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