Veteran character player of film and TV since the early 1970s. Husky, balding and often rather phlegmatic in his line delivery, Walsh convinces as unsympathetic working-class authority figures and bad guys. While he excels in realizing the sleaze potential of Everyman, Walsh also remains credible playing basically benign elders. After learning his craft in summer stock and regional theater, he made both his Broadway and feature debuts in 1969 with the play "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" and an uncredited bit in "Midnight Cowboy". Over the next quarter of a century, Walsh became a prolific