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M. Emmet Walsh

Known For: Acting
Born: March 22, 1935
Place of Birth: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Died: March 19, 2024

M. Emmet Walsh

Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).

Filmography

Green and Gold

2025 · Scotty

Brothers

2024 · Judge Farful

Outlaw Posse

2024 · Catfish

Dotty and Soul

2023 · Harold Eichelbaum

A Little White Lie

2023 · Arthur Baldwin

American Gigolo

2022 · Coleman

The Immaculate Room

2022 · Kate's Father

The Mimic

2021 · The Director

Knives Out

2019 · Mr. Proofroc

The Righteous Gemstones

2019 · Roy Gemstone

South of Bix

2019 · Grandpa

Raising Buchanan

2019 · Larry Kiesling

Faith, Hope & Love

2019 · Fr. John

Sorry, Not Sorry

2019 · Harry's Father

Change in the Air

2018 · Walter Lemke

Toto

2018 · Toto

Shifting Gears

2018 · Hank

Boiling Pot

2015 · Dean Marison

Sneaky Pete

2015 · Tex Hopkins

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

2015 · Gorak

Empire

2015 · Harold Blakeley

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

2014 · Detective

Calvary

2014 · The Writer

Love Sick Love

2012 · Ed

Arthur Newman

2012 · Zazek

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012 · Uncle Bub

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

2011 · Chief Van Owen

Pound Puppies

2010 · Olaf (voice)

Chasing 3000

2010 · Chuck Ireland

The Assignment

2010 · Mr. Beudreaux

Adventure Time

2010 · Cosmic Owl (voice)

Youth in Revolt

2009 · Mr. Saunders

Don McKay

2009 · Samuel

Haunted Echoes

2008 · Neil

Your Name Here

2008 · Kroger

A True Character

A True Character

2008 · Self

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007 · Self

Big Stan

2007 · Lew Popper

Damages

2007 · Lyle Hewes

Army Wives

2007 · Bernie Wallacheck

Man in the Chair

2007 · Mickey Hopkins

'Til Death

2006 · Uncle Rudolph

Greener Mountains

2005 · Muggs

Racing Stripes

2005 · Woodzie

Christmas with the Kranks

2004 · Walt Scheel

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003 · Wally Westland

Charlie Lawrence

Charlie Lawrence

2003 · Cubby

Baggage

2003 · Sandy Westphall

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

2002 · Jeb (voice)

Snow Dogs

2002 · George

The Guardian

2001 · Ezra Pence

Night Visions

2001 · Gus (segment "Reunion")

Eyeball Eddie

2001 · Coach Cook

Christmas in the Clouds

2001 · Stu O'Malley

Poor White Trash

2000 · Judge Pike

Jack of Hearts

2000 · Comissioner Menlo Boyce

Ed

2000 · Mayor Wally Kendricks

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000 · Self

Random Hearts

1999 · Billy (uncredited)

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

1999 · Mack (voice)

Monster!

1999 · Lloyd Reeves

The Iron Giant

1999 · Earl Stutz (voice)

Me and Will

1999 · Dean

Wild Wild West

1999 · Coleman

The Wild Thornberrys

1998 · Gemsbok #1 (voice)

Nightmare in Big Sky Country

1998 · Marshal Jim Phillips

Men in White

1998 · Stanley

Erasable You

1998 · Ralph Worth

Chairman of the Board

1998 · Freemont

Twilight

1998 · Lester Ivar

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 · Joe O'Neal

The Killing Jar

1997 · Sheriff Foley

Retroactive

1997 · Sam

Albino Alligator

1997 · Dino

Romeo + Juliet

1996 · Apothecary

The Lottery

1996 · Chief Davis

Early Edition

1996 · Santa

The West

1996 · Self (voice)

A Time to Kill

1996 · Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Portraits of a Killer

1996 · Raymond Garrison

Criminal Hearts

1996 · Martin

Tracey Takes On...

1996

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995 · Bill Wilcox

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1995 · Morris

Panther

1995 · Dorsett

Dead Badge

1995 · Sergeant Miller Hoskins

The Outer Limits

1995 · Sanford Vallé

Relative Fear

1994 · Earl Ladelle

Probable Cause

1994 · Sadler

Baseball

1994 · (voice)

The Glass Shield

1994 · Det. Jesse Hall

Camp Nowhere

1994 · T.R. Polk

Cops & Robbersons

1994 · Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)

Madness of Method

Madness of Method

1994 · Rudolph Thorndyke

Bitter Harvest

1993 · Sheriff Bob

NYPD Blue

1993 · Joe Kroft

Frasier

1993 · Rich Koechner

The X-Files

1993 · Arthur Dales

Wilder Napalm

1993 · Fire Chief

The Music of Chance

1993 · Calvin Murks

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992 · Mayor Thornbush

The Naked Truth

1992 · Garcia / Gesundheim

Equinox

1992 · Pete Petosa

Wild Card

1992 · Mose

White Sands

1992 · Bert Gibson

Killer Image

1992 · John Kane

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

1991 · Mort

Home Improvement

1991 · Colonel

Silverfox

1991 · Charles Blankenship

Fourth Story

1991 · Harry

The Flash

1990 · Henry Allen

The Civil War

1990 · Various (voice)

