J.T. Walsh dies
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actor J.T. Walsh died yesterday of a heart attack. he was 54.
R.I.P. :(
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>actor J.T. Walsh died yesterday of a heart attack. he was 54.
Dang...rest in peace.
CBello1001
Can someone refresh my memory on who JT Walsh is? I know I should know this,
but I'm having a brain cloud.
Thanks,
Carol
PUSSSYKATT
J.T. was a wonderful character actor...he will be missed.
BIOGRAPHY:
1.Negotiator, The (1998)
2.Pleasantville (1998)
3.Hope (1997) (TV) .... Ray Percy
4.Breakdown (1997) .... Red Barr
5.Persons Unknown (1996) .... Cake
6.Sling Blade (1996) .... Charles Bushman ... aka Reckoning (1996) 7."Dark
Skies" (1996) TV Series .... Frank Bach (1996-1997) 8.Crime of the Century
(1996) (TV) .... Col. Norman Schwarzkopf 9.Executive Decision (1996) ....
Senator Mavros
... aka Critical Decision (1996)
10.Gang in Blue (1996) (TV) .... Lt. William Eyler
11.Nixon (1995) .... John Ehrlichman
12.Outbreak (1995) (uncredited) .... Chief of Staff
13.Babysitter, The (1995) .... Harry Tucker
14.Black Day Blue Night (1995) .... John Quinn
15.Little Death, The (1995) .... Ted Hannon
16.Sacred Cargo (1995) .... Father Stanislav
17.Miracle on 34th Street (1994) .... Ed Collins
18.Star Struck (1994/I) (TV) .... Greer
19.Silent Fall (1994) .... Sheriff Mitch Rivers
20.Client, The (1994) .... McThune
21.Last Seduction, The (1994) (TV) .... Frank Griffith
22.Blue Chips (1994) .... Happy
23.Low Life, The (1994/I) .... Mike Sr
24.American Clock, The (1993) (TV) .... Judge Bradley
... aka Arthur Miller's The American Clock (1993) (TV) 25.Sniper (1993)
.... Chester Van Damme
26.National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) .... Desk Clerk
... aka Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
27.Morning Glory (1993) (TV) .... Sheriff Reese Goodloe 28.Needful Things
(1993) .... Danforth "Buster" Keeton III 29.Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
(1993) .... Charles Bushman 30.Hoffa (1992) .... Fitzsimmons
31.Few Good Men, A (1992) .... Lt. Col. Matthew Markinson
32.In the Shadow of a Killer (1992) (TV) .... Inspector Leo Kemeny 33.Contact
(1992) .... Radio Lieutenant
34.Prom, The (1992) .... Grover Dean
35.Red Rock West (1992) .... Wayne
36.Backdraft (1991) .... Alderman Marty Swayzak
37.Iron Maze (1991) .... Jack Ruhle
38.True Identity (1991) .... Houston
39.Why Me? (1990) .... Francis Mahoney
40.Crazy People (1990) .... Drucker
41.Defenseless (1990) .... Steven Seldes
42.Grifters, The (1990) .... Cole
43.Misery (1990) (uncredited) .... Park Ranger
44.Narrow Margin (1990) .... Michael Tarlow
45.Russia House, The (1990) .... Quinn
46.Big Picture, The (1989) .... Allen Habel
47.Dad (1989) .... Dr. Santana
48.Wired (1989) .... Bob Woodward
49.Tequila Sunrise (1988) .... Maguire
50.Things Change (1988) .... Hotel Manager
51.Tin Men (1987) .... Wing
52.Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) .... Sgt. Major Dickerson 53.House of Games
(1987) .... The Businessman
54.Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) .... Ed Smythe
55.Power (1986) .... Jerome Cade
56.Beniker Gang, The (1985) .... Principal Stoddard
... aka Dear Lola, or How to Start Your Own Family (1985)
57.Right to Kill? (1985) (TV) .... Major Vegvary
58.Eddie Macon's Run (1983) .... Man in Bar
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Notable TV guest appearances
1."X-Files, The" (1993) playing "Warden Leo Brodeur" in episode: "List, The"
(episode # 3.5) 10/20/1995
2."Birdland" (1994) playing "Potter" in episode: "Grand Delusion" 1994
3."Equalizer, The" (1985) in episode: "Shadow Play" 1987
4."Equalizer, The" (1985) playing "Sam Griffith" in episode: "Lock Box, The"
1984
5."L.A. Law" (1986) playing "Pete Bostik"
Friday February 27 11:25 PM EST
Actor J.T. Walsh dies of heart attack
LA MESA, Calif., Feb. 27 (UPI) _ Actor J.T. Walsh has died at Grossmont
Hospital in La Mesa, Calif., at the age of 54 after suffering a heart attack.
Walsh became a character actor at the relatively late age of 31, having worked
as a social worker, journalist, salesman and teacher.
He is best remembered for playing heavies in a recent hit films including, ``A
Few Good Men,'' ``Sling Blade'' and ``The Grifters.''
Many of his roles were played in various military uniforms, such that of Sgt.
Dickinson in ``Good Morning Vietnam,'' and Red Barr in ``Breakdown.''
Walsh's publicist said the actor had just completed work on ``Pleasantville''
for New Line Cinema and ``The Negotiator,'' a Warner Bros. release.
During the 1996-97 television season, Walsh reprised the role of Frank Bach, an
ominous Navy captain in the NBC-TV series ``Dark Skies,'' and played Col.
Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. in HBO's ``Crime of the Century.''
The actor whose name may not be familiar to many, but whose face was
everywhere, was born in San Francisco, and was 5 years old when his family
moved to Europe. He attended boarding school in Ireland and studied for a year
at a West German university before returning to the United States.
He got his undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Rhode
Island and had a short stint as a South Bronx social worker. Throughout
subsequent career changes, Walsh was active in community theater and was asked
to turn professional in 1974.
He made his Broadway entrance in 1984 in the David Mamet play ``Glengarry Glen
Ross,'' which catapulted him to a feature film career beginning with ``House of
Games,'' ``Tin Men,'' and ``Tequila Sunrise.''
He is survived by his son, John West of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Frank M. Miller
In article <19980228152...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
cbell...@aol.com (CBello1001) wrote:
=Can someone refresh my memory on who JT Walsh is? I know I should know this,
=but I'm having a brain cloud.
He's done tons of character work. My favorite was the military man with a
conscience in "A Few Good Men."
+=====================================================+
Frank Miller, 10086 Sunset Blvd., FABville
frn...@mindspring.com (please note correct email address)
Atlanta, GA
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CBello1001
<<<Can someone refresh my memory on who JT Walsh is? I know I should know
Thanks,
Carol>>>
I *thought* that's who it was, but what threw me off was the age...did I
imagine that it read 45??? I'm 42 and if JT was 45, well, DAMN I look good!
Carol
EvelynR
In article <19980301053...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, cbell...@aol.com
(CBello1001) writes:
He was 54.
Evelyn
"One of the joys of travel is visiting new towns and meeting new people."
-Genghis Khan-
Bobby Herron
CBello1001 wrote:
> Can someone refresh my memory on who JT Walsh is? I know I should know this,
> but I'm having a brain cloud.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol
In Slingblade, he was the inmate in the mental hospital that kept on talking
about killing young girls.