Джеймс Т. Уолш: Жизнь и карьера актера

American actor (1943–1998)

James Thomas Patrick Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American character actor. His many films include Tin Men (1987), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), Hoffa (1992), Nixon (1995), Sling Blade (1996), Breakdown (1997), and Pleasantville (1998).

Walsh was born in San Francisco, California. He had three siblings: Christopher, Patricia, and Mary. From 1948 until 1962, the family lived in West Germany, where Walsh's father was stationed; they lived in Munich for seven years before moving to Stuttgart. Walsh and his brother studied at Clongowes Wood College (a Jesuit school in Ireland) from 1955 until 1961. He then attended the University of Tübingen (Walsh spoke fluent German) for a year before his father died of a brain tumour, after which he and his family moved back to the United States, settling in his mother's native Rhode Island. He completed his studies at the University of Rhode Island, where he majored in sociology and starred in many college theater productions. During this time, he was also active in SDS demonstrations against the Vietnam War. After graduating from college in 1967, Walsh worked briefly as a VISTA volunteer in Newport, Rhode Island organizing tenants for the United Tenant Organizations of Rhode Island (UTO) before resigning to pursue his acting career. Prior to becoming an actor, he also worked as a barman, an encyclopedia salesman, a junior high school teacher, a gymnasium equipment salesman, and a reporter. In 1974, he was discovered by a theater director and began working in off Broadway shows, where he began using the initials "J. T." to avoid confusion with another stage actor named James Walsh.

On stage, Walsh received critical acclaim for his performance as John Williamson in the 1984 U. S. premiere of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross in Chicago and subsequently on Broadway. He did not appear in films until 1983, when he had a minor role in Eddie Macon's Run. Over the next 15 years, he appeared in over 50 feature films, increasingly taking the villain role for which he is well known, such as Sergeant Major Dickerson in Good Morning, Vietnam. On television, he again portrayed an evil character, prison warden Brodeur on the 1995 X Files episode "The List". Wishing to show his range as an actor and play good guys, despite being typecast as a villain, he played relatively decent characters in Outbreak and Sniper, and also played the rather sympathetic Marine Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Markinson in A Few Good Men. He played a member of Majestic 12 in the 1996 sci fi drama series Dark Skies. Walsh notably played real people in three films: journalist Bob Woodward in Wired, Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons in Hoffa, and Richard Nixon's domestic advisor John Ehrlichman in Nixon. He was fired from Loose Cannons after completing two days of filming because his co star Dan Aykroyd had learned of Walsh's involvement in Wired, a biopic of Aykroyd's friend John Belushi, to which Aykroyd was hostile. The 1997 thriller Breakdown, which featured Walsh as villainous truck driver Warren "Red" Barr, was his last starring film released during his lifetime. In his final year of life, Walsh starred in Hidden Agenda, Pleasantville, and The Negotiator, all of which were dedicated to his memory.

He married Susan West in 1972 and they had a son, John Alan West, who works in film production under the name John West. They divorced in 1982. Walsh lived in Encino, Los Angeles. He was a lifelong Democrat, and an avid reader with a strong interest in metaphysics. A heavy smoker, Walsh died of a heart attack in the hospital in La Mesa, California, on February 27, 1998, at the age of 54, after feeling ill and collapsing at the Optimum Health Institute in Lemon Grove. According to author Marc Seifer, for whom Walsh had narrated a documentary, just a few weeks earlier, Walsh had experienced chest pains and had an EKG test done that resulted in a misdiagnosis. Jack Nicholson, who acted with Walsh in A Few Good Men and Hoffa, dedicated his Best Actor Oscar for As Good as It Gets to him. In his tribute to Walsh in Time Out New York, Andrew Johnston wrote: Walsh is invariably referred to as a character actor who specialized in villains, but that description doesn't quite do justice to what he did. The typical Walsh character was a plot device, really, serving either as a moral counterpoint to the star of the show or as an Iagolike figure egging on the hero in a way likely to lead to the protagonists's downfall. These characters were often self important authority figures 'defending' the American establishment from the individualism represented by the movies' heroes or crooks who thrived by exploiting the hypocrisy of the system. Walsh didn't just make a career of playing bad guys — his performances offered a sort of running commentary on the power structure of American society.

