M. Emmet Walsh
March 22, 1935 (89 years old) in Ogdensburg, New York, USA
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 Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Green and Gold as Scotty
- 2024 · Brothers as Judge Farful
- 2024 · Outlaw Posse as Catfish
- 2023 · Dotty and Soul as Harold Eichelbaum
- 2023 · A Little White Lie as Arthur Baldwin
- 2022 · American Gigolo as Coleman
- 2022 · The Immaculate Room as Kate's Father
- 2021 · The Mimic as The Director
- 2019 · Knives Out as Mr. Proofroc
- 2019 · The Righteous Gemstones as Roy Gemstone
- 2019 · South of Bix as Grandpa
- 2019 · Raising Buchanan as Larry Kiesling
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Fr. John
- 2019 · Sorry, Not Sorry as Harry's Father
- 2018 · Change in the Air as Walter Lemke
- 2018 · Toto as Toto
- 2018 · Shifting Gears as Hank
- 2015 · Boiling Pot as Dean Marison
- 2015 · Sneaky Pete as Tex Hopkins
- 2015 · The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power as Gorak
- 2015 · Empire as Harold Blakeley
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Detective
- 2014 · Calvary as The Writer
- 2012 · Love Sick Love as Ed
- 2012 · Arthur Newman as Zazek
- 2012 · The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Uncle Bub
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency as Chief Van Owen
- 2010 · Pound Puppies as Olaf (voice)
- 2010 · Chasing 3000 as Chuck Ireland
- 2010 · The Assignment as Mr. Beudreaux
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Cosmic Owl
- 2009 · Youth in Revolt as Mr. Saunders
- 2009 · Don McKay as Samuel
- 2008 · Haunted Echoes as Neil
- 2008 · Your Name Here as Kroger
- 2007 · Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner as Self
- 2007 · Big Stan as Lew Popper
- 2007 · Damages as Lyle Hewes
- 2007 · Man in the Chair as Mickey Hopkins
- 2005 · Greener Mountains as Muggs
- 2005 · Racing Stripes as Woodzie
- 2004 · Christmas with the Kranks as Walt Scheel
- 2003 · Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Wally Westland
- 2003 · Charlie Lawrence as Cubby
- 2003 · Baggage as Sandy Westphall
- 2002 · What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Jeb (voice)
- 2002 · Snow Dogs as George
- 2001 · Night Visions as Gus
- 2001 · Eyeball Eddie as Coach Cook
- 2001 · Christmas in the Clouds as Stu O'Malley
- 2000 · Poor White Trash as Judge Pike
- 2000 · Jack of Hearts as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
- 2000 · Ed as Mayor Wally Kendricks
- 2000 · On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' as Self
- 1999 · Random Hearts as Billy (uncredited)
- 1999 · The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as Mack (voice)
- 1999 · Monster! as Lloyd Reeves
- 1999 · The Iron Giant as Earl Stutz (voice)
- 1999 · Me and Will as Dean
- 1999 · Wild Wild West as Coleman
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
- 1998 · Nightmare in Big Sky Country as Marshal Jim Phillips
- 1998 · Men in White as Stanley
- 1998 · Erasable You as Ralph Worth
- 1998 · Chairman of the Board as Freemont
- 1998 · Twilight as Lester Ivar
- 1997 · My Best Friend's Wedding as Joe O'Neal
- 1997 · The Killing Jar as Sheriff Foley
- 1997 · Albino Alligator as Dino
- 1997 · Retroactive as Sam
- 1996 · Romeo + Juliet as Apothecary
- 1996 · The Lottery as Chief Davis
- 1996 · Early Edition as
- 1996 · The West as Self (voice)
- 1996 · A Time to Kill as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Raymond Garrison
- 1996 · Criminal Hearts as Martin
- 1996 · Tracey Takes On... as
- 1995 · Relative Fear as Earl Ladelle
- 1995 · Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Bill Wilcox
- 1995 · From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as Morris
- 1995 · Panther as Dorsett
- 1995 · Dead Badge as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Sanford Vallé
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Sadler
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Jesse Hall
- 1994 · Camp Nowhere as T.R. Polk
- 1994 · Cops & Robbersons as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
- 1993 · Bitter Harvest as Sheriff Bob
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Joe Kroft
- 1993 · Frasier as Rich Koechner
- 1993 · The X-Files as Arthur Dales
- 1993 · Wilder Napalm as Fire Chief
- 1993 · The Music of Chance as Calvin Murks
- 1992 · Four Eyes and Six-Guns as
- 1992 · The Naked Truth as Garcia / Gesundheim
- 1992 · Equinox as Pete Petosa
- 1992 · Wild Card as Mose
- 1992 · White Sands as Bert Gibson
- 1992 · Killer Image as John Kane
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Colonel
- 1991 · Fourth Story as Harry
- 1990 · The Flash as Henry Allen
- 1990 · The Civil War as Various
- 1990 · Narrow Margin as Sergeant Dominick Benti
- 1990 · The Flash as Henry Allen
- 1990 · Chattahoochee as Morris
- 1990 · Love and Lies as Clyde Wilson
- 1989 · Catch Me If You Can as Johnny Phatmun
- 1989 · Thunderground as Wedge
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Jonas
- 1989 · Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Mort
- 1989 · The Mighty Quinn as Fred Miller
- 1989 · Unsub as Ned Platt
- 1989 · Brotherhood of the Rose as Hardy
- 1988 · Red Scorpion as Dewey Ferguson
- 1988 · War Party as Colin Ditweiler
- 1988 · Clean and Sober as Richard Dirks
- 1988 · Sunset as Chief Marvin Dibner
- 1988 · The Milagro Beanfield War as Governor
- 1987 · No Man's Land as Captain Haun
- 1987 · Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson Sr.
