M. Emmet Walsh

Actor Mar 22 (died age 88) Ogdensburg, New York, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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 fi…

Known For

Film

Blade Runner

Bryant

Film

Knives Out

Mr. Proofroc

Film

The Iron Giant

Earl Stutz (voice)

Film

A Time to Kill

Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Film

Romeo + Juliet

Apothecary

Film

Serpico

Gallagher

Film

Midnight Cowboy

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Film

Raising Arizona

Machine Shop Ear-Bender

Filmography

Acting (224)

Movies (169)

Green and Gold

as Scotty

Brothers

as Judge Farful

Outlaw Posse

as Catfish

A Little White Lie

as Arthur Baldwin

Dotty and Soul

as Harold Eichelbaum

The Immaculate Room

as Kate's Father

The Mimic

as The Director

Knives Out

as Mr. Proofroc

Raising Buchanan

as Larry Kiesling

Faith, Hope & Love

as Fr. John

Sorry, Not Sorry

as Harry's Father

South of Bix

as Grandpa

Change in the Air

as Walter Lemke

Shifting Gears

as Hank

Toto

as Toto

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

as Gorak

Boiling Pot

as Dean Marison

Calvary

as The Writer

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

as Uncle Bub

Arthur Newman

as Zazek

Love Sick Love

as Ed

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

as Chief Van Owen

Chasing 3000

as Chuck Ireland

The Assignment

as Mr. Beudreaux

Don McKay

as Samuel

Youth in Revolt

as Mr. Saunders

Your Name Here

as Kroger

A True Character

as Self

Haunted Echoes

as Neil

Big Stan

as Lew Popper

Man in the Chair

as Mickey Hopkins

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

as Self

Racing Stripes

as Woodzie

Greener Mountains

as Muggs

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

as Walt Scheel

6.2

Baggage

2003

as Sandy Westphall

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

as Wally Westland

Snow Dogs

as George

Eyeball Eddie

as Coach Cook

Christmas in the Clouds

2001

as Stu O'Malley

6.2

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

as Self

Poor White Trash

as Judge Pike

Jack of Hearts

as Comissioner Menlo Boyce

1.5

The Iron Giant

1999

as Earl Stutz (voice)

Wild Wild West

as Coleman

Monster!

as Lloyd Reeves

Random Hearts

as Billy (uncredited)

Me and Will

as Dean

Twilight

as Lester Ivar

Erasable You

as Ralph Worth

Chairman of the Board

as Freemont

Men in White

as Stanley

Nightmare in Big Sky Country

1998

as Marshal Jim Phillips

My Best Friend's Wedding

as Joe O'Neal

Retroactive

as Sam

The Killing Jar

as Sheriff Foley

Albino Alligator

as Dino

Romeo + Juliet

as Apothecary

A Time to Kill

as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Criminal Hearts

as Martin

The Lottery

as Chief Davis

Portraits of a Killer

as Raymond Garrison

Panther

as Dorsett

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

as Bill Wilcox

5.9

Dead Badge

1995

as Sergeant Miller Hoskins

6.8

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1995

as Morris

6.3

Madness of Method

1994

as Rudolph Thorndyke

The Glass Shield

as Det. Jesse Hall

Relative Fear

as Earl Ladelle

Cops & Robbersons

as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)

Camp Nowhere

as T.R. Polk

Probable Cause

as Sadler

Wilder Napalm

as Fire Chief

The Music of Chance

as Calvin Murks

Bitter Harvest

as Sheriff Bob

White Sands

as Bert Gibson

The Naked Truth

as Garcia / Gesundheim

Equinox

as Pete Petosa

Killer Image

as John Kane

Wild Card

as Mose

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992

as Mayor Thornbush

2.0

Silverfox

1991

as Charles Blankenship

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

as Mort

Fourth Story

as Harry

Love and Lies

as Clyde Wilson

The Flash

1990

as Henry Allen

6.5

Narrow Margin

1990

as Sergeant Dominick Benti

Chattahoochee

as Morris

The Flash

as Henry Allen

The Mighty Quinn

as Fred Miller

Thunderground

as Wedge

Catch Me... If You Can

1989

as Johnny Phatmun

5.2

Sunset

1988

as Chief Marvin Dibner

War Party

as Colin Ditweiler

Red Scorpion

as Dewey Ferguson

Clean and Sober

as Richard Dirks

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988

as Governor

6.5

Raising Arizona

1987

as Machine Shop Ear-Bender

7.1

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

as George Henderson Sr.

