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M. Emmet Walsh
Born · March 22, 1935
Died · March 19, 2024 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Bio
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).
South of Bix
Grandpa
0.0
2019
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Uncle Bub
7.0
2012
Don McKay
Samuel
5.0
2009
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
7.9
2007
Big Stan
Lew Popper
6.6
2007
Man in the Chair
Mickey Hopkins
6.9
2007
Christmas with the Kranks
Walt Scheel
6.1
2004
Christmas in the Clouds
Stu O'Malley
6.1
2001
Poor White Trash
Judge Pike
4.2
2000
The Iron Giant
Earl Stutz (voice)
8.0
1999
Me and Will
Dean
6.2
1999
Wild Wild West
Coleman
5.3
1999
Chairman of the Board
Freemont
3.7
1998
Twilight
Lester Ivar
6.0
1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
Joe O'Neal
6.6
1997
Retroactive
Sam
6.2
1997
Camp Nowhere
T.R. Polk
5.9
1994
Cops & Robbersons
Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
5.1
1994
The Music of Chance
Calvin Murks
6.7
1993
White Sands
Bert Gibson
5.9
1992
Killer Image
John Kane
4.8
1992
Narrow Margin
Sergeant Dominick Benti
6.4
1990
Catch Me If You Can
Johnny Phatmun
5.1
1989
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Mort
6.2
1989
The Mighty Quinn
Fred Miller
6.2
1989
Red Scorpion
Dewey Ferguson
5.9
1988
War Party
Colin Ditweiler
6.2
1988
No Man's Land
Captain Haun
6.0
1987
Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson Sr.
6.1
1987
Back to School
Coach Turnbull
6.3
1986
Critters
Harv
6.5
1986
The Best of Times
Charlie
5.6
1986
Fletch
Dr. Joseph Dolan
6.7
1985
Missing in Action
Tuck
5.9
1984
The Outlaws
Warden MacDonald
0.0
1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Burns
6.3
1984
Blood Simple
Loren Visser
7.2
1984
Silkwood
Walt Yarborough
7.0
1983
Fast-Walking
Sergeant Sanger
5.9
1982
Cannery Row
Mack
5.9
1982
Reds
Speaker at Liberal Club
6.9
1981
Back Roads
Arthur
5.6
1981
Ordinary People
Swim Coach
7.5
1980
Raise the Titanic
Master Chief Vinnie Walker
5.3
1980
Brubaker
C.P. Woodward
7.1
1980
The Jerk
Madman
6.9
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Wally Cantrell
5.5
1979
Straight Time
Earl Frank
7.1
1978
Slap Shot
Dickie Dunn
6.8
1977
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Doorman
6.7
1975
The Gambler
Las Vegas gambler
6.7
1974
Cold Turkey
Art
6.2
1971
Alice's Restaurant
Group W Sergeant
6.2
1969
Roney's Point
Lance McKyle
0.0
Outlaw Posse
Catfish
6.1
2024
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Gorak
5.1
2015
Calvary
The Writer
7.1
2014
Love Sick Love
Ed
5.2
2012
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Chief Van Owen
4.8
2011
The Assignment
Mr. Beudreaux
6.5
2010
Youth in Revolt
Mr. Saunders
6.2
2009
Haunted Echoes
Neil
4.6
2008
Your Name Here
Kroger
4.5
2008
Greener Mountains
Muggs
5.2
2005
Racing Stripes
Woodzie
5.9
2005
Baggage
Sandy Westphall
0.0
2003
Snow Dogs
George
5.6
2002
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
7.2
2000
Random Hearts
Billy (uncredited)
5.5
1999
Monster!
