M. Emmet Walsh
Acting
Born: March 22, 1935 · Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Died: March 19, 2024 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Blade Runner
1982
Knives Out
2019
The Iron Giant
1999
Romeo + Juliet
1996
The X-Files
1993
Wild Wild West
1999
Adventure Time
2010
A Time to Kill
1996
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Raising Arizona
1987
Serpico
1973
Blood Simple
1985
Photos (6)
Movies (162)
Blade Runner
Bryant
Knives Out
Mr. Proofroc
The Iron Giant
Earl Stutz (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
Apothecary
A Time to Kill
Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Big Stan
Lew Popper
My Best Friend's Wedding
Joe O'Neal
Wild Wild West
Coleman
Racing Stripes
Woodzie
Christmas with the Kranks
Walt Scheel
Blood Simple
Private Detective
Midnight Cowboy
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Critters
Harv
Ordinary People
Swim Coach
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Aide
Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson Sr.
Serpico
Gallagher
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Bill Wilcox
Raising Arizona
Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Missing in Action
Tuck
Brothers
Judge Farful
Back to School
Coach Turnbull
Snow Dogs
George
Brubaker
C.P. Woodward
Red Scorpion
Dewey Ferguson
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Uncle Bub
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Gorak
Slap Shot
Dickie Dunn
No Man's Land
Captain Haun
Fletch
Dr. Joseph Dolan
Random Hearts
Billy (uncredited)
Straight Time
Earl Frank
Little Big Man
Shotgun Guard
Twilight
Lester Ivar
The Gambler
Las Vegas Gambler
What's Up, Doc?
Arresting Officer
Airport '77
Dr. Williams
The Immaculate Room
Kate's Father
Reds
Speaker at Liberal Club
Youth in Revolt
Mr. Saunders
The Jerk
Madman
The Mighty Quinn
Fred Miller
Wildcats
Walt Coes
Camp Nowhere
T.R. Polk
Panther
Dorsett
The Milagro Beanfield War
Governor
Mikey and Nicky
Bus Driver
Arthur Newman
Zazek
Narrow Margin
Sergeant Dominick Benti
White Sands
Bert Gibson
A Little White Lie
Arthur Baldwin
Raise the Titanic
Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Silkwood
Walt Yarborough
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Burns
Calvary
The Writer
The Glass Shield
Det. Jesse Hall
Raising Buchanan
Larry Kiesling
Albino Alligator
Dino
Resting Place
Sarge
Men in White
Stanley
The Best of Times
Charlie
Relative Fear
Earl Ladelle
The Flash
Henry Allen
Clean and Sober
Richard Dirks
Retroactive
Sam
Grandview, U.S.A.
Mr. Clark
Dead Badge
Sergeant Miller Hoskins
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Mort
Sunset
Chief Marvin Dibner
The Escape Artist
Fritz
Nickelodeon
"Father" Logan
They Might Be Giants
1st Sanitation Man
Cops & Robbersons
Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Wally Cantrell
Faith, Hope & Love
Fr. John
Bound for Glory
Husband
Murder Ordained
Vern Humphrey
Chasing 3000
Chuck Ireland
Me and Will
Dean
Wilder Napalm
Fire Chief
The Deliberate Stranger
Det. Sam Davies
Killer Image
John Kane
At Long Last Love
Harold
Kid Blue
Barber
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Doorman
Back Roads
Arthur
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Wendel
End of the Road
Crab Man / Tutu Man
Cold Turkey
Art
Catch Me... If You Can
Johnny Phatmun
War Party
Colin Ditweiler
Skag
Moran
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Mr. Peterson
Equinox
Pete Petosa
Courage
Colonel Crouse
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Harold Patton
Stiletto
Racing Partner (uncredited)
The Mimic
The Director
Wild Card
Mose
The Traveling Executioner
Warden Brodski
Poor White Trash
Judge Pike
Outlaw Posse
Catfish
Alice's Restaurant
Group W Sergeant
Chairman of the Board
Freemont
Chattahoochee
Morris
Eyeball Eddie
Coach Cook
Green and Gold
Scotty
The Music of Chance
Calvin Murks
Hero in the Family
General Presser
Fast-Walking