6.1

No Man's Land

1987

as Captain Haun

5.9

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

as Don Nichols

Murder Ordained

as Vern Humphrey

Broken Vows

as Detective Mulligan

Critters

as Harv

Wildcats

as Walt Coes

Resting Place

as Sarge

Back to School

as Coach Turnbull

The Best of Times

as Charlie

The Deliberate Stranger

as Det. Sam Davies

Hero in the Family

as General Presser

The Right of the People

as Sindaco

Fletch

as Dr. Joseph Dolan

Blood Simple

as Private Detective

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn

1985

as Rocco

Missing in Action

as Tuck

Scandalous

as Simon Reynolds

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Mr. Clark

Courage

as Colonel Crouse

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984

as Burns

6.4

The Outlaws

1984

as Warden MacDonald

Silkwood

as Walt Yarborough

Night Partners

as Joe Kirby

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

as Joe Lemke

Blade Runner

as Bryant

The Escape Artist

as Fritz

Cannery Row

as Mack

Fast-Walking

as Sergeant Sanger

Reds

as Speaker at Liberal Club

Hellinger's Law

as Mr. Graebner

Back Roads

as Arthur

Brubaker

as C.P. Woodward

Skag

as Moran

Ordinary People

1980

as Swim Coach

7.5

Raise the Titanic

1980

as Master Chief Vinnie Walker

5.3

City in Fear

1980

as Sheldon Lewis

5.1

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

as Harold Patton

The Jerk

as Madman

Dear Detective

as Capt. Gorcey

The Gift

1979

as Legion Commander

No Other Love

1979

as DeFranco

7.0

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Wally Cantrell

Straight Time

as Earl Frank

Superdome

as Whitley

A Question of Guilt

as Inspector McCartney

Airport '77

as Dr. Williams

Slap Shot

as Dickie Dunn

Red Alert

as Sheriff Sweeney

Bound for Glory

as Husband

Nickelodeon

as "Father" Logan

Mikey and Nicky

as Bus Driver

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976

as Irvine

6.5

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

as Mr. Peterson

5.3

Crime Club

1975

as Jack Doyle

At Long Last Love

1975

as Harold

5.1

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Doorman

The Gambler

as Las Vegas Gambler

Serpico

as Gallagher

Kid Blue

as Barber

What's Up, Doc?

as Arresting Officer

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972

as Mr. Wendel

4.8

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

as Aide

6.4

They Might Be Giants

1971

as 1st Sanitation Man

Cold Turkey

as Art

Little Big Man

as Shotgun Guard

End of the Road

as Crab Man / Tutu Man

4.6

The Traveling Executioner

1970

as Warden Brodski

5.6

Midnight Cowboy

1969

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Alice's Restaurant

as Group W Sergeant

Stiletto

as Racing Partner (uncredited)

5.0

Television (55)

American Gigolo

2022

as Coleman

6.7

The Righteous Gemstones

as Roy Gemstone

Sneaky Pete

as Tex Hopkins

Empire

as Harold Blakeley

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

2014

as Detective

7.2

Adventure Time

2010

as Cosmic Owl (voice)

Pound Puppies

as Olaf (voice)

Damages

as Lyle Hewes

Army Wives

as Bernie Wallacheck

'Til Death

as Uncle Rudolph

Charlie Lawrence

as Cubby

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

as Jeb (voice)

The Guardian

as Ezra Pence

Night Visions

as Gus (segment "Reunion")

7.2

2000

as Mayor Wally Kendricks

7.7

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

1999

as Mack (voice)

7.2

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

as Gemsbok #1 (voice)

Early Edition

as Santa

Tracey Takes On...

The West

as Self (voice)

The Outer Limits

as Sanford Vallé

Baseball

as (voice)

The X-Files

as Arthur Dales

NYPD Blue

as Joe Kroft

Frasier

as Rich Koechner

Home Improvement

as Colonel

The Flash

as Henry Allen

The Civil War

as Various

Tales from the Crypt

as Jonas

Brotherhood of the Rose

as Hardy

Unsub

as Ned Platt

Murder Ordained

as Vern Humphrey

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

as Det. Sam Davies

Amazing Stories

1985

as Grandpa

7.5

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")

7.8

The Hitchhiker

1983

as Detective Underhill

AfterMASH

as Reverend Horn

East of Eden

as Sheriff Horace Quinn

7.3

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

as Harry

7.0

Gibbsville

1976

as Yostie

Baretta

1975

6.4

Starsky & Hutch

1975

as Lloyd Herman Eckworth

7.3

Little House on the Prairie

as Callahan

The Rockford Files

as Edgar Burch

The Waltons

as David Fletcher

The Bob Newhart Show

as Jack Hoover

The Sandy Duncan Show

All in the Family

as Billy Hartfield

McMillan & Wife

as Officer Ames

Nichols

as Gabe McCutcheon

Arnie

Ironside

as Telegraph Clerk

Bonanza

as Mattheson

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as General Presser

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Sarge

8.6