Cast
Kenneth Welsh
Acting
Cast
Kenneth Welsh
Known for
Acting
Born
1942-03-30
From
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died
2022-05-05
Also known as Ken Welsh , Ken Walsh, Kenneth Walsh
Biography
Kenneth Welsh, CM (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He was known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and had more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his portrayal of Reno Colt in the film "Reno and the Doc", written and directed by Charles Dennis. In 1997 Welsh directed Dennis in the latter's play "SoHo Duo" at the West Bank Theatre in New York City. Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta to a father who worked for the Canadian National Railway. He grew up in Alberta and studied drama at school. He later moved to Montreal and attended the National Theatre School. Following graduation, he auditioned for the Stratford Festival in Ontario and then spent the first seven years of his career on stage. Welsh has portrayed historical figures including Thomas E. Dewey, Colin Thatcher, Harry S. Truman (twice), Thomas Edison, James "Scotty" Reston, General Harry Crerar and James Baker. He has made guest appearances on the acclaimed TV series Due South and Slings and Arrows. In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. His role as the Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 environmental disaster film The Day After Tomorrow sparked some controversy due to his physical resemblance to Dick Cheney, who at the time was the real Vice President. Director Roland Emmerich later confirmed that he deliberately chose Welsh for that very reason. Emmerich stated that the character of the Vice-President in the film was intended to be a not-so-subtle criticism of the environmental policies of the Presidency of George W. Bush. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Welsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★6.6
MOVIE2004
The Day After Tomorrow
as Vice President Becker
★5.6
MOVIE2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Dr. Jeff Wagner
★7.4
MOVIE1994
Legends of the Fall
as Sheriff Tynert
★6.6
MOVIE2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Dr. Mueller
★7.2
MOVIE2004
The Aviator
as Dr. Hepburn
★6.8
MOVIE2005
Four Brothers
as Robert Bradford
★5.6
MOVIE2006
The Covenant
as Provost Higgins
★4.6
MOVIE2005
The Fog
as Tom Malone
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Timecop
as Utley
★5.3
MOVIE2003
Ice Bound
★5.9
MOVIE1988
Crocodile Dundee II
as Brannigan
★6.0
MOVIE2016
The Void
as Dr. Richard Powell
★7.1
MOVIE2004
Miracle
as Doc Nagobads
★6.7
MOVIE1997
Absolute Power
as Sandy Lord
★6.0
MOVIE2020
PG: Psycho Goreman
as Narrator & Judicator (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2013
The Art of the Steal
as 'Uncle' Paddy MacCarthy
★6.7
MOVIE1984
Falling in Love
as Doctor
★6.0
MOVIE1986
Heartburn
as Dr. Appel
★5.6
MOVIE1994
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
as Lt. Mickey King
★6.8
MOVIE1997
The Wrong Guy
as Mr. Nagel
★4.0
MOVIE1993
Bye Bye Love
as David
★8.3
MOVIE1974
Piaf
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Radio Days
as Radio Voice (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE1988
Another Woman
as Donald
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Silk
as Mayor Joncour
★5.6
MOVIE1985
Perfect
as Joe McKenzie
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Eloise at Christmastime
as Sir Wilkes
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Turning April
as Father
★5.1
MOVIE1989
The January Man
as Roger Culver
★5.9
MOVIE1988
The House on Carroll Street
as Hackett
★5.6
MOVIE2017
Undercover Grandpa
as Harry
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Adoration
as Morris
★6.2
MOVIE2003
Eloise at the Plaza
as Sir Wilkes
★6.5
MOVIE2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as James Baker
★4.5
MOVIE1983
Tell Me That You Love Me
as David
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Love and Murder
as Isaak Levin
★5.8
MOVIE1983
Of Unknown Origin
as James Hall
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Whale Music
as Kenneth Sexstone
★5.4
MOVIE2017
Awakening the Zodiac
as Ben
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Mind Prey
as Tower Manette
★5.4
MOVIE2013
Cottage Country
as Earl
★5.9
MOVIE2001
The Royal Scandal
as Dr. Watson
★5.1
MOVIE1989
Physical Evidence
as Harry Norton
★4.8
MOVIE2010
Survival of the Dead
as Patrick O'Flynn
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
as professor Wójcik
★4.5
MOVIE1984
Piaf
as Police Inspector / Georges / Physiotherapist
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Vendetta
as Mayor Joe Shakspeare
★6.3
MOVIE2016
A Nutcracker Christmas
as Dimitri
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Haven
as Harry Truman
★6.5
MOVIE2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Uncle Hendrick
★5.2
MOVIE1995
Hideaway
as Detective Breech
★6.3
MOVIE1990
The Freshman
as Dwight Armstrong
★4.8
MOVIE1999
G-Saviour
as General Garneaux
★9.0
MOVIE1986
Murder Sees the Light
as Patten
★5.6
MOVIE2006
One Way
as William Henderson
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Our Fathers
as Bishop Murphy
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Chicanery
as Pringle Hewitt
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Lost!
