Walter Paisley

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Walter Paisley is the name of several fictional characters. The name first appeared in the Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood. In that film, Paisley (played by character actor Dick Miller) is a busboy who becomes an "artist" of sorts by killing his subjects and covering them in clay. In 1976, Miller once again played a character named Walter Paisley, in another Corman production, Hollywood Boulevard, directed by Joe Dante.

Dante cast Miller as another character named Walter Paisley in the 1981 film The Howling. This time, Paisley is the owner of an occult bookshop. Two years later, the name popped up again for another Miller character, the owner of a diner in the third segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie. 1986's Chopping Mall featured a janitor named Walter Paisley, and the 1994 made-for-TV remake of Shake, Rattle and Rock! had Miller playing a character named Officer Paisley. In 1995, A Bucket of Blood was remade, with Anthony Michael Hall as Walter Paisley.