Tracey Walter

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Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a recognizable American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred films and television shows.

He is best known for his portrayal of "side-kicks" and "henchmen" such as Bob the Goon in Batman, Cookie in City Slickers, and Malak in Conan the Destroyer.

He portrayed Frog Rothchild Jr. on the ABC sitcom Best of the West from 1981 to 1982.

Tracey Walter has acted in six Jonathan Demme films: Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Beloved (1998), and The Manchurian Candidate (2004).

He has been directed by Danny DeVito in three films: Matilda (1996), Death to Smoochy (2002), and Duplex (2003). The two have acted together in nine films, the first being Goin' South in 1978.

His portrayal of Miller, the philosopher mechanic of Alex Cox's punk classic Repo Man, earned Tracey Walter a Saturn Award in 1984 for Best Supporting Actor. The film has achieved cult status due in part to Miller's memorable lines about "a plate of shrimp" and "the more you drive, the less intelligent you are."

Tracey Walter's numerous television credits include guest appearances on Taxi, Charlie's Angels, Hill Street Blues, Amazing Stories, Moonlighting, David Lynch's On the Air, Melrose Place, The Division and Veronica Mars. He had the recurring character on Nash Bridges as Angel from 1996-2001 and a recurring character on Reno 911! as Sheriff Walter Chechekevitch from 2003-2006.

[edit] Notable Film Roles

• Nobel Son (2006)
• Man in the Chair (2006)
• One Part Sugar (2006)
• The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2006)
• Relative Strangers (2006)
• Berkeley (2005)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Duplex (2003)
• Manhood (2003)
• Masked and Anonymous (2003)
• Death to Smoochy (2002)
• How High (2001)
• The Man From Elysian Fields (2001)
• Erin Brockovich (2000)
• Drowning Mona (2000)
• Man on the Moon (1999)
• Beloved (1998)
• Desperate Measures (1998)
• Playing God (1997)
• Wild America (1997)
• Amanda (1996)
• Matilda (1996)
• Larger Than Life (1997)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
• Junior (1994)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Amos & Andrew (1993)
• Guncrazy (1992)
• City Slickers (1991)
• Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Pacific Heights (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Young Guns II (1990)
• Wild at Heart (1990)
• Homer and Eddie (1989)
• Batman (1989)
• Out of the Dark (1989)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• Midnight Run (1988)
• Mortuary Academy (1988)
• Malone (1987)
• Something Wild (1986)
• At Close Range (1986)
• Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• Repo Man (1984)
• Rumble Fish (1983)
• Honkytonk Man (1982)
• Timerider (1982)
• Raggedy Man (1981)
• The Hunger (1980)
• Hardcore (1979)
• Goin' South (1978)
• Annie Hall (1977)

[edit] Notable Television Roles

• Veronica Mars (2005)
• Reno 911! (2003-2006)
• Justice League (2003) (voice)
• Teen Titans (2003) (voice)
• Boomtown (2002)
• The Division (2002)
• Nash Bridges (1996-2001)
• Tell Me No Secrets (1997)
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
• In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1996)
• Buffalo Girls (1995)
• Ride the Wind (1994)
• L.A. Law (1994)
• Melrose Place (1994)
• The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993)
• Wings (1992)
• On the Air (1992)
• Monsters (1991)
• Freddy's Nightmares (1990, 1989)
• Alien Nation (1989)
• Moonlighting (1987)
• ALF (1987)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992, 1987)
• Designing Women (1987, 1986)
• Amazing Stories (1986, 1985)
• Taxi (1983)
• Cagney & Lacey (1983)
• Hill Street Blues (1982, 1983)
• Charlie's Angels (1980)
• WKRP in Cincinnati (1979)
• Starsky and Hutch (1978)

[edit] External links

• Tracey Walter at the Internet Movie Database
• Tracey Walter Online
• Tracey Walter article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.