Keith Walker

Keith Walker June 29 1935 December 30 1996 was an American writer producer and actor He cowrote the screenplay for the film Free Willy and wrote for television series including The Fall Guy Emergency Quincy ME and MASH 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 WaltonWalker 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