Walter Olkewicz (May 14, 1948 - April 6, 2021) was an American character actor best known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Client (1994), and 1941 (1979).
He had one child.
Olkewicz died in 2021 at the age of 72 after suffering from a long illness. His son, Zak, has gone into screenwriting, writing Bullet Train and The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1976: Futureworld as Chief Technician
- 1977: The Greatest as Reporter
- 1979: Summer Camp as Horse
- 1979: 1941 as Hinshaw
- 1980: Hot T Shirts as Joe
- 1980: Enola Gay The Men The Mission The Atomic Bomb as Sgt. Shug Crawford
- 1981: Circle Of Power as Buddy Gordon
- 1981: Comedy Of Horrors as Danny Logan
- 1982: The Executioners Song as Pete Galovan
- 1982: Jimmy The Kid as Kelp
- 1983: Travis Mc Gee as Wright Fletcher
- 1984: Calamity Jane 1984 as Will Lull
- 1984: Making The Grade as Coach Wordman
- 1984: Heartbreakers as Marvin
- 1986: Many Happy Returns as Darryl Webb
- 1987: Stillwatch as Sid Sherman
- 1988: Baja Oklahoma as Private Eye
- 1989: The Big Picture as Babe Ruth
- 1989: Full Exposure The Sex Tapes Scandal as Lenny Coles
- 1989: Everybodys Baby The Rescue Of Jessica Mc Clure as Police Officer Andy Glasscock
- 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Jacques Renault
- 1994: The Client as Jerome 'Romey' Clifford
- 1995: The Surgeon as Dr. Meade
- 1995: The Good Old Boys as Fat Gervin
- 1995: Stuart Saves His Family as Larry Skoag
- 1996: Raven as Bernie McFrewd
- 1996: Big Packages as Richie
- 1997: Pronto as Jimmy 'The Cap' Caportorto
- 1997: In Dark Places as Vendor
- 1998: How To Make The Cruelest Month as Professor
- 1998: Milo as Jack Wyatt
- 1999: You Know My Name as Killian
- 1999: Youre Killing Me as The Embalmer
- 2000: Meeting Daddy as Dink Branson
- 2001: Last Days 2001 as Warden Phillips
- 2002: Par 6 as Walt Hegelman
Television Roles
- 1978: The Rockford Files as Mac Amodeus
- 1979: Hart to Hart as Longshoreman #2
- 1979-1980: The Last Resort as Zach Comstock
- 1980-1983: Taxi as Tom Caldwell (2 episodes)
- 1981: Alice as Sonny Santini
- 1981-1982: Barney Miller as William Krebs aka Bingo the Clown/Walter Cushing (2 episodes)
- 1982: It's a Living as Dan
- 1982: The Blue and the Gray as Pvt. Grundy
- 1983: Wizards & Warriors as Marko
- 1983: The Love Boat as Leonard Gluck
- 1984: The Duck Factory as Bumps Carmichael
- 1984: Partners In Crime as Harmon Shain
- 1984-1987: Family Ties as Walter Luskin/Howie/Bill Channing (3 episodes)
- 1985: Newhart as Mr. Thurman
- 1985: Trapper John, M.D. as Dr. Harry Denmore
- 1985: I Had Three Wives as Johnny Shore
- 1985: Hollywood Beat as Harvey Minick
- 1985: The A-Team as Joe Skrylow
- 1985: Riptide as Robin Loxley/Robin Duncan
- 1985: 227 as Eddie
- 1985-1986: Tall Tales And Legends as Zeke/Van Epps (2 episodes)
- 1986: Hardcastle and McCormick as Conyo
- 1986: Throb as Perry Mason
- 1986: Designing Women as Mason Dodd
- 1986: Falcon Crest as Dancer
- 1986-1992: Night Court as Walter Plimp/Mr. Doyle/Mr. Freedman (5 episodes)
- 1987: Shell Game as Norman van Delken
- 1987: Married... with Children as Violinist
- 1987: Moonlighting as Leon Summers
- 1987: The Charmings as Henry Giant
- 1987-1988: Dolly as Bubba (10 episodes)
- 1987-1989: Mr. Belvedere as Allan (2 episodes)
- 1987-1992: Who's the Boss? as Tiny McGee (4 episodes)
- 1988: L.A. Law as Mr. Hartvig
- 1988: We Got It Made as Orville
- 1989: Wiseguy as Jacobson
- 1989: Open House as Stan
- 1989: Murder, She Wrote as Howard
- 1990: Twin Peaks as Jacques Renault
- 2017: Twin Peaks (2017) as Jean-Michael Renault
- 1990: Matlock as Bartender
- 1990: Bagdad Cafe as Bobby
- 1990: The Flash (1990) as Jack Callahan
- 1991: Life Goes On as Nathan
- 1991: Brooklyn Bridge as Happy Felton
- 1992: Love & War as Claude Renais
- 1993: Batman: The Animated Series as Carmine Falcone
- 1993: Route 66 as George Wilton
- 1993-1996: Grace Under Fire as Dougie Bourdeau (48 episodes)
- 1996: Seinfeld as Nick
- 1997: Profiler as Sanitorum Director
- 1998: Michael Hayes as Albert Parker
- 1998: The Visitor (1997) as Ozzie Faulkner
- 1998: The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Bloom
- 1998: Sliders as The Boss
- 1998: Chicago Hope as Harry Zakovitch
- 1999: The Wayans Bros. as Ernie
- 1999: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Otto Schenkel (2 episodes)
- 1999: Dharma & Greg as Howie
- 1999: Good Vs Evil 1999 as Gus Wine
- 2001: ER as Georgia's Man
- 2002: Everwood as Mike O'Connell
