Biography
The memorable but fleeting appearance of American actor Tracey Walter as "Bob the Goon" in
Batman was typical of Walter's career. In the grand tradition of such Hollywood character actors as
Percy Helton,
Dick Wessel and
Louis Jean Heydt, Walter is in the "who is that?" category--familiar yet anonymous--and has developed a cult following amongst cinema buffs. The stage-trained Walters can be seen in such films as
Repo Man (1984)
City Slickers (1991),
Pacific Heights (1992), and
Philadelphia (1993). As far back as the 1984 critic's-darling sitcom
Best of the West, Walter played Frog, the knuckle-dragging henchman of villain
Leonard Frey. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide