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My Favourite J.T. Walsh Roles
Inspired by @tequilasunrise28 and her list!
Why Me? (1990) - Chief Inspector Francis Mahoney.
The first film I ever remember seeing him in. We rented it on video sometime in '91 or '92 and I loved every second of it! I always remembered the final scenes where he's trapped with his Deputy, Leon, on the 10th floor and getting progressively more angry at the situation! The no-nonsense attitude of Mahoney will always be up there in my top three of his roles. We love a character who takes no shit!
2. Tequila Sunrise (1988) - DEA Agent Hal Maguire.
We had this on a recorded VHS tape when I was a kid, along with The Cotton Club, and I wasn't allowed to watch either because they were 18s! When I eventually did watch it I was infuriated by Kurt Russell's character, Nick Frescia, helping his drug-dealer friend, Mel Gibson's Mac, escape a prison sentence by circumventing Hal's apprehension of him. I won't say how for anyone who hasn't seen the film, but Hal was totally done dirty! Myself and @tequilasunrise28 were so outraged, we collaborated on a fanfic for him!
3. The Negotiator (1998) - Inspector Terence Niebaum.
I saw this in July 1998, which was five months after he sadly died. I was 16 and utterly loved every second of the film. Full of great actors alongside our beloved J.T., you can definitely imagine that his career would have continued to ascend into bigger roles. I remember being devastated when his memoriam appeared at the end of the film, as it was only after seeing this film that I realised all of the other films and TV I'd seen over the years had actually included him. It was a great role for him where he wasn't entirely playing a scumbag and had just succumbed to the lure of a bit of cash to lose some records.
4. The Beniker Gang (1984) - Principal Arnold M. Stoddard.
One of his earliest roles in film and the meatiest he'd had at this point. He also isn't playing a bad guy which was so utterly refreshing! I only watched this in recent months and I was utterly hooked when I did! He plays such a wholesome character and is so softly spoken when dealing with the children, it's hard not to melt a little! I can't help but wish he'd played more of these sorts of characters...
5. Crazy People (1990) - Charles F. Drucker.
Less bad guy, more cold-hearted capitalist scumbag! My favourite scene will forever be the "I wanna know how the fuck the word fuck gets in the New York fucking times!". I saw this clip on TikTok and instantly had to find a copy of the film! I have no regrets and it is one of my favourites! I was also curious as to what his character’s past would have been like as he mentions starting his advertising career in Milwaukee, and I always wondered if he started out as this money-hungry company owner...
6. A Few Good Men (1992) - Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson.
A role he actually got to choose. Definitely not a bad guy role, and another role where I feel he was kinda done dirty as he felt the need to take the final action he did. Of all the Marine characters, his was the only one with the morals to actually do the right thing, despite what he knew it would cost him.
7. Outbreak (1995) - Whitehouse Chief of Staff.
A role that only lasted around four minutes and one scene, but it made such an impact that people to this day still talk about the passionate speech he gives in defense of the people they're discussing potentially bombing out of existence. This scene has also been immortalised on YouTube people love it so much!
8. Needful Things (1993) - Danforth Keeton III.
I just love this first scene he's in. A character with an inflated sense of self-importance and a chip on his shoulder about being called 'Buster'. He's not an inherently bad character, but he has a very large gambling addiction and succumbs to the temptations of the Devil in the hopes that he can win back some town money he gambled away. As he always did, he gave this character his all, truly excelling at highlighting the weakness of the character, despite the big, bold attitude he has in the beginning.
9. Breakdown (1997) - Warren 'Red' Barr.
Another big screen role that was beginning to open doors for him, he plays the sadistic kidnapper with uncanny ease. I feel sad that I didn't get to see this in the cinema, I saw it on video a few years later along with Pleasanville. Probably the role he's most remembered for outside of Good Morning, Vietnam and A Few Good Men.
10. Red Rock West (1993) - Wayne Brown/Kevin McCord.
Less a scumbag role and more of a 'I'm out for a quiet life with my embezzled money' role. Myself and @tequilasunrise28 have always wondered if his character was taken advantage of by Lara Flynn Boyle's character and he suspected she intended to off him so wanted to do the same first. Hardly a moralistic stance, but he does display some genuine concern for the people he works with when the young deputy is killed. I'll always wish we had a bigger backstory to his character...
#j.t. walsh#jt walsh#underrated actors#red rock west#a few good men#why me?#needful things#breakdown#the negotiator#crazy people#outbreak#tequila sunrise#the beniker gang
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Adding to the caps by @wetcrackbaby, I finally got my hands of an HD version of The Beniker Gang!
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The Beniker Gang - A Movie I Will Never Forget
There is always that one movie you remember watching as a kid. You would watch it every single time it came on and it was just truly amazing. That movie for me was The Beniker Gang, it actually came out in 1985 2 years before I was born but to this day it is a movie I will never forget watching as a child all through the 90s. Does Anyone else remember the movie? It starred Andrew McCarthy whose other credits include St Elmo's Fire and Mannequin and it was about 5 orphans who decide to run away from an orphanage and form their own little family till they get found out and have to fight to stay together when they are caught by the law and Child Services.
The message the movie gives is that "Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what." Just love that I do.
I haven't seen it in years but today it totally just came to mind and now I can't stop thinking about.
You know what I am going to watch it again for old times sake :)
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