- 1987 · Murder Ordained as Vern Humphrey
- 1987 · Murder Ordained as Vern Humphrey
- 1987 · Raising Arizona as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
- 1987 · Abduction as Don Nichols
- 1987 · Broken Vows as Detective Mulligan
- 1986 · Back to School as Coach Turnbull
- 1986 · The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Sam Davies
- 1986 · Resting Place as Sarge
- 1986 · Critters as Harv
- 1986 · Wildcats as Walt Coes
- 1986 · The Best of Times as Charlie
- 1986 · The Right of the People as Sindaco
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Grandpa
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Peter
- 1985 · Fletch as Dr. Joseph Dolan
- 1984 · Missing in Action as Tuck
- 1984 · Courage as Colonel Crouse
- 1984 · Grandview, U.S.A. as Mr. Clark
- 1984 · The Outlaws as Warden MacDonald
- 1984 · The Pope of Greenwich Village as Burns
- 1984 · Blood Simple as Loren Visser
- 1984 · Scandalous as Simon Reynolds
- 1983 · Silkwood as Walt Yarborough
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Detective Underhill
- 1983 · Night Partners as Joe Kirby
- 1983 · AfterMASH as Reverend Horn
- 1983 · The Woman Who Willed a Miracle as Joe Lemke
- 1982 · Blade Runner as Bryant
- 1982 · The Escape Artist as Fritz
- 1982 · Fast-Walking as Sergeant Sanger
- 1982 · Cannery Row as Mack
- 1981 · Reds as Speaker at Liberal Club
- 1981 · Back Roads as Arthur
- 1981 · Hellinger's Law as Mr. Graebner
- 1981 · East of Eden as Sheriff Horace Quinn
- 1980 · High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane as Harold Patton
- 1980 · Ordinary People as Swim Coach
- 1980 · Raise the Titanic as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
- 1980 · Brubaker as C.P. Woodward
- 1980 · City in Fear as Sheldon Lewis
- 1980 · Skag as Moran
- 1979 · The Gift as Legion Commander
- 1979 · The Jerk as Madman
- 1979 · The French Atlantic Affair as Harry
- 1979 · The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Wally Cantrell
- 1979 · Dear Detective as Capt. Gorcey
- 1979 · No Other Love as DeFranco
- 1978 · Straight Time as Earl Frank
- 1978 · A Question of Guilt as Inspector McCartney
- 1978 · Superdome as Whitley
- 1977 · Red Alert as Sheriff Sweeney
- 1977 · Airport '77 as Dr. Williams
- 1977 · Slap Shot as Dickie Dunn
- 1976 · Mikey and Nicky as Bus Driver
- 1976 · Nickelodeon as "Father" Logan
- 1976 · Bound for Glory as Husband
- 1976 · The Invasion of Johnson County as Irvine
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Freddie
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Lloyd Herman Eckworth
- 1975 · Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Mr. Peterson
- 1969 · Stiletto as Racing Partner (uncredited)
- Future · Roney's Point as Lance McKyle
- Future · Silverfox as Charles Blankenship
- Future · Madness of Method as Rudolph Thorndyke
- 1975 · Crime Club as Jack Doyle
- 1975 · The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Doorman
- 1975 · At Long Last Love as Harold
- 1975 · Baretta as
- 1974 · The Gambler as Las Vegas gambler
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Edgar Burch
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1973 · Serpico as Gallagher
- 1973 · Kid Blue as Barber
- 1972 · The Sandy Duncan Show as
- 1972 · The Bob Newhart Show as Jack Hoover
- 1972 · The Waltons as David Fletcher
- 1972 · Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Wendel
- 1972 · What's Up, Doc? as Arresting Officer
- 1971 · McMillan & Wife as Officer Ames
- 1971 · Nichols as Gabe McCutcheon
- 1971 · They Might Be Giants as 1st Sanitation Man
- 1971 · Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Aide
- 1971 · Cold Turkey as Art
- 1971 · All in the Family as Billy Hartfield
- 1970 · Little Big Man as Shotgun Guard
- 1970 · The Traveling Executioner as Warden Brodski
- 1970 · Arnie as
- 1970 · End of the Road as Crab Man / Tutu Man
- 1969 · Alice's Restaurant as Group W Sergeant
- 1969 · Midnight Cowboy as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- 1967 · Ironside as Telegraph Clerk
- 1959 · Bonanza as Mattheson
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as General Presser
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sarge