Tracey Walter

Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947) is an American character actor.[1] He has appeared in over 100 films and television series.

Tracey Walter
Walter in 2006
Born	(1947-11-25) November 25, 1947 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–present
Children	2

Life and career

Walter was born in 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 a son and 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 1981-82.[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). As well as "Make 'Em Bounce" (as in happy) from the movie Raggedy Man. 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 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 1996–2001 and on Reno 911! as Sheriff Walter Chechekevitch from 2003–2006.

Filmography

Film

• Badge 373 (1973) as Delivery Boy
• Serpico (1973) as Street Urchin (uncredited)
• Annie Hall (1977) as Actor in Rob's T.V. Show
• Mad Bull (1977) as Coley Turner
• Blue Collar (1978) as Union Member
• Goin' South (1978) as Coogan, Moon's Old Gang
• The Fifth Floor (1978) as Mental Patient
• Hardcore (1979) as Male Teller
• The Hunter (1980) as Rocco Mason
• High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980, TV Movie) as Harlan Tyler
• The Hand (1981) as Cop
• Raggedy Man (1981) as Arnold
• Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982) as Carl Dorsett
• Honkytonk Man (1982) as Pooch
• Rumble Fish (1983) as Alley Mugger
• Repo Man (1984) as Miller
• Conan the Destroyer (1984) as Malak
• At Close Range (1986) as Patch
• Something Wild (1986) as The Country Squire
• Malone (1987) as Calvin Bollard
• Mortuary Academy (1988) as Don Dickson
• Under the Boardwalk (1988) as Bum
• Out of the Dark (1988) as Lt. Frank Meyers
• Midnight Run (1988) as Diner Counter Man
• Married to the Mob (1988) as Mr. Chicken Lickin'
• Batman (1989) as Bob the Goon
• Homer and Eddie (1989) as Tommy Dearly
• Young Guns II (1990) as Beever Smith
• The Two Jakes (1990) as Tyrone Otley
• Pacific Heights (1990) as Exterminator
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as Lamar
• Liquid Dreams (1991) as Cecil
• Delusion (1991) as Bus Ticket Cashier
• City Slickers (1991) as Cookie
• Guncrazy (1992) as Elton
• Amos & Andrew (1993) as Bloodhound Bob
• Cyborg 2 (1993) as Wild Card
• Philadelphia (1993) as Librarian
• Fist of the North Star (1995) as Paul McCarthy
• Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) as Pappy
• Larger Than Life (1996) as Wee St. Francis
• Matilda (1996) as FBI Agent Bill
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996) as Joe Bennett
• Amanda (1996) as Father Reckinger
• Wild America (1997) as Leon
• Drive (1997) as Hedgehog
• Playing God (1997) as Jim
• Desperate Measures (1998) as Medical Inmate
• Beloved (1998) as Slave Catcher
• Mighty Joe Young (1998) as Conservacy Guard
• Façade (1999) as Jake
• Man on the Moon (1999) as National Enquirer Editor
• Drowning Mona (2000) as Clarence
• Erin Brockovich (2000) as Charles Embry
• Jack the Dog (2001) as Mortician
• The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) as Bartender
• Impostor (2001) as Mr. Siegel
• How High (2001) as Prof. Wood
• Death to Smoochy (2002) as Ben Franks
• Ted Bundy (2002) as Randy Myers
• Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Desk Clerk
• Manhood (2003) as Attorney
• Duplex (2003) as Pharmacy Customer
• One Last Ride (2004) as Nicky
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Night Clerk
• Berkeley (2005) as Draft Board doctor
• Relative Strangers (2006) as Toupee Salesman
• Man in the Chair (2007) as Mr. Klein
• Nobel Son (2007) as Simon Ahrens
• Wasting Away (2007) as Mr. Whicks
• Trailer Park of Terror (2008) as Ancient Trucker
• Just Add Water (2008) as Clem
• Dark Reel (2008) as Roy White
• The Perfect Game (2009) as Captain Slater
• I Spit on Your Grave (2010) as Earl
• Midnight Son (2011) as Janitor
• Politics of Love (2011) as Glen
• Alyce (2011) as Landlord
• Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012) as Scary Gary
• Savannah (2013) as Mathias
• Swelter (2014) as old man Henry johnson
• 31 (2016) as Lucky Leo
• Middle Man (2016) as Father Ricky / Lil J

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Starsky and Hutch	Leo
1979	WKRP in Cincinnati	Don Pesola #2
1980	Charlie's Angels	Clint Mason	Episode: "An Angel's Trail"
1981–1982	Best of the West	Frog Rothchild Jr.
1982	The Fall Guy	Skip	Episode: "The Silent Partner"
1982–1983	Hill Street Blues	Willie Laporter / Sammy
1983	Cagney & Lacey	Boone
1983	Taxi	Panhandler
1984	Hunter	Archie	Episode: "Pen Pals"
1985-1986	Amazing Stories	Blaze / Ezra
1986–1987	Designing Women	Malcolm Box
1987	Moonlighting	Arnie Steckler
1987–1988	ALF	Gravel Gus
1987–1992	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Berik / Kayron
1989	Alien Nation	Tom Mulden	Episode: "The Takeover"
1989–1990	Freddy's Nightmares	Eugene Moss / The Gravedigger
1990	Get a Life	The Ride Operator	Episodes: "Unaired Pilot" and "Terror on the Hell Loop 2000"
1991	Monsters	Ed, the Janitor	Episode: "Hostile Takeover"
1991	She-Wolf of London	Boris
1992	On the Air	'Blinky' Watts
1992	Wings	Tucker
1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Phil Swill
1994	Melrose Place	Man at 'Dreamy Pines'
1994	Ride the Wind	Francis
1994	L.A. Law	John Rosten
1995	Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty	Oliver Tracy
1995	Buffalo Girls	Jim Ragg
1996-2001	Nash Bridges	Angel
1997	Tell Me No Secrets	Sean Ferguson
2002	The Division	Tom Johnson
2002	Boomtown	Dwayne
2003	Teen Titans	Puppet King (voice)
2003	Justice League	Mophir (voice)
2003–2006	Reno 911!	Sheriff Walter Chechekevitch
2005	Veronica Mars	Manager
2007	Raines	William Jones
2007	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Bum
2008	Monk	The Professor	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Miracle"
2012	Southland	Tom Smith	Episode: "Identity"

References

1. "Tracey Walter". The New York Times.
2. Profile, FilmReference.com; accessed August 2, 2018.
3. Petkovich, Anthony (November 2016). "An Interview with Tracey Walter". Shock Cinema. Edgewater, New Jersey (51): 34–37. shockcinemamagazine.com. Issue No. 51 cover

External links

• Tracey Walter on IMDb
• Tracey Walter(Aveleyman)