★4.8
MOVIE1998
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Shelby
★6.0
MOVIE2000
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Dr. Watson
★5.1
MOVIE1994
Another Woman
as Dr. Kenneth Holcross
★5.9
MOVIE2001
The Sign of Four
as Dr. Watson
★6.2
MOVIE1995
Dancing in the Dark
as Dr. Bel
★6.9
MOVIE2013
The Story of Luke
as Jonas
★4.5
MOVIE1984
Covergirl
as Harrison
★4.2
MOVIE1996
Portraits of a Killer
as Jim Miller
★5.3
MOVIE1994
And Then There Was One
as David Burns
★10.0
MOVIE1990
The Widowmaker
as Atkinson
★5.1
MOVIE1997
Habitat
as Coach Marlowe
★5.0
MOVIE1994
Getting Gotti
as Bennett
★5.9
MOVIE1997
Dead Silence
as Sheriff Lenny Budd
★5.6
MOVIE2000
Love Come Down
as Ira Rosen
★6.5
MOVIE2002
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire
as Dr. Watson
★6.1
MOVIE2021
The Middle Man
as Mr. Miller
★6.8
MOVIE2009
Grey Gardens
as Max Gordon
★8.3
MOVIE1996
The Conspiracy of Fear
as Captain Rose
★5.4
MOVIE2005
The Snow Queen
as King
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Murder in Black and White
as Ruggieri
★5.8
MOVIE2003
The Pentagon Papers
as John McNaughon
★5.7
MOVIE2008
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
as Jack
★6.7
MOVIE1987
Loyalties
as David Sutton
★9.0
MOVIE1998
Edison : The Wizard of Light
as Thomas Edison
★5.0
MOVIE2000
Deliberate Intent
as Peder Lund
★5.6
MOVIE2013
Rewind
as President
★6.1
MOVIE1995
Vanished
as Bill Palmer
★7.1
MOVIE2019
And the Birds Rained Down
as Boychuck
★4.8
MOVIE1988
Liberace: Behind the Music
★3.4
MOVIE1989
Straight Line
as Dr. Hammel
★7.5
MOVIE1991
Grand Larceny
as Virgil Klovitz
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Bailey's Billion$
as Mouse Delaney
★6.2
MOVIE2002
The Man Who Saved Christmas
as Newton Baker
★4.5
MOVIE1996
Rowing Through
as Harry Parker
★5.8
MOVIE1993
Bonds of Love
as Judge
★8.3
MOVIE1995
Hiroshima
as President Harry S Truman
★9.0
MOVIE1975
The School for Scandal
as Charles Surface
★5.0
MOVIE1992
The Good Fight
as Dick Chandler
MOVIE2007
Hamlet {Solo}
as Self
MOVIE1985
The Cuckoo Bird
as Harry
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Focus
as Father Crighton
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Margaret's Museum
as Angus MacNeil
★7.9
MOVIE1995
Kissinger and Nixon
as James 'Scotty' Reston
★7.4
MOVIE2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE1998
Thunder Point
as Armstrong
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Christmas in America
as Harry Morgan
★4.8
MOVIE1996
Escape Clause
as Owen Jessop
★4.8
MOVIE2000
Cold Blooded
as Chief Inspector Brodsky
★2.8
MOVIE1989
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
★6.9
MOVIE1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Thomas E. Dewey
★4.1
MOVIE2001
Sanctuary
as Sam Hathaway
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
as George Steinbrenner
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Campton Manor
as Lawrence
★5.2
MOVIE1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Sam Skinner
★5.4
MOVIE1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Caz Hollowitz
★6.0
MOVIE1995
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
as Mr. Higgins
★5.6
MOVIE2000
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
as William Kunstler
★7.3
MOVIE1991
Perfectly Normal
as Charlie Glesby
★4.4
MOVIE1980
Phobia
as Sergeant Wheeler
★7.0
MOVIE1986
The Climb
as Walter Frauenberger
★5.2
MOVIE1998
Dead Husbands
as Chase Woodward
★5.7
MOVIE2000
Witchblade
as Joe Siri
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Murder Times Seven
as Nick Ruggieri
★7.7
MOVIE1990
The Last Best Year
as Jerry
★3.9
MOVIE2012
The Riverbank
as Joe Mason
★3.8
MOVIE1980
Double Negative
as Dr. Klifter
★6.5
MOVIE1991
Christmas on Division Street
as David Atwood
★6.5
MOVIE1987
And Then You Die
as Eddie Griffin
MOVIE1993
Dieppe
as Maj. Gen. Harry Crerar
MOVIE2015
The Ballad of Immortal Joe
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Midnight at the Paradise
as Max
★5.3
MOVIE1989
Champagne Charlie
as John Whistlow
MOVIE2025
Afterwards
as Garen
★6.7
MOVIE1993
Adrift
as Guy Nast
★5.7
MOVIE1993
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
as Don Eisenberg
★7.7
MOVIE1992
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Paul Michel
★4.0
MOVIE1986
Loose Ends
as Elder Seth
★7.5
MOVIE1984
Reno and the Doc
as Reno
★7.0
MOVIE1987
A Stranger Waits
as Richard Miller
★3.8
MOVIE1983
Hot Money
as Parker
MOVIE1983
No More Hibakusha!
as (voice)
★4.0
MOVIE2004
The Wild Guys
as Andy
★4.5
MOVIE1991
The Big Slice
as Lieutenant Bernard
★6.0
MOVIE1979
Riel
as McWilliams
★6.5
MOVIE2002
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
as Dr. James Franken
★7.7
MOVIE1989
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
as Colin Thatcher
★6.8
MOVIE1985
The War Boy
as Stephan Berecky
MOVIE2005
The Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail
as Inspector Ramsgate
★3.9
MOVIE1998
Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Boozecan
as Tim
★7.0
MOVIE1993
The Great Dinosaur Hunt
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE2014
Wet Bum
as Ed
★7.5
MOVIE1992
Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story
as Michael Schottland
MOVIE1983
Gary Carter Visits Japan
as Narrator