Des Walsh

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Close to the Bone: The Film

2023

Acting

The film accompanying the album "Closer to the Bone" by Ian Foster.

Under the Weather

Under the Weather

2020

as Phil

Acting

There is no ‘best thing’ about having terminal cancer, but for forty-year-old Joe, being welcomed back into his childhood home, feeling the warmth and...

Little Orphans

Little Orphans

2020

as Uncle Billy

3.0
Acting

The wedding of their youngest sister, Janet, brings Gwen and Kay home to St. John’s, Newfoundland. While Janet struggles to hide her family’s dysfunct...

Hunting Pignut

Hunting Pignut

2017

as Larry

3.0
Acting

Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steal...

Riverhead

Riverhead

2016

as Burt

6.4
Acting

A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.

Keystone

Keystone

2016

as Jack

Acting

When Jack begins to forget, he visits Keystone, an organization with an unlikely mandate: making your most important memories truly unforgettable.

The Tour

2015

as Married Man

Acting

Alice, a bus tour guide in St. John's Newfoundland with a broken heart unexpectedly tells her tales of love and loss to a group of life-weary tourists...

Clipper Gold

2014

as Man

Acting

It's a fine, frail line between fantasy and reality when the doleful, downtrodden state of a couple's relationship unfurls against the backdrop of a f...

Cast No Shadow

Cast No Shadow

2014

as Ricky's Father

6.8
Acting

One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.

Sadie

2014

as Mr. Snow

Acting

In 1940s outport Newfoundland, young Sadie struggles to cope with the tragic death of both her parents.

Hold Fast

Hold Fast

2013

as Granddad (Jack)

5.4
Acting

Two teenage boys escape an unhappy home, embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery that takes them deep into the Newfoundland wilderness.

Still Rowdy After All These Years

Still Rowdy After All These Years

2011

Acting

A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

Snarbuckled

Snarbuckled

2010

as Father O'Higgins

Acting

An itinerant cook survives a shipwreck, paddles himself to an island in a stock pot, and finds himself on a surreal journey through his past to discov...

Four Sisters

Four Sisters

2010

as Nish Feehan

Acting

An old flame dredges up family secrets. Will four sisters finally put their jealousies and misconceptions to rest?

Mum's the Word

2009

as Carl

Acting

A group of youngsters discover that Mr. Templeton has 40 grand hidden in his home. They figure they can get their hands on the cash by masking themsel...

Down to the Wood

2009

as Delph

Acting

An unusual request forces Delph the barber to come to terms with possible loss.

Love & Savagery

Love & Savagery

2009

Writer, Book

4.9
Writing

In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.

Down to the Dirt

Down to the Dirt

2008

as Officer Bowden

5.0
Acting

Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection...

Spoiled

2008

as Dad

Acting

A young girl named Pearl tries to help her father navigate the world of online dating.

To Dublin with Love

To Dublin with Love

2007

as Self

Acting

Inspired by the late poet Al Pittman's 'March Hare' late winter music and literary celebrations, director Barbara Doran-along with a clutch of her clo...

Random Passage

Random Passage

2002

as Captain Brennan

Acting

This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-t...

Random Passage

Random Passage

2002

Writer

Writing

This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-t...

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

1998

as Himself

Acting

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refug...

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

1998

Poem

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refug...

The Boys of St. Vincent

The Boys of St. Vincent

1994

Writer

7.4
Writing

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

1992

Writer, Story

6.1
Writing

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now fi...

When Women Are Crazy

When Women Are Crazy

1991

Music

Rosemary House's first film, shot in her backyard, addresses "sex, death and crazy women" in 11 minutes.

Welcome to Canada

Welcome to Canada

1989

Music Consultant

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Finding Mary March

Finding Mary March

1988

Acting

This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian...