Kenneth Welsh

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1942-03-30

Died: 2022-05-05

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Piaf		80
2	1975	The School for Scandal	Charles Surface	0
3	1980	Double Negative	Dr. Klifter	33
4	1980	F.D.R.: The Last Year	Thomas E. Dewey	58
5	1980	Phobia	Sergeant Wheeler	44
6	1983	Gary Carter Visits Japan	Narrator	0
7	1983	Hot Money	Parker	20
8	1983	No More Hibakusha!	(voice)	0
9	1983	Tell Me That You Love Me	David	10
10	1983	Of Unknown Origin	James Hall	58
11	1984	Reno and the Doc	Reno	50
12	1984	Covergirl	Harrison	40
13	1984	Piaf	Police Inspector / Georges / Physiotherapist	0
14	1984	Falling in Love	Doctor	67
15	1985	The War Boy	Stephan Berecky	57
16	1985	Perfect	Joe McKenzie	57
17	1986	The Climb	Walter Frauenberger	0
18	1986	Murder Sees the Light	Patten	0
19	1986	Loose Ends	Elder Seth	30
20	1986	Lost!		60
21	1986	Heartburn	Dr. Appel	60
22	1987	And Then You Die	Eddie Griffin	60
23	1987	Radio Days	Radio Voice (voice)	71
24	1987	A Stranger Waits	Richard Miller	50
25	1987	Loyalties	David Sutton	50
26	1988	The House on Carroll Street	Hackett	58
27	1988	Crocodile Dundee II	Brannigan	58
28	1988	Liberace: Behind the Music		43
29	1988	Another Woman	Donald	68
30	1989	The January Man	Roger Culver	50
31	1989	Physical Evidence	Harry Norton	51
32	1989	Champagne Charlie	John Whistlow	30
33	1989	Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher	Colin Thatcher	70
34	1989	Straight Line	Dr. Hammel	28
35	1989	Christmas in America	Harry Morgan	0
36	1990	Murder in Black and White	Ruggieri	0
37	1990	The Freshman	Dwight Armstrong	63
38	1990	Murder Times Seven	Nick Ruggieri	0
39	1990	The Last Best Year	Jerry	70
40	1990	The Widowmaker	Atkinson	0
41	1991	Perfectly Normal	Charlie Glesby	66
42	1991	The Big Slice	Lieutenant Bernard	37
43	1991	Christmas on Division Street	David Atwood	62
44	1992	Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story	Michael Schottland	60
45	1992	Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	Sam Skinner - Presidential Delegation	53
46	1992	A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story	Paul Michel	70
47	1992	The Good Fight	Dick Chandler	35
48	1993	Bonds of Love	Judge	53
49	1993	Adrift	Guy Nast	60
50	1993	Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story	Don Eisenberg	35
51	1993	Bye Bye Love	David	40
52	1993	Dieppe	Maj. Gen. Harry Crerar	0
53	1994	Death Wish V: The Face of Death	Lt. Mickey King	55
54	1994	Getting Gotti	Bennett	46
55	1994	And Then There Was One	David Burns	46
56	1994	Timecop	Utley	60
57	1994	Harlequin: Another Woman	Dr. Kenneth Holcross	51
58	1994	Boozecan		50
59	1994	Whale Music	Kenneth Sexstone	56
60	1994	Legends of the Fall	Sheriff Tynert	74
61	1995	Hideaway	Detective Breech	52
62	1995	Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story	Mr. Higgins	40
63	1995	Vanished	Bill Palmer	51
64	1995	Dancing In The Dark	Dr. Bel	60
65	1995	Hiroshima	President Harry S Truman	80
66	1995	Margaret's Museum	Angus MacNeil	66
67	1995	Kissinger and Nixon	James 'Scotty' Reston	79
68	1996	Rowing Through	Harry Parker	35
69	1996	The Conspiracy of Fear	Captain Rose	75
70	1996	Portraits of a Killer	Jim Miller	23
71	1996	Escape Clause	Owen Jessop	46
72	1997	Absolute Power	Sandy Lord	66
73	1997	Habitat	Coach Marlowe	51
74	1997	The Wrong Guy	Mr. Nagel	69
75	1997	Dead Silence	Sheriff Lenny Budd	58
76	1997	Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way	George Steinbrenner	50
77	1998	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Caz Hollowitz	51
78	1998	Thunder Point	Armstrong	45
79	1998	Thanks of a Grateful Nation	Sen. Shelby	40
80	1998	Dead Husbands	Chase Woodward	48
81	1998	Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story		32
82	1999	Mind Prey	Tower Manette	60
83	1999	G-Saviour	General Garneaux	46
84	1999	Vendetta	Mayor Joe Shakspeare	58
85	2000	Love and Murder	Isaak Levin	50
86	2000	Who Killed Atlanta's Children?	William Kunstler	55
87	2000	Love Come Down	Ira Rosen	52
88	2000	Deliberate Intent	Peder Lund	45
89	2000	Witchblade	Joe Siri	54
90	2000	Cold Blooded	Chief Inspector Brodsky	43
91	2000	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Dr. Watson	59
92	2001	Haven	Harry Truman	68
93	2001	Sanctuary	Sam Hathaway	33
94	2001	The Sign of Four	Dr. Watson	57
95	2001	The Royal Scandal	Dr. Watson	56
96	2001	Focus	Father Crighton	64