Lloyd Reeves
5.1
1999
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Marshal Jim Phillips
0.0
1998
Albino Alligator
Dino
5.7
1997
A Time to Kill
Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
7.4
1996
Criminal Hearts
Martin
5.4
1996
Relative Fear
Earl Ladelle
5.0
1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Bill Wilcox
5.9
1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Morris
7.0
1995
Probable Cause
Sadler
4.8
1994
Bitter Harvest
Sheriff Bob
4.7
1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
2.5
1992
The Naked Truth
Garcia / Gesundheim
2.0
1992
Fourth Story
Harry
5.6
1991
The Flash
Henry Allen
6.5
1990
Thunderground
Wedge
3.0
1989
Murder Ordained
Vern Humphrey
5.0
1987
Abduction
Don Nichols
5.5
1987
Broken Vows
Detective Mulligan
5.3
1987
The Deliberate Stranger
Det. Sam Davies
6.5
1986
Resting Place
Sarge
6.2
1986
Courage
Colonel Crouse
5.4
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
Mr. Clark
6.0
1984
Scandalous
Simon Reynolds
4.0
1984
Blade Runner
Bryant
7.9
1982
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Harold Patton
4.2
1980
City in Fear
Sheldon Lewis
6.2
1980
Skag
Moran
0.0
1980
A Question of Guilt
Inspector McCartney
6.2
1978
Superdome
Whitley
4.2
1978
Red Alert
Sheriff Sweeney
4.0
1977
Airport '77
Dr. Williams
5.6
1977
Nickelodeon
"Father" Logan
5.9
1976
Mikey and Nicky
Bus Driver
6.8
1976
At Long Last Love
Harold
5.2
1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Mr. Peterson
5.2
1975
Serpico
Gallagher
7.5
1973
They Might Be Giants
1st Sanitation Man
6.9
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Aide
6.4
1971
Little Big Man
Shotgun Guard
7.5
1970
The Traveling Executioner
Warden Brodski
5.9
1970
Madness of Method
Rudolph Thorndyke
0.0
Brothers
Judge Farful
6.0
2024
Dotty and Soul
Harold Eichelbaum
4.0
2023
A Little White Lie
Arthur Baldwin
5.6
2023
The Immaculate Room
Kate's Father
5.3
2022
The Mimic
The Director
4.6
2021
Knives Out
Mr. Proofroc
7.8
2019
Raising Buchanan
Larry Kiesling
5.7
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
Fr. John
7.7
2019
Sorry, Not Sorry
Harry's Father
6.0
2019
Change in the Air
Walter Lemke
5.7
2018
Toto
Toto
0.0
2018
Shifting Gears
Hank
6.5
2018
Boiling Pot
Dean Marison
5.2
2015
Arthur Newman
Zazek
5.6
2012
Chasing 3000
Chuck Ireland
5.4
2010
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Wally Westland
7.8
2003
Eyeball Eddie
Coach Cook
6.0
2001
Jack of Hearts
Comissioner Menlo Boyce
1.5
2000
Men in White
Stanley
3.6
1998
Erasable You
Ralph Worth
0.0
1998
The Killing Jar
Sheriff Foley
4.5
1997
Romeo + Juliet
Apothecary
6.8
1996
The Lottery
Chief Davis
5.4
1996
Portraits of a Killer
Raymond Garrison
2.3
1996
Panther
Dorsett
6.2
1995
Dead Badge
Sergeant Miller Hoskins
8.3
1995
The Glass Shield
Det. Jesse Hall
4.8
1994
Wilder Napalm
Fire Chief
5.5
1993
Equinox
Pete Petosa
5.6
1992
Wild Card
Mose
4.0
1992
Chattahoochee
Morris
5.6
1990
Clean and Sober
Richard Dirks
6.3
1988
Sunset
Chief Marvin Dibner
5.6
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
Governor
6.4
1988
Raising Arizona
Machine Shop Ear-Bender
7.0
1987
Wildcats
Walt Coes
6.3
1986
The Right of the People
Sindaco
4.0
1986
Night Partners
Joe Kirby
7.0
1983
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Joe Lemke
10.0
1983
What's Up, Doc?
