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M. Emmet Walsh

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

Born

Mar 22, 1935

Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Died

Mar 19, 2024

Known For

Acting

Movies

168 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.2

Known For

Knives Out
Knives Out
2019 as Mr. Proofroc
★ 7.8
Blade Runner
Blade Runner
1982 as Bryant
★ 7.9
Big Stan
Big Stan
2007 as Lew Popper
★ 6.6
The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant
1999 as Earl Stutz (voice)
★ 8.0
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
1996 as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 as Apothecary
★ 6.8
My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 as Joe O'Neal
★ 6.6
Critters
Critters
1986 as Harv
★ 6.5
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
1969 as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Wild Wild West
Wild Wild West
1999 as Coleman
★ 5.3
Serpico
Serpico
1973 as Gallagher
★ 7.5
Racing Stripes
Racing Stripes
2005 as Woodzie
★ 5.9
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
★ 6.4
Christmas with the Kranks
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 as Walt Scheel
★ 6.2
Jack of Hearts
Jack of Hearts
2000 as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
★ 3.1
Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs
2002 as George
★ 5.6
The Jerk
The Jerk
1979 as Madman
★ 6.9
Airport '77
Airport '77
1977 as Dr. Williams
★ 5.6
Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona
1987 as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
★ 7.1
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 as George Henderson Sr.
★ 6.1
Brothers
Brothers
2024 as Judge Farful
★ 5.9
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995 as Bill Wilcox
★ 5.9
Brubaker
Brubaker
1980 as C.P. Woodward
★ 7.1
The Immaculate Room
The Immaculate Room
2022 as Kate's Father
★ 5.2
Back to School
Back to School
1986 as Coach Turnbull
★ 6.3
Blood Simple
Blood Simple
1985 as Private Detective
★ 7.3
Missing in Action
Missing in Action
1984 as Tuck
★ 5.9
Ordinary People
Ordinary People
1980 as Swim Coach
★ 7.4
Reds
Reds
1981 as Speaker at Liberal Club
★ 6.9
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 as Uncle Bub
★ 7.0
Slap Shot
Slap Shot
1977 as Dickie Dunn
★ 6.8
Silkwood
Silkwood
1983 as Walt Yarborough
★ 6.9
Twilight
Twilight
1998 as Lester Ivar
★ 6.1
Random Hearts
Random Hearts
1999 as Billy (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Fletch
Fletch
1985 as Dr. Joseph Dolan
★ 6.7
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 as Shotgun Guard
★ 7.4
The Flash
The Flash
1990 as Henry Allen
★ 6.5
No Man's Land
No Man's Land
1987 as Captain Haun
★ 6.0
Red Scorpion
Red Scorpion
1988 as Dewey Ferguson
★ 6.0
Youth in Revolt
Youth in Revolt
2009 as Mr. Saunders
★ 6.2
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
★ 5.2
Wildcats
Wildcats
1986 as Walt Coes
★ 6.3
The Gambler
The Gambler
1974 as Las Vegas Gambler
★ 6.7
Albino Alligator
Albino Alligator
1997 as Dino
★ 5.7
Calvary
Calvary
2014 as The Writer
★ 7.1
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987 as Don Nichols
★ 6.0
Camp Nowhere
Camp Nowhere
1994 as T.R. Polk
★ 6.0
What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc?
1972 as Arresting Officer
★ 7.4
Straight Time
Straight Time
1978 as Earl Frank
★ 7.2
White Sands
White Sands
1992 as Bert Gibson
★ 5.9
Grandview, U.S.A.