97	2001	The Day Reagan Was Shot	James Baker	64
98	2002	Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher	Dr. James Franken	40
99	2002	The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire	Dr. Watson	61
100	2002	The Man Who Saved Christmas	Newton Baker	59
101	2003	The Pentagon Papers	John McNaughon	58
102	2003	Eloise at the Plaza	Sir Wilkes	61
103	2003	Eloise at Christmastime	Sir Wilkes	63
104	2004	Miracle	Doc Nagobads	71
105	2004	The Wild Guys	Andy	40
106	2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Vice President Becker	65
107	2004	The Aviator	Dr. Hepburn	72
108	2005	Our Fathers	Bishop Murphy	64
109	2005	Bailey's Billion$	Mouse Delaney	58
110	2005	Four Brothers	Robert Bradford	68
111	2005	Karol: A Man Who Became Pope	professor Wójcik	70
112	2005	The Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail	Inspector Ramsgate	0
113	2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Dr. Mueller	66
114	2005	The Fog	Tom Malone	45
115	2005	Category 7: The End of the World	Alan Horst	61
116	2005	The Snow Queen	King	52
117	2006	The Covenant	Provost Higgins	56
118	2006	One Way	William Henderson	56
119	2006	Above and Beyond		0
120	2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Dr. Jeff Wagner	56
121	2007	Hamlet {Solo}	Self	0
122	2007	Silk	Mayor Joncour	58
123	2007	Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks		72
124	2012	The Riverbank	Joe Mason	42
125	2013	Cottage Country	Earl	53
126	2013	The Story of Luke	Jonas	69
127		The Great Dinosaur Hunt	Narrator	70
128	2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Uncle Hendrick	65
129	2008	A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride	Jack	57
130	2009	Adoration	Morris	59
131	2009	Grey Gardens	Max Gordon	69
132	2010	Survival of the Dead	Patrick O'Flynn	49
133	2013	Rewind	President	57
134	2013	The Art of the Steal	'Uncle' Paddy MacCarthy	62
135	2014	Wet Bum	Ed	63
136	2015	The Ballad of Immortal Joe		0
137	2016	The Void	Dr. Richard Powell	60
138	2016	A Nutcracker Christmas	Dimitri	65
139	2017	Chicanery	Pringle Hewitt	60
140	2017	Awakening the Zodiac	Ben	51
141	2017	Undercover Grandpa	Harry	56
142	2019	And the Birds Rained Down	Boychuck	71
143	2020	PG: Psycho Goreman	Narrator & Judicator (voice)	59
144	2021	The Middle Man	Mr. Miller	60
145	2023	Midnight at the Paradise	Max	0
146	2024	Campton Manor	Lawrence	48
147	2024	Afterwards	Garen	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Great Performances	Charles Surface	53
2	1977	For The Record	Premier Lougheed	0
3	1977	For The Record	Dipsi Doolan	0
4	1977	For The Record		0
5	1983	Empire, Inc.		0
6	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Crane	69
7	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Captain Wilder	69
8	1985	The Twilight Zone		78
9	1988	The Murder of Mary Phagan	Luther Rosser	58
10	1990	Twin Peaks	Windom Earle	83
11	1990	Law & Order	Ben O'Dell	74
12	1992	Cruel Doubt	Attorney Wade Smith	44
13	1993	The X-Files	Simon Gates	84
14	1994	Due South	Randal K. Bolt	75
15	1994	Due South	Cyrus Bolt	75
16	1995	The Outer Limits	Dr. Vasquez	77
17	1995	Hiroshima	President Harry S. Truman	80
18	1997	Dead Man's Gun	Dean Marley	47
19	1997	The Practice	Judge M. Harrod	77
20	1997	The Hunger	Hugo Lawery	58
21	1997	The Third Twin	Preston Barck	51
22	1998	Twitch City	Mr. Surdjic	84
23	1998	Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension		73
24	2000	Soul Food	Dr. Jackson Pruit	70
25	2000	Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Watson	0
26	2001	Witchblade		69
27	2001	The Guardian		68
28	2001	Smallville	Drunk Santa	82
29	2004	This Is Wonderland		90
30	2004	Stargate Atlantis	Jamus	80
31	2004	ReGenesis	Shelby Sloane	74
32	2004	H2O	Randall Spear	90
33	2005	Tilt	Seymour Annisman	63
34	2005	Karol: A Man Who Became Pope	Professor Wójcik	60
35	2006	Above and Beyond	Lord Beaverbrook	60
36	2007	Bionic Woman		63
37	2008	The Trojan Horse	Randall Spear	40
38	2009	The Last Templar	Bill Vance	54
39	2009	The Listener	Albert Jacoby	68
40	2010	Human Target	Tony Belvilacqua	72
41	2010	Haven	Cole Glendower	76
42	2011	XIII: The Series	Dr. Westlund	62
43	2013	The Blacklist	Werner von Hauser	76
44	2014	The Best Laid Plans	Angus McLintock	65
45	2015	The Expanse	Franklin Degraaf	81
46	2017	Star Trek: Discovery	Senna Tal (voice)	71
47	2017	Star Trek: Discovery	Senna Tal	71
48	2018	Lodge 49		66

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