Walter Olkewicz

Acting

Walter Olkewicz

Born 1948-05-14 · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Walter Olkewicz (May 14, 1948 – April 6, 2021) was an American character actor.

Acting credits

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster
7.4

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

The Client poster
6.7

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

The Client

1994

1941 poster
5.8

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

1941

1979

Raven poster
4.4

Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could escape... But no one escapes from the Raven Teams ruthless leader Raven. At least not alive. Raven is back with a new team to hunt down and eliminate Grant...

Raven

1996

The Greatest poster
5.7

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.

The Greatest

1977

The Executioner's Song poster
5.8

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.

The Executioner's Song

1982

The Big Picture poster
5.9

Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.

The Big Picture

1989

Flesh & Blood poster
5.9

A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.

Flesh & Blood

1979

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster
7.2

A feature-length compilation of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014

Stuart Saves His Family poster
5.2

A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.

Stuart Saves His Family

1995

Johnny Appleseed poster
NR

Shelley Duvall acted as host for this 1980s television series about legendary characters and historical events. This volume chronicles Jonathan Chapman (Martin Short), who loves two things: apples and his sweetheart, Jenny Smith (Molly Ringwald). Following Mother Nature's advice, he travels the countryside and sows apple seeds along the way, riling Smithville's imperious ruler (Rob Reiner) in this timeless American yarn.

Johnny Appleseed

1986

Meeting Daddy poster
4.7

An aspiring writer from New York visits his girlfriend's eccentric family in Georgia.

Meeting Daddy

2000

Brainwash poster
6.3

A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.

Brainwash

1983

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure poster
6.0

Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die.

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

1989

Milo poster
4.5

Four grade school girls witness a classmate murdered by Milo Jeeder, a little boy in a yellow raincoat, before he supposedly drowns to death in a river, only to discover sixteen years later that Milo has seemingly reappeared, unchanged.

Milo

1998

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb poster
6.0

The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

1980

Stillwatch poster
6.6

Television journalist, Patricia Traymore, moves to Washington to do an in-depth interview with vice presidential hopeful, Senator Abigail Winslow. She moves into a house where she lived as a child and where her father murdered her mother and attempted to kill her. She wants to face the past and, with the help of a psychic neighbor, Lila Thatcher, find some answers about this tragic event. In the meantime, Senator Winslow has some secrets she is hiding.

Stillwatch

1987

Baja Oklahoma poster
6.5

Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouching for her promiscuous friend, Doris Steadman, she's trying to maintain some semblance of a romantic life. As Juanita prepares to make the leap to Nashville, her former boyfriend, Slick Henderson, returns to town, further complicating her situation.

Baja Oklahoma

1988

Making the Grade poster
5.1

Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.

Making the Grade

1984

The Surgeon poster
5.1

Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years later, he returns to the hospital that condemned his work to begin practicing his grizzly experiments once more.

The Surgeon

1995

The Good Old Boys poster
6.7

An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.

The Good Old Boys

1995

Tourist Trap poster
6.6

George Piper, dissatisfied with his dead-end job and longing for adventure, embarks on an RV trip with his family. Guided by an old Civil War diary, they retrace the footsteps of his great-grandfather.

Tourist Trap

1998

How to Make the Cruelest Month poster
2.5

Bright and neurotic girl Bell sets two goals for New Year - to quit smoking and to fall in love. As the first task turns out to be too difficult, she puts all her energy into the second.

How to Make the Cruelest Month

1998

No artwork available
9.0

Four plus-sized friends attempt to navigate through life.

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