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Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947) is an American character actor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The New York Times )〕 He has appeared in over 100 films and television series. ==Life and career== Walter was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of a truck driver.〔(Profile at FilmReference.com )〕 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''.〔 He portrayed Frog Rothchild Jr. on the ABC sitcom ''Best of the West''〔 from 1981 to 1982. 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). 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). The two have acted together in nine films, the first being ''Goin' South''〔 in 1978. He appeared in a small role with Clint Eastwood in the 1982 film ''Honkytonk Man''〔 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''. His portrayal of Miller, the philosopher mechanic of Alex Cox's ''Repo Man'',〔 earned Walter a Saturn Award in 1984 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tracey Walter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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