Year Title Role Notes 1983 Eddie Macon's Run Man in Bar Film debut 1984 Principal Stoddard 1985 Right to Kill? Major Eckworth TV movie 1985 Hard Choices Deputy Anderson 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Ed Smythe 1986 Power Jerome Cade 1987 Tin Men Wing 1987 House of Games The Businessman / Cop 1987 Good Morning, Vietnam Sergeant Major Phillip Dickerson 1988 Things Change Hotel Manager 1988 Tequila Sunrise DEA Agent Hal Maguire 1989 Allen Habel 1989 Wired Bob Woodward 1989 Dad Dr. Santana 1990 Why Me? Chief Inspector Francis Mahoney 1990 Crazy People Mr. Charles F Drucker 1990 Cole 1990 Narrow Margin Michael Tarlow 1990 Misery Chief Sherman Douglas Uncredited 1990 Colonel Jackson Quinn 1991 Iron Maze Jack Ruhle 1991 Backdraft Alderman Marty Swayzak 1991 Defenseless Steven Seldes 1991 True Identity Agent Houston 1992 Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Andrew Markinson 1992 Hoffa Frank Fitzsimmons 1992 Grover Dean 1993 Sniper Colonel Chester Van Damme 1993 Loaded Weapon 1 Desk Clerk 1993 Red Rock West Kevin McCord / Sheriff Wayne Brown 1993 Needful Things Danforth "Buster" Keeton III Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 1993 Morning Glory Sheriff Reese Goodloe 1993 One Little Indian Marshall Robinson Short 1994 Frank Griffith 1994 Blue Chips "Happy" Kuykendahl 1994 FBI Agent Jason McThune 1994 Silent Fall Sheriff Mitch Rivers 1994 Miracle on 34th Street Ed Collins 1995 Outbreak White House Chief of Staff Uncredited 1995 Mike Sr. 1995 Harry Tucker 1995 Black Day Blue Night Lieutenant John Quinn 1995 Charlie's Ghost Story Darryl 1995 Nixon John Ehrlichman Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 1995 Sacred Cargo Father Stanislav 1996 Executive Decision Senator Jason Mavros 1996 Ted Hannon 1996 Sling Blade Charles Bushman Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 1997 Breakdown Warren "Red" Barr Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 1998 Inspector Terence Niebaum Posthumous release 1998 Pleasantville Bob "Big Bob" Posthumous release 1999 Hidden Agenda Jonathan Zanuck Posthumous release

Year Title RoleNotes 1984 The Edge of Night Ken Bloom #2 9 Episodes 1985 All My Children Jay Garland 1 Episode 1987 Spenser: For Hire Andrew Lawford Episode: "Murder and Acquisitions" 1987 The Ellen Burstyn Show Dan Hodges Episode: "Writer, Wronger" 1987 The Equalizer Andrew Banks / Sam Griffith 2 Episodes 1988 Windmills of the Gods Colonel Bill McKinney TV Miniseries 1989 L. A. Law Pete Bostik Episode: "Consumed Innocent" 1992 In the Shadow of a Killer Inspector Leo Kemeny TV movie 1993 The American Clock Judge Bradley TV film based on the play by Arthur Miller 1994 Birdland Potter Episode: "Grand Delusion" 1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Colonel Charles Fane Episode: "Operation Blackout" 1994 Starstruck Greer TV movie 1995 The X Files Warden Brodeur Episode: "The List" 1996 Crime of the Century Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. TV movie 1996 Gang in Blue Lieutenant William Eyler TV movie 1996–1997 Dark Skies Frank Bach 19 Episodes 1997 Hope Ray Percy Goldie Hawn's directorial debut 1997 C 16: FBI Jules Rozack Episode: "Radio FBI"