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 as Mr. Clark
★ 5.8
Panther
Panther
1995 as Dorsett
★ 6.3
Sunset
Sunset
1988 as Chief Marvin Dibner
★ 5.7
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin
1990 as Sergeant Dominick Benti
★ 6.4
The Deliberate Stranger
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 as Det. Sam Davies
★ 6.4
Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic
1980 as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
★ 5.3
Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey
1971 as Art
★ 6.3
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of the Board
1998 as Freemont
★ 3.6
Back Roads
Back Roads
1981 as Arthur
★ 5.4
Alice's Restaurant
Alice's Restaurant
1969 as Group W Sergeant
★ 6.3
The Gift
The Gift
1979 as Legion Commander
★ 6.5
Arthur Newman
Arthur Newman
2012 as Zazek
★ 5.6
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
1982 as Fritz
★ 6.2
Baggage
Baggage
2003 as Sandy Westphall
★ 8.0
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon
1976 as "Father" Logan
★ 6.1
Relative Fear
Relative Fear
1994 as Earl Ladelle
★ 5.2
The Mighty Quinn
The Mighty Quinn
1989 as Fred Miller
★ 6.0
Resting Place
Resting Place
1986 as Sarge
★ 6.3
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
1971 as 1st Sanitation Man
★ 7.0
Boiling Pot
Boiling Pot
2015 as Dean Marison
★ 5.2
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
★ 7.8
Don McKay
Don McKay
2009 as Samuel
★ 4.9
The Glass Shield
The Glass Shield
1994 as Det. Jesse Hall
★ 5.1
Me and Will
Me and Will
1999 as Dean
★ 5.4
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 as Governor
★ 6.6
Clean and Sober
Clean and Sober
1988 as Richard Dirks
★ 6.3
Mikey and Nicky
Mikey and Nicky
1976 as Bus Driver
★ 6.9
A Little White Lie
A Little White Lie
2023 as Arthur Baldwin
★ 5.7
The Best of Times
The Best of Times
1986 as Charlie
★ 5.7
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
★ 6.6
Change in the Air
Change in the Air
2018 as Walter Lemke
★ 5.7
Cannery Row
Cannery Row
1982 as Mack
★ 5.9
Cops & Robbersons
Cops & Robbersons
1994 as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
★ 6.0
The Outlaws
The Outlaws
1984 as Warden MacDonald
The Pope of Greenwich Village
★ 6.3
Kid Blue
Kid Blue
1973 as Barber
★ 6.9
Equinox
Equinox
1992 as Pete Petosa
★ 5.7
Fourth Story
Fourth Story
1991 as Harry
★ 5.4
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory
1976 as Husband
★ 6.9
Faith, Hope & Love
Faith, Hope & Love
2019 as Fr. John
★ 7.5
Retroactive
Retroactive
1997 as Sam
★ 6.1
Broken Vows
Broken Vows
1987 as Detective Mulligan
★ 4.8
Murder Ordained
Murder Ordained
1987 as Vern Humphrey
★ 5.0
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 as Wally Cantrell
★ 5.7
Outlaw Posse
Outlaw Posse
2024 as Catfish
★ 4.7
Poor White Trash
Poor White Trash
2000 as Judge Pike
★ 4.5
Hero in the Family
Hero in the Family
1986 as General Presser
★ 6.5
Wilder Napalm
Wilder Napalm
1993 as Fire Chief
★ 5.6
The Killing Jar
The Killing Jar
1997 as Sheriff Foley
★ 4.4
The Lottery
The Lottery
1996 as Chief Davis
★ 6.0
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
★ 5.7
A Question of Guilt
A Question of Guilt
1978 as Inspector McCartney
★ 6.8
At Long Last Love
At Long Last Love
1975 as Harold
★ 5.2
Chasing 3000
Chasing 3000
2010 as Chuck Ireland
★ 6.2
Catch Me... If You Can
Catch Me... If You Can
1989 as Johnny Phatmun
★ 5.6
Dead Badge
Dead Badge
1995 as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
