Age: 76
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947) is an American character actor.[1] He has appeared in over 100 films and television series.
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 as well as "Make 'Em Bounce" (as in happy) from the movie 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 knowledge of the Hinkley station water contamination.
Walter's 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, 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.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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. | |
1982-1983 | Hill Street Blues | Willie Laporter / Sammy | |
1983 | Cagney & Lacey | Boone | |
1983 | Taxi | Panhandler | |
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 | |
1989-1990 | Freddy's Nightmares | Eugene Moss / The Gravedigger | |
1990 | Get a Life | The Ride Operator | |
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 | In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped | 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" |
[ Source: Wikipedia ]