
M. Emmet Walsh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1935
- Died
- March 19, 2024 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Biography
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).
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Filmography

Green and Gold
Movie · as Scotty

Outlaw Posse
Movie · as Catfish

Brothers
Movie · as Judge Farful

A Little White Lie
Movie · as Arthur Baldwin

Dotty and Soul
Movie · as Harold Eichelbaum

The Immaculate Room
Movie · as Kate's Father

American Gigolo
TV · as Coleman · 1 ep

The Mimic
Movie · as The Director

South of Bix
Movie · as Grandpa

Faith, Hope & Love
Movie · as Fr. John

Knives Out
Movie · as Mr. Proofroc

Raising Buchanan
Movie · as Larry Kiesling

Sorry, Not Sorry
Movie · as Harry's Father

The Righteous Gemstones
TV · as Roy Gemstone · 2 eps

Change in the Air
Movie · as Walter Lemke

Shifting Gears
Movie · as Hank

Toto
Movie · as Toto

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Movie · as Gorak

Boiling Pot
Movie · as Dean Marison

Empire
TV · as Harold Blakeley · 1 ep

Sneaky Pete
TV · as Tex Hopkins · 7 eps

Calvary
Movie · as The Writer

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
TV · as Detective · 1 ep

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie · as Uncle Bub

Love Sick Love
Movie · as Ed

Arthur Newman
Movie · as Zazek

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Movie · as Chief Van Owen

The Assignment
Movie · as Mr. Beudreaux

Chasing 3000
Movie · as Chuck Ireland

Pound Puppies
TV · as Olaf (voice) · 65 eps

Adventure Time
TV · as Cosmic Owl (voice) · 5 eps

Don McKay
Movie · as Samuel

Youth in Revolt
Movie · as Mr. Saunders

Your Name Here
Movie · as Kroger

Haunted Echoes
Movie · as Neil
A True Character
Movie · as Self

Big Stan
Movie · as Lew Popper

Man in the Chair
Movie · as Mickey Hopkins

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Movie · as Self

Damages
TV · as Lyle Hewes · 3 eps

Army Wives
TV · as Bernie Wallacheck · 1 ep

'Til Death
TV · as Uncle Rudolph · 1 ep

Racing Stripes
Movie · as Woodzie

Greener Mountains
Movie · as Muggs

Christmas with the Kranks
Movie · as Walt Scheel

Baggage
Movie · as Sandy Westphall

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Movie · as Wally Westland
Charlie Lawrence
TV · as Cubby · 1 ep

Snow Dogs
Movie · as George

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
TV · as Jeb (voice) · 1 ep

Christmas in the Clouds
Movie · as Stu O'Malley

Eyeball Eddie
Movie · as Coach Cook

Night Visions
TV · as Gus (segment "Reunion") · 1 ep

The Guardian
TV · as Ezra Pence · 1 ep

Poor White Trash
Movie · as Judge Pike

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Movie · as Self

Jack of Hearts
Movie · as Comissioner Menlo Boyce

Ed
TV · as Mayor Wally Kendricks · 1 ep

The Iron Giant
Movie · as Earl Stutz (voice)

Wild Wild West
Movie · as Coleman

Me and Will
Movie · as Dean

Random Hearts
Movie · as Billy (uncredited)

Monster!
Movie · as Lloyd Reeves

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
TV · as Mack (voice) · 26 eps

Chairman of the Board
Movie · as Freemont

Twilight
Movie · as Lester Ivar

Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Movie · as Marshal Jim Phillips
Erasable You
Movie · as Ralph Worth

Men in White
Movie · as Stanley

The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Gemsbok #1 (voice) · 1 ep

My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie · as Joe O'Neal

Retroactive
Movie · as Sam

Albino Alligator
Movie · as Dino

The Killing Jar
Movie · as Sheriff Foley

A Time to Kill
Movie · as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Criminal Hearts
Movie · as Martin

Portraits of a Killer
Movie · as Raymond Garrison

The Lottery
Movie · as Chief Davis

Romeo + Juliet
Movie · as Apothecary

Early Edition
TV · as Santa · 1 ep

Tracey Takes On...
TV · 2 eps

The West
TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Movie · as Morris

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Movie · as Bill Wilcox

Panther
Movie · as Dorsett

Dead Badge
Movie · as Sergeant Miller Hoskins

The Outer Limits
TV · as Sanford Vallé · 1 ep

Cops & Robbersons
Movie · as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)

Camp Nowhere
Movie · as T.R. Polk

Probable Cause
Movie · as Sadler

Relative Fear
Movie · as Earl Ladelle
Madness of Method
Movie · as Rudolph Thorndyke