★ 6.8
Red Alert
Red Alert
1977 as Sheriff Sweeney
★ 5.5
Wild Card
Wild Card
1992 as Mose
★ 6.0
Night Partners
Night Partners
1983 as Joe Kirby
★ 7.5
Haunted Echoes
Haunted Echoes
2008 as Neil
★ 4.2
Criminal Hearts
Criminal Hearts
1996 as Martin
★ 4.8
War Party
War Party
1988 as Colin Ditweiler
★ 6.3
The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth
1992 as Garcia / Gesundheim
★ 3.1
Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears
2018 as Hank
★ 6.5
Probable Cause
Probable Cause
1994 as Sadler
★ 4.6
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003 as Wally Westland
★ 7.9
The Mimic
The Mimic
2021 as The Director
★ 4.1
Monster!
Monster!
1999 as Lloyd Reeves
★ 5.0
Green and Gold
Green and Gold
2025 as Scotty
★ 7.0
City in Fear
City in Fear
1980 as Sheldon Lewis
★ 5.7
Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
1982 as Sergeant Sanger
★ 5.8
The Assignment
The Assignment
2010 as Mr. Beudreaux
★ 6.5
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992 as Mayor Thornbush
★ 3.5
The Traveling Executioner
The Traveling Executioner
1970 as Warden Brodski
★ 5.9
Stiletto
Stiletto
1969 as Racing Partner (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
1993 as Sheriff Bob
★ 4.7
The Invasion of Johnson County
★ 6.6
Your Name Here
Your Name Here
2008 as Kroger
★ 3.3
Raising Buchanan
Raising Buchanan
2019 as Larry Kiesling
★ 5.7
Superdome
Superdome
1978 as Whitley
★ 4.7
No Other Love
No Other Love
1979 as DeFranco
★ 8.0
Portraits of a Killer
Portraits of a Killer
1996 as Raymond Garrison
★ 4.2
Skag
Skag
1980 as Moran
Scandalous
Scandalous
1984 as Simon Reynolds
★ 4.7
The Right of the People
The Right of the People
1986 as Sindaco
★ 5.7
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
★ 4.7
Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee
1990 as Morris
★ 5.8
Hellinger's Law
Hellinger's Law
1981 as Mr. Graebner
★ 8.8
Thunderground
Thunderground
1989 as Wedge
★ 4.3
The Music of Chance
The Music of Chance
1993 as Calvin Murks
★ 6.5
Killer Image
Killer Image
1992 as John Kane
★ 4.3
Greener Mountains
Greener Mountains
2005 as Muggs
★ 5.3
movie
Silverfox
1991 as Charles Blankenship
Eyeball Eddie
Eyeball Eddie
2001 as Coach Cook
★ 7.0
Courage
Courage
1984 as Colonel Crouse
★ 6.0
Man in the Chair
Man in the Chair
2007 as Mickey Hopkins
★ 6.5
Men in White
Men in White
1998 as Stanley
★ 3.8
Dotty and Soul
Dotty and Soul
2023 as Harold Eichelbaum
★ 4.0
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972 as Mr. Wendel
★ 5.0
movie
Madness of Method
1994 as Rudolph Thorndyke
★ 7.0
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983 as Joe Lemke
★ 9.0
Dear Detective
Dear Detective
1979 as Capt. Gorcey
★ 10.0
Christmas in the Clouds
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 as Stu O'Malley
★ 6.3
End of the Road
End of the Road
1970 as Crab Man / Tutu Man
★ 5.1
Love and Lies
Love and Lies
1990 as Clyde Wilson
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
★ 7.7
Crime Club
Crime Club
1975 as Jack Doyle
★ 7.0
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
★ 4.8
movie
Erasable You
1998 as Ralph Worth
★ 8.0
Sorry, Not Sorry
Sorry, Not Sorry
2019 as Harry's Father
★ 6.0
Toto
Toto
2018 as Toto
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998 as Marshal Jim Phillips
★ 10.0
South of Bix
South of Bix
2019 as Grandpa
★ 5.5
movie
A True Character
2008 as Self
Love Sick Love
Love Sick Love
2012 as Ed
★ 5.5