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