Sergeant Sanger
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
Don Nichols
The Lottery
Chief Davis
Scandalous
Simon Reynolds
Cannery Row
Mack
Change in the Air
Walter Lemke
Broken Vows
Detective Mulligan
Bitter Harvest
Sheriff Bob
Toto
Toto
Man in the Chair
Mickey Hopkins
Dotty and Soul
Harold Eichelbaum
The Naked Truth
Garcia / Gesundheim
Superdome
Whitley
The Gift
Legion Commander
Crime Club
Jack Doyle
Christmas in the Clouds
Stu O'Malley
The Outlaws
Warden MacDonald
Red Alert
Sheriff Sweeney
No Other Love
DeFranco
Portraits of a Killer
Raymond Garrison
Criminal Hearts
Martin
Don McKay
Samuel
Fourth Story
Harry
City in Fear
Sheldon Lewis
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Wally Westland
Shifting Gears
Hank
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Mayor Thornbush
Probable Cause
Sadler
Jack of Hearts
Comissioner Menlo Boyce
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Morris
Hellinger's Law
Mr. Graebner
Night Partners
Joe Kirby
The Killing Jar
Sheriff Foley
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Joe Lemke
The Right of the People
Sindaco
South of Bix
Grandpa
Boiling Pot
Dean Marison
A Question of Guilt
Inspector McCartney
The Invasion of Johnson County
Irvine
Haunted Echoes
Neil
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
Rocco
The Assignment
Mr. Beudreaux
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Chief Van Owen
Love and Lies
Clyde Wilson
Your Name Here
Kroger
Dear Detective
Capt. Gorcey
Baggage
Sandy Westphall
Greener Mountains
Muggs
Thunderground
Wedge
Sorry, Not Sorry
Harry's Father
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Marshal Jim Phillips
Monster!
Lloyd Reeves
Love Sick Love
Ed
TV Shows (52)
Frasier
Rich Koechner · 1 eps
Adventure Time
Cosmic Owl (voice) · 3 eps
The X-Files
Arthur Dales · 1 eps
NYPD Blue
Joe Kroft · 1 eps
Ironside
Telegraph Clerk · 1 eps
Bonanza
Mattheson · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Edgar Burch · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Callahan · 1 eps
Damages
Lyle Hewes · 3 eps
The Waltons
David Fletcher · 1 eps
Home Improvement
Colonel · 2 eps
The Outer Limits
Sanford Vallé · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Gemsbok #1 (voice) · 1 eps
The Righteous Gemstones
Roy Gemstone · 2 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Jonas · 1 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
Jack Hoover · 1 eps
Empire
Harold Blakeley · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Freddie · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Lloyd Herman Eckworth · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice") · 1 eps
Army Wives
Bernie Wallacheck · 1 eps
The Guardian
Ezra Pence · 1 eps
Early Edition
Santa · 1 eps
Sneaky Pete
Tex Hopkins · 7 eps
All in the Family
Billy Hartfield · 1 eps
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Jeb (voice) · 1 eps
Pound Puppies
Olaf (voice) · 65 eps
Baretta
2 eps
Amazing Stories
Grandpa · 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Detective Underhill · 1 eps
McMillan & Wife
Officer Ames · 1 eps
Ed
Mayor Wally Kendricks · 1 eps
The Flash
Henry Allen · 2 eps
'Til Death
Uncle Rudolph · 1 eps
Tracey Takes On...
2 eps
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Mack (voice) · 26 eps
American Gigolo
Coleman · 1 eps
Baseball
(voice) · 2 eps
The Civil War
Various (voice) · 9 eps
AfterMASH
Reverend Horn · 1 eps
Nichols
Gabe McCutcheon · 5 eps
Night Visions
Gus (segment "Reunion") · 1 eps
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Detective · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
General Presser · 1 eps
East of Eden
Sheriff Horace Quinn · 3 eps
Brotherhood of the Rose
Hardy · 2 eps
The French Atlantic Affair
Harry · 3 eps
The Deliberate Stranger
Det. Sam Davies · 2 eps
Arnie
1 eps
Murder Ordained
Vern Humphrey · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarge · 1 eps
Unsub
Ned Platt · 8 eps
