# RIP Kenneth Welsh **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-kenneth-welsh/964095 "2022-05-07T02:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-kenneth-welsh/964095/1 "2022-05-07T02:38:31Z")
He played Larry Loomis, Sovereign Protector, on Lodge 49. He was butt naked (from the back) in one episode. Fortunately, I can’t find a clip of it. He had a long career, though. > **[Kenneth Welsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Welsh)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Kenneth Welsh, CM (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian film and television actor. He was best known as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle in Twin Peaks, for his roles in the films The Day After Tomorrow, Adoration, Survival of the Dead, and, as the father of Katharine Hepburn (portrayed by Cate Blanchett), in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. > Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a father who worked for the Canadian National Railway. ... ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-kenneth-welsh/964095/2 "2022-05-10T10:46:23Z")
Windom Earle on Twin Peaks. He deserves at least one reply based on that role alone! RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-kenneth-welsh/964095/3 "2022-05-16T20:24:52Z")
Oh no. I really enjoyed him in _Lodge 49_. Looking at his filmography, I enjoyed a lot of his work. He had a long, successful career. He will be missed.