Arresting Officer
7.3
1972
Silverfox
Charles Blankenship
0.0
Green and Gold
Scotty
0.0
2025
American Gigolo
Coleman · (1 episode)
6.9
2022
The Righteous Gemstones
Roy Gemstone · (2 episodes)
7.4
2019
Sneaky Pete
Tex Hopkins · (7 episodes)
7.5
2015
Empire
Harold Blakeley · (1 episode)
7.2
2015
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Detective · (1 episode)
7.4
2014
Pound Puppies
Olaf (voice) · (65 episodes)
5.2
2010
Adventure Time
Cosmic Owl · (3 episodes)
8.5
2010
Damages
Lyle Hewes · (3 episodes)
7.4
2007
Charlie Lawrence
Cubby · (1 episode)
7.0
2003
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Jeb (voice) · (1 episode)
7.9
2002
Night Visions
Gus · (1 episode)
7.2
2001
Ed
Mayor Wally Kendricks · (1 episode)
7.7
2000
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Mack (voice) · (26 episodes)
7.5
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
Gemsbok #1 (voice) · (1 episode)
6.8
1998
Early Edition
(1 episode)
7.3
1996
The West
Self (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
1996
Tracey Takes On...
(2 episodes)
8.5
1996
The Outer Limits
Sanford Vallé · (1 episode)
7.8
1995
Baseball
Various (voice) · (9 episodes)
7.4
1994
NYPD Blue
Joe Kroft · (1 episode)
7.0
1993
Frasier
Rich Koechner · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
The X-Files
Arthur Dales · (1 episode)
8.4
1993
Home Improvement
Colonel · (2 episodes)
7.4
1991
The Civil War
Various · (9 episodes)
8.1
1990
The Flash
Henry Allen · (2 episodes)
7.4
1990
Love and Lies
Clyde Wilson
0.0
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Jonas · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Unsub
Ned Platt · (8 episodes)
7.5
1989
Brotherhood of the Rose
Hardy · (2 episodes)
6.4
1989
Murder Ordained
Vern Humphrey · (2 episodes)
5.5
1987
Amazing Stories
Grandpa · (1 episode)
7.5
1985
The Twilight Zone
Peter · (1 episode)
7.7
1985
The Hitchhiker
Detective Underhill · (1 episode)
6.1
1983
AfterMASH
Reverend Horn · (1 episode)
5.1
1983
The Escape Artist
Fritz
6.1
1982
Hellinger's Law
Mr. Graebner
7.5
1981
East of Eden
Sheriff Horace Quinn · (3 episodes)
7.5
1981
The Gift
Legion Commander
0.0
1979
The French Atlantic Affair
Harry · (3 episodes)
7.0
1979
Dear Detective
Capt. Gorcey
0.0
1979
No Other Love
DeFranco
7.0
1979
Bound for Glory
Husband
6.8
1976
The Invasion of Johnson County
Irvine
6.5
1976
Starsky & Hutch
Freddie · (1 episode)
7.2
1975
Starsky & Hutch
Lloyd Herman Eckworth · (1 episode)
7.2
1975
Crime Club
Jack Doyle
0.0
1975
Baretta
(2 episodes)
6.3
1975
The Rockford Files
Edgar Burch · (1 episode)
7.5
1974
Little House on the Prairie
(1 episode)
8.0
1974
Kid Blue
Barber
6.9
1973
The Sandy Duncan Show
(13 episodes)
0.0
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
Jack Hoover · (1 episode)
7.4
1972
The Waltons
David Fletcher · (1 episode)
7.1
1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Wendel
5.1
1972
McMillan & Wife
Officer Ames · (1 episode)
7.3
1971
Nichols
Gabe McCutcheon · (5 episodes)
5.0
1971
All in the Family
Billy Hartfield · (1 episode)
7.8
1971
Arnie
(1 episode)
3.0
1970
End of the Road
Crab Man / Tutu Man
5.2
1970
Stiletto
Racing Partner (uncredited)
5.2
1969
Midnight Cowboy
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
7.5
1969
Ironside
Telegraph Clerk · (1 episode)
6.9
1967
Bonanza
Mattheson · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
General Presser · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarge · (1 episode)
8.7
1951