Bartender
2001	How High	Professor Wood
2001	Impostor	Mr. Siegel
2002	Death to Smoochy	Ben Franks
2002	Ted Bundy	Randy Myers
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Desk Clerk
2003	Manhood	Attorney
2003	Duplex	Pharmacy Customer
2004	One Last Ride	Nicky
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Night Clerk
2005	Berkeley	Draft Board Doctor
2006	Relative Strangers	Toupee Salesman
2007	Man in the Chair	Mr. Klein
2007	Nobel Son	Simon Ahrens
2007	Wasting Away	Mr. Whicks
2008	Trailer Park of Terror	Ancient Trucker
2008	Just Add Water	Clem
2008	Dark Reel	Roy White
2009	The Perfect Game	Captain Slater
2010	I Spit on Your Grave	Earl
2011	Midnight Son	The Janitor
2011	Politics of Love	Glen
2011	Alyce Kills	The Landlord
2013	Savannah	Mathias
2014	Swelter	Henry Johnson, The Old Man
2016	31	Leo 'Lucky Leo'
2016	Middle Man	Father Ricky, Lil J
2016	Wakefield	Homeless Man

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
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	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"
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	Teen Titans	Puppet King (voice)	Episode: "Switched" [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

1. "Tracey Walter". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19.
2. Profile, FilmReference.com; accessed August 2, 2018.
3. Petkovich, Anthony (November 2016). "An Interview with Tracey Walter". Shock Cinema (51). Edgewater, New Jersey: 34–37. shockcinemamagazine.com. Issue No. 51 cover
4. "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.

External links

• Tracey Walter at IMDb