James Thomas Patrick Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998), more commonly known as "J.T.," was an American character actor known for his roles as "quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs" (quote from Leonard Maltin) in numerous feature films and "everybody's favorite scumbag" from Playboy magazine.
Walsh was born in San Francisco, California. He had three siblings, Christopher, Patricia, and Mary. After studying at Clongowes Wood Colle...
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James Thomas Patrick Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998), more commonly known as "J.T.," was an American character actor known for his roles as "quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs" (quote from Leonard Maltin) in numerous feature films and "everybody's favorite scumbag" from Playboy magazine.
Walsh was born in San Francisco, California. He had three siblings, Christopher, Patricia, and Mary. After studying at Clongowes Wood College in Ireland, Walsh attended the University of Rhode Island, where he starred in many college theater productions. In 1974, he was discovered by a director and began working in off-Broadway shows.
Walsh did not appear in feature films until 1983, when he had a minor role in Eddie Macon's Run. Over the next 15 years, he played in over 50 feature films, increasingly taking the bad guy role for which he is so well known, e.g. the loudly irascible Sgt. Maj. Dickerson in Good Morning, Vietnam. Walsh had one of his best roles as Wayne in Red Rock...
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