# Keith Walker (writer)

Keith Walker (June 29, 1935 — December 30, 1996) was an American writer, producer, and actor. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film Free Willy, and wrote for television series including The Fall Guy, Emergency!, Quincy, M.E. and M*A*S*H." He wrote 26 episodes of the Rod Serling hosted radio show The Zero Hour, all of them coming in the second, and final, season of the show. He appeared as an actor on television shows Mannix, The Rookies, Mission: Impossible, and Fantasy Island. Walker had a memorable role as Irving Walsh in the film The Goonies. He was married to actress Peggy Walton-Walker.
Following brief treatment for cancer, Keith Walker died in Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 61 in late 1996. The third Free Willy film, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, was dedicated to his memory.

## Filmography
### Film
#### Acting credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Time to Run | | |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Radio Voice | Uncredited |
| 1977 | Age of Innocence | Soldier | Uncredited |
| 1978 | Till Death | Dr. Perkins | |
| 1984 | Future Schlock | Sgt. Tatts | |
| 1985 | The Goonies | Mr. Walsh | Final role |

#### Screenwriting credits

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1993 | Free Willy | as Keith A. Walker; Co-writer & Story |

### Television
#### Acting credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | 1st Man | Episode: "Get Me to the Revolution on Time" |
| 1969–71 | Ironside | Arthur Nadeliano / Reporter | 2 episodes |
| 1970–73 | Mannix | Newcaster / Announcer / Smith / Barney | 5 episodes |
| 1970 | Nancy | Began | Episode: "The Smallest Diamond in the World" |
| 1971 | The Young Lawyers | Reporter / Reporter #1 & #2 | 2 episodes |
| 1971 | The F.B.I. | Newscaster | Episode: "Three-Way Split" |
| 1972 | Longstreet | Reporter | Episode: "Field of Honor" |
| 1973 | The Affair | First Man | Television film |
| 1974–75 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | TV Reporter / 1st Reporter | 2 episodes + 1 uncredited |
| 1974 | Police Story | Policeman | Episode: "Requiem for C.Z. Smith" |
| 1974 | The Law | Dwight Healy | Television film |
| 1974 | The Rookies | Paul | Episode: "Blue Christmas" |
| 1975 | The Missing Are Deadly | News Announcer | Television film |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | T.V. Announcer | Episode: "The Killing Ground" |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | Upstairs Guard | Episode: "An Iron-Clad Plan" |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight | Wright | Episode: "Two to Make Deadly" |
| 1975 | Bronk | Randell | Episode: "There's Gonna Be War" |
| 1976 | Black Sheep Squadron | Naval Officer | Episode: "Prisoners of War" |
| 1976 | Spencer's Pilots | Doctor | Episode: "The Hitchhiker" |
| 1978 | Quincy M.E. | Newsman | as Keith A. Walker; Episode: "Gone But Not Forgotten" |
| 1982 | Bret Maverick | Holson | Episode: "The Ballad of Bret Maverick" |
| 1982 | Fantasy Island | Second | Episode: "The Ghost's Story/The Spoilers" |
| 1985 | Double Dare | | Episode: "Hong Kong King Con" |
| 1985 | Malice in Wonderland | Albert | as Keith A. Walker; Television film |
| 1985 | The A-Team | Dr. Craig | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Our House | | Episode: "Giving 'em the Business" |

#### Screenwriting credits

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1973 | M*A*S*H | Episode: "5 O'Clock Charlie"; Story & Teleplay |
| 1975 | Emergency! | as Keith A. Walker; Episode: "To Buy or Not to Buy" |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Episode: "The Secret of the Whispering Walls"; Story & Teleplay |
| 1984 | The Fall Guy | as Keith A. Walker; Episode: "Dead Bounty"; Story & Teleplay |