M. Emmet Walsh

Birthday:

03/22/1935

Place of birth:

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 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).



Credits

Outlaw Posse (2024)
Catfish
A Little White Lie (2023)
Arthur Baldwin
The Immaculate Room (2022)
Kate's Father
The Mimic (2021)
The Director
Knives Out (2019)
Mr. Proofroc
South of Bix (2019)
Grandpa
Raising Buchanan (2019)
Larry Kiesling
Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
Fr. John
Sorry, Not Sorry (2019)
Harry's Father
Change in the Air (2018)
Walter Lemke
Toto (2018)
Toto
Shifting Gears (2018)
Hank
Boiling Pot (2015)
Dean Marison
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
Gorak
Calvary (2014)
The Writer
Love Sick Love (2012)
Ed
Arthur Newman (2012)
Zazek
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Uncle Bub
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2011)
Chief Van Owen
Chasing 3000 (2010)
Chuck Ireland
The Assignment (2010)
Mr. Beudreaux
Youth in Revolt (2009)
Mr. Saunders
Don McKay (2009)
Samuel
Haunted Echoes (2008)
Neil
Your Name Here (2008)
Kroger
Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' (2007)
Self
Big Stan (2007)
Lew Popper
Man in the Chair (2007)
Mickey Hopkins
Greener Mountains (2005)
Muggs
Racing Stripes (2005)
Woodzie
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Walt Scheel
Baggage (2003)
Sandy Westphall
Snow Dogs (2002)
George
Eyeball Eddie (2001)
Coach Cook
Christmas in the Clouds (2001)
Stu O'Malley
Poor White Trash (2000)
Judge Pike
Jack of Hearts (2000)
Comissioner Menlo Boyce
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000)
Self
Random Hearts (1999)
Billy (uncredited)
Monster! (1999)
Lloyd Reeves
The Iron Giant (1999)
Earl Stutz (voice)
Me and Will (1999)
Dean
Wild Wild West (1999)
Coleman
Nightmare in Big Sky Country (1998)
Marshal Jim Phillips
Men in White (1998)
Stanley
Erasable You (1998)
Ralph Worth
Chairman of the Board (1998)
Freemont
Twilight (1998)
Lester Ivar
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Joe O'Neal
The Killing Jar (1997)
Retroactive (1997)
Sam
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Apothecary
The Lottery (1996)
Chief Davis
Albino Alligator (1996)
Dino
A Time to Kill (1996)
Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Portraits of a Killer (1996)
Raymond Garrison
Criminal Hearts (1996)
Martin
Relative Fear (1995)
Earl Ladelle
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Bill Wilcox
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995)
Morris
Panther (1995)
Dorsett
Dead Badge (1995)
Sergeant Miller Hoskins
Probable Cause (1994)
Sadler
The Glass Shield (1994)
Det. Jesse Hall
Camp Nowhere (1994)
T.R. Polk
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Bitter Harvest (1993)
Sheriff Bob
Wilder Napalm (1993)
Fire Chief
The Music of Chance (1993)
Calvin Murks
Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992)
The Naked Truth (1992)
Garcia / Gesundheim
Equinox (1992)
Pete Petosa
Wild Card (1992)
Mose
White Sands (1992)
Bert Gibson
Killer Image (1992)
John Kane
Fourth Story (1991)
Harry
The Flash (1990)
Henry Allen
Narrow Margin (1990)
Sergeant Dominick Benti
Chattahoochee (1990)
Morris
Love and Lies (1990)
Clyde Wilson
Catch Me If You Can (1989)
Johnny Phatmun
Thunderground (1989)
Wedge
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)
Mort
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Fred Miller
Red Scorpion (1988)
Dewey Ferguson
War Party (1988)
Colin Ditweiler
Clean and Sober (1988)
Richard Dirks
Sunset (1988)
Chief Marvin Dibner
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Governor
No Man's Land (1987)
Captain Haun
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
George Henderson Sr.
Murder Ordained (1987)
Vern Humphrey
Raising Arizona (1987)
Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Abduction (1987)
Don Nichols
Broken Vows (1987)
Detective Mulligan
Back to School (1986)
Coach Turnbull
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Det. Sam Davies
Resting Place (1986)
Sarge
Critters (1986)
Harv
Wildcats (1986)
Walt Coes
The Best of Times (1986)
Charlie
The Right of the People (1986)
Sindaco
Fletch (1985)
Dr. Joseph Dolan
Courage (1984)
Colonel Crouse
Missing in Action (1984)
Tuck
Blood Simple (1984)
Loren Visser
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Mr. Clark
The Outlaws (1984)
Warden MacDonald
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Burns
Scandalous (1984)
Simon Reynolds
Silkwood (1983)
Walt Yarborough
Night Partners (1983)
Joe Kirby
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983)
Joe Lemke
Blade Runner (1982)
Bryant
The Escape Artist (1982)
Fritz
Fast-Walking (1982)
Sergeant Sanger
Cannery Row (1982)
Mack
Reds (1981)
Speaker at Liberal Club
Back Roads (1981)
Arthur
Hellinger's Law (1981)
Mr. Graebner
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
Harold Patton
Ordinary People (1980)
Swim Coach
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Brubaker (1980)
C.P. Woodward
City in Fear (1980)
Sheldon Lewis
Skag (1980)
Moran
The Gift (1979)
Legion Commander
The Jerk (1979)
Madman
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
Wally Cantrell
Dear Detective (1979)
Capt. Gorcey
No Other Love (1979)
DeFranco
Straight Time (1978)
Earl Frank
A Question of Guilt (1978)
Inspector McCartney
Superdome (1978)
Whitley
Red Alert (1977)
Sheriff Sweeney
Airport '77 (1977)
Dr. Williams
Slap Shot (1977)
Dickie Dunn
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Bus Driver
Nickelodeon (1976)
"Father" Logan
Bound for Glory (1976)
Husband
The Invasion of Johnson County (1976)
Irvine
Crime Club (1975)
Jack Doyle
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Doorman
At Long Last Love (1975)
Harold
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
Mr. Peterson
The Gambler (1974)
Las Vegas gambler
Serpico (1973)
Gallagher
Kid Blue (1973)
Barber
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Mr. Wendel
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Arresting Officer
They Might Be Giants (1971)
1st Sanitation Man
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Aide
Cold Turkey (1971)
Art
Little Big Man (1970)
Shotgun Guard
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
Warden Brodski
End of the Road (1970)
Crab Man / Tutu Man
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Group W Sergeant
Stiletto (1969)
Racing Partner (uncredited)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Madness of Method ()
Rudolph Thorndyke
Roney's Point ()
Lance McKyle