The Glass Shield
Movie · as Det. Jesse Hall

Baseball
TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

The Music of Chance
Movie · as Calvin Murks

Bitter Harvest
Movie · as Sheriff Bob

Wilder Napalm
Movie · as Fire Chief

Frasier
TV · as Rich Koechner · 1 ep

The X-Files
TV · as Arthur Dales · 1 ep

NYPD Blue
TV · as Joe Kroft · 1 ep

White Sands
Movie · as Bert Gibson

Killer Image
Movie · as John Kane

The Naked Truth
Movie · as Garcia / Gesundheim

Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Movie · as Mayor Thornbush

Wild Card
Movie · as Mose

Equinox
Movie · as Pete Petosa

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Movie · as Mort

Fourth Story
Movie · as Harry
Silverfox
Movie · as Charles Blankenship

Home Improvement
TV · as Colonel · 2 eps

Narrow Margin
Movie · as Sergeant Dominick Benti

The Flash
Movie · as Henry Allen

Chattahoochee
Movie · as Morris

Love and Lies
Movie · as Clyde Wilson

The Flash
TV · as Henry Allen · 2 eps

The Civil War
TV · as Various (voice) · 9 eps

The Mighty Quinn
Movie · as Fred Miller

Catch Me... If You Can
Movie · as Johnny Phatmun

Thunderground
Movie · as Wedge

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Jonas · 1 ep

Unsub
TV · as Ned Platt · 8 eps

Brotherhood of the Rose
TV · as Hardy · 2 eps

Red Scorpion
Movie · as Dewey Ferguson

War Party
Movie · as Colin Ditweiler

Sunset
Movie · as Chief Marvin Dibner

Clean and Sober
Movie · as Richard Dirks

The Milagro Beanfield War
Movie · as Governor

Harry and the Hendersons
Movie · as George Henderson Sr.

No Man's Land
Movie · as Captain Haun

Broken Vows
Movie · as Detective Mulligan

The Abduction of Kari Swenson
Movie · as Don Nichols

Murder Ordained
Movie · as Vern Humphrey

Raising Arizona
Movie · as Machine Shop Ear-Bender

Murder Ordained
TV · as Vern Humphrey · 2 eps

Critters
Movie · as Harv

The Best of Times
Movie · as Charlie

Back to School
Movie · as Coach Turnbull

The Deliberate Stranger
Movie · as Det. Sam Davies

Resting Place
Movie · as Sarge

Wildcats
Movie · as Walt Coes

The Right of the People
Movie · as Sindaco

Hero in the Family
Movie · as General Presser

The Deliberate Stranger
TV · as Det. Sam Davies · 2 eps

Blood Simple
Movie · as Private Detective

Fletch
Movie · as Dr. Joseph Dolan

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
Movie · as Rocco

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice") · 1 ep

Amazing Stories
TV · as Grandpa · 1 ep

The Pope of Greenwich Village
Movie · as Burns

The Outlaws
Movie · as Warden MacDonald

Missing in Action
Movie · as Tuck

Grandview, U.S.A.
Movie · as Mr. Clark

Scandalous
Movie · as Simon Reynolds

Courage
Movie · as Colonel Crouse

Silkwood
Movie · as Walt Yarborough

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Movie · as Joe Lemke

Night Partners
Movie · as Joe Kirby

The Hitchhiker
TV · as Detective Underhill · 1 ep

AfterMASH
TV · as Reverend Horn · 1 ep

Cannery Row
Movie · as Mack

Fast-Walking
Movie · as Sergeant Sanger

Blade Runner
Movie · as Bryant

The Escape Artist
Movie · as Fritz

Back Roads
Movie · as Arthur

Reds
Movie · as Speaker at Liberal Club

Hellinger's Law
Movie · as Mr. Graebner

East of Eden
TV · as Sheriff Horace Quinn · 3 eps

Brubaker
Movie · as C.P. Woodward

Raise the Titanic
Movie · as Master Chief Vinnie Walker

Ordinary People
Movie · as Swim Coach

City in Fear
Movie · as Sheldon Lewis

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Movie · as Harold Patton

Skag
Movie · as Moran

The Jerk
Movie · as Madman

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie · as Wally Cantrell

The Gift
Movie · as Legion Commander

Dear Detective
Movie · as Capt. Gorcey

No Other Love
Movie · as DeFranco

The French Atlantic Affair
TV · as Harry · 3 eps

Straight Time
Movie · as Earl Frank

A Question of Guilt
Movie · as Inspector McCartney

Superdome
Movie · as Whitley

Slap Shot
Movie · as Dickie Dunn

Red Alert
Movie · as Sheriff Sweeney

Airport '77
Movie · as Dr. Williams

Nickelodeon
Movie · as "Father" Logan

Mikey and Nicky
Movie · as Bus Driver

The Invasion of Johnson County
Movie · as Irvine

Bound for Glory
Movie · as Husband

The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Movie · as Doorman

At Long Last Love
Movie · as Harold

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Movie · as Mr. Peterson

Crime Club
Movie · as Jack Doyle

Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Freddie, Lloyd Herman Eckworth · 1 ep

Baretta
TV · 2 eps

The Gambler
Movie · as Las Vegas Gambler

Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Callahan · 1 ep

The Rockford Files
TV · as Edgar Burch · 1 ep

Serpico
Movie · as Gallagher

Kid Blue
Movie · as Barber

What's Up, Doc?
Movie · as Arresting Officer

Get to Know Your Rabbit
Movie · as Mr. Wendel

The Bob Newhart Show
TV · as Jack Hoover · 1 ep
The Sandy Duncan Show
TV · 13 eps

The Waltons
TV · as David Fletcher · 1 ep

Cold Turkey
Movie · as Art

They Might Be Giants
Movie · as 1st Sanitation Man

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Aide

All in the Family
TV · as Billy Hartfield · 1 ep

McMillan & Wife
TV · as Officer Ames · 1 ep

Nichols
TV · as Gabe McCutcheon · 5 eps

The Traveling Executioner
Movie · as Warden Brodski

Little Big Man
Movie · as Shotgun Guard

End of the Road
Movie · as Crab Man / Tutu Man

Arnie
TV · 1 ep

Alice's Restaurant
Movie · as Group W Sergeant

Midnight Cowboy
Movie · as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Stiletto
Movie · as Racing Partner (uncredited)

Ironside
TV · as Telegraph Clerk · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Mattheson · 1 ep

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as General Presser · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Sarge · 1 ep





