Twin Peaks actor Kenneth Welsh dead at 80 Toronto

‘Twin Peaks’ actor Kenneth Welsh dead at 80

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Twin Peaks star Kenneth Welsh has died aged 80.

The Canadian actor who played mad FBI agent Windom Earle on the hit TV series passed away on Thursday.

Devon Welsh, his son, wrote on Twitter: “My father passed away peacefully at home on Thursday. I will always love him beyond words.”

Devon – who is a musical artist – also celebrated his father as a “giant of acting”.

He said: “He lived a wonderful life, he was the best father I could have asked for and he touched so many lives. Please toast, watch a movie/tv show he was in, celebrate a giant of acting.”

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Welsh has starred in more than 100 television and film projects during his career.

ACTRA, the Canadian film and television union, has already paid tribute to the late actor, calling Welsh a “great” actor.

The union said in a statement: “ACTRA Toronto is deeply saddened today by the death of Kenneth Welsh. Ken was one of Canada’s greatest actors of all time, with hundreds of memorable roles spanning decades. He will be greatly missed. Our condolences go to his family.”

Welsh studied at the National Theater School of Canada in Montreal and has played a variety of historical figures throughout his career, including Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey and Thomas Edison.

In fact, the actor developed an affinity for acting from an early age.

Welsh – who has starred in TV shows like The Twilight Zone and Love, Lies And Murder – said: “I think when I was a kid I was always a bit of a show-off in class.

“I remember one of my school reports said, ‘Kenneth needs to calm down and stop disrupting class,’ so they moved me to the next grade to get rid of me.”