Narrow Margin

1990 · Sergeant Dominick Benti

The Flash

1990 · Henry Allen

Chattahoochee

1990 · Morris

Love and Lies

1990 · Clyde Wilson

Catch Me... If You Can

1989 · Johnny Phatmun

Thunderground

1989 · Wedge

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Jonas

The Mighty Quinn

1989 · Fred Miller

Unsub

1989 · Ned Platt

Brotherhood of the Rose

1989 · Hardy

Red Scorpion

1988 · Dewey Ferguson

War Party

1988 · Colin Ditweiler

Clean and Sober

1988 · Richard Dirks

Sunset

1988 · Chief Marvin Dibner

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988 · Governor

No Man's Land

1987 · Captain Haun

Harry and the Hendersons

1987 · George Henderson Sr.

Murder Ordained

1987 · Vern Humphrey

Murder Ordained

1987 · Vern Humphrey

Raising Arizona

1987 · Machine Shop Ear-Bender

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

1987 · Don Nichols

Broken Vows

1987 · Detective Mulligan

Hero in the Family

1986 · General Presser

Back to School

1986 · Coach Turnbull

The Deliberate Stranger

1986 · Det. Sam Davies

The Deliberate Stranger

1986 · Det. Sam Davies

Resting Place

1986 · Sarge

Critters

1986 · Harv

Wildcats

1986 · Walt Coes

The Best of Times

1986 · Charlie

The Right of the People

1986 · Sindaco

Amazing Stories

1985 · Grandpa

The Twilight Zone

1985 · Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn

1985 · Rocco

Fletch

1985 · Dr. Joseph Dolan

Blood Simple

1985 · Private Detective

Missing in Action

1984 · Tuck

Courage

1984 · Colonel Crouse

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984 · Mr. Clark

The Outlaws

1984 · Warden MacDonald

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984 · Burns

Scandalous

1984 · Simon Reynolds

Silkwood

1983 · Walt Yarborough

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Detective Underhill

Night Partners

1983 · Joe Kirby

AfterMASH

1983 · Reverend Horn

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

1983 · Joe Lemke

Blade Runner

1982 · Bryant

The Escape Artist

1982 · Fritz

Fast-Walking

1982 · Sergeant Sanger

Cannery Row

1982 · Mack

Reds

1981 · Speaker at Liberal Club

Back Roads

1981 · Arthur

Hellinger's Law

1981 · Mr. Graebner

East of Eden

1981 · Sheriff Horace Quinn

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

1980 · Harold Patton

Ordinary People

1980 · Swim Coach

Raise the Titanic

1980 · Master Chief Vinnie Walker

Brubaker

1980 · C.P. Woodward

City in Fear

1980 · Sheldon Lewis

Skag

1980 · Moran

The Gift

1979 · Legion Commander

The Jerk

1979 · Madman

The French Atlantic Affair

1979 · Harry

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979 · Wally Cantrell

Dear Detective

1979 · Capt. Gorcey

No Other Love

1979 · DeFranco

Straight Time

1978 · Earl Frank

A Question of Guilt

1978 · Inspector McCartney

Superdome

1978 · Whitley

Red Alert

1977 · Sheriff Sweeney

Airport '77

1977 · Dr. Williams

Slap Shot

1977 · Dickie Dunn

Nickelodeon

1976 · "Father" Logan

Mikey and Nicky

1976 · Bus Driver

Bound for Glory

1976 · Husband

Gibbsville

1976 · Yostie

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976 · Irvine

Starsky & Hutch

1975 · Freddie, Lloyd Herman Eckworth

Crime Club

1975 · Jack Doyle

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975 · Doorman

At Long Last Love

1975 · Harold

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975 · Mr. Peterson

Baretta

1975

The Gambler

1974 · Las Vegas Gambler

The Rockford Files

1974 · Edgar Burch

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Callahan

Serpico

1973 · Gallagher

Kid Blue

1973 · Barber

The Sandy Duncan Show

The Sandy Duncan Show

1972

The Bob Newhart Show

1972 · Jack Hoover

The Waltons

1972 · David Fletcher

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972 · Mr. Wendel

What's Up, Doc?

1972 · Arresting Officer

McMillan & Wife

1971 · Officer Ames

Nichols

1971 · Gabe McCutcheon

They Might Be Giants

1971 · 1st Sanitation Man

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971 · Aide

Cold Turkey

1971 · Art

All in the Family

1971 · Billy Hartfield

Little Big Man

1970 · Shotgun Guard

The Traveling Executioner

1970 · Warden Brodski

Arnie

1970

End of the Road

1970 · Crab Man / Tutu Man

Alice's Restaurant

1969 · Group W Sergeant

Stiletto

1969 · Racing Partner (uncredited)

Midnight Cowboy

1969 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Ironside

1967 · Telegraph Clerk

Bonanza

1959 · Mattheson

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · General Presser

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Sarge

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