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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Tracey Walter Biography from Baseline Occupation: Actor Born: Jersey City, NJ Distinctive and delightful character presence, a compact and often mangy-looking but highly amiable player of whimsical and spaced-out types. With his thinning, typically mussed hair and carefully measured line delivery, Walter has also been useful on the Western trail, both as weathered, reliable types and those who have perhaps been kicked in the head by their horses once too often. A native of Jersey City, NJ, Walter discovered acting while watching an off-Broadway play, Scuba Duba. Acting lessons and a stint with Jean Stapleton's Totem Pole Playhouse readied him for off-Broadway and spots on soap operas; he also played bits in two 1973 features, BADGE 373 and SERPICO. Walter's feature career picked up in 1977 with a bit in ANNIE HALL as an actor in Rob's (Tony Roberts) TV show. Westerns, road films or otherwise rural-flavored features have included GOIN' SOUTH (1978), ÁMAME HOY (1981), HONKYTONK MAN (1982), AMIGOS...SIEMPRE AMIGOS (1991), and TOTALMENTE SALVAJE (1986). The latter film was his first for director Jonathan Demme, whose penchant for the outlandish called for Walter to play Mr. Chicken Lickin' in CASADA CON LA MAFIA (1988) and gave the actor an offbeat but incisive cameo as the librarian who hassles the HIV-positive protagonist of FILADELFIA (1993). With his beady but bulging eyes, Walter often embodied a somewhat inscrutable but usually benign weirdness, as in REPO MAN (1984), as the junkman who embraces the paranormal. He has played villainous as well, most notably as Bob the Goon, one of the Joker's henchmen in BATMAN (1989). Walter has been especially prolific on TV, where the eccentricity he connotes can instantly milk laughs on any sitcom. His attempts at series como Best of the West (1981-82),have not lasted long, but Walter has been prolific in TV movies, including MAD BULL (1977) and CRIATURA DE OTRO MUNDO (1991), many guest spots, and recurring roles on The Bronx Zoo (1988) and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993).
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