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