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M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

ActingBorn March 22, 1935Died March 19, 2024 (age 88)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 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).

Filmography

2025Movie
2024
Brothers

as Judge Farful

Movie
2024
Outlaw Posse

as Catfish

Movie
2023
Dotty and Soul

as Harold Eichelbaum

Movie
2023
A Little White Lie

as Arthur Baldwin

Movie
2022
American Gigolo

as Coleman

TV
2022
The Immaculate Room

as Kate's Father

Movie
2021
The Mimic

as The Director

Movie
2019
Knives Out

as Mr. Proofroc

Movie
2019TV
2019
South of Bix

as Grandpa

Movie
2019
Raising Buchanan

as Larry Kiesling

Movie
2019Movie
2019
Sorry, Not Sorry

as Harry's Father

Movie
2018
Change in the Air

as Walter Lemke

Movie
2018
Toto

as Toto

Movie
2018Movie
2015
Boiling Pot

as Dean Marison

Movie
2015
Sneaky Pete

as Tex Hopkins

TV
2015
Empire

as Harold Blakeley

TV
2014
Calvary

as The Writer

Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2010
Pound Puppies

as Olaf (voice)

TV
2010
Chasing 3000

as Chuck Ireland

Movie
2010
The Assignment

as Mr. Beudreaux

Movie
2010
Adventure Time

as Cosmic Owl (voice)

TV
2009
Youth in Revolt

as Mr. Saunders

Movie
2009
Don McKay

as Samuel

Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2007
Big Stan

as Lew Popper

Movie
2007
Damages

as Lyle Hewes

TV
2007
Army Wives

as Bernie Wallacheck

TV
2007
Man in the Chair

as Mickey Hopkins

Movie
2006
'Til Death

as Uncle Rudolph

TV
2005Movie
2005
Racing Stripes

as Woodzie

Movie
2004Movie
2003Movie
2003TV
2003
Baggage

as Sandy Westphall

Movie
2002TV
2002
Snow Dogs

as George

Movie
2001
The Guardian

as Ezra Pence

TV
2001
Night Visions

as Gus (segment "Reunion")

TV
2001
Eyeball Eddie

as Coach Cook

Movie
2001Movie
2000
Poor White Trash

as Judge Pike

Movie
2000
Jack of Hearts

as Comissioner Menlo Boyce

Movie
2000
Ed

as Mayor Wally Kendricks

TV
1999
Random Hearts

as Billy (uncredited)

Movie
1999
Monster!

as Lloyd Reeves

Movie
1999
The Iron Giant

as Earl Stutz (voice)

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Wild Wild West

as Coleman

Movie
1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Gemsbok #1 (voice)

TV
1998
Nightmare in Big Sky Country

as Marshal Jim Phillips

Movie
1998
Men in White

as Stanley

Movie
1998
Erasable You

as Ralph Worth

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Twilight

as Lester Ivar

Movie
1997Movie
1997
The Killing Jar

as Sheriff Foley

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1996
Romeo + Juliet

as Apothecary

Movie
1996
The Lottery

as Chief Davis

Movie
1996TV
1996
The West

as Self (voice)

TV
1996
A Time to Kill

as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Movie
1996
Portraits of a Killer

as Raymond Garrison

Movie
1996Movie
1995Movie
1995
Panther

as Dorsett

Movie
1995
Dead Badge

as Sergeant Miller Hoskins

Movie
1995
The Outer Limits

as Sanford Vallé

TV
1994
Relative Fear

as Earl Ladelle

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Baseball

as (voice)

TV
1994
The Glass Shield

as Det. Jesse Hall

Movie
1994
Camp Nowhere

as T.R. Polk

Movie
1994
Cops & Robbersons

as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)

Movie
1994
Madness of Method

as Rudolph Thorndyke

Movie
1993
Bitter Harvest

as Sheriff Bob

Movie
1993
NYPD Blue

as Joe Kroft

TV
1993
Frasier

as Rich Koechner

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Arthur Dales

TV
1993
Wilder Napalm

as Fire Chief

Movie
1993
The Music of Chance

as Calvin Murks

Movie
1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns

as Mayor Thornbush

Movie
1992
The Naked Truth

as Garcia / Gesundheim

Movie
1992
Equinox

as Pete Petosa

Movie
1992
Wild Card

as Mose

Movie
1992
White Sands

as Bert Gibson

Movie
1992
Killer Image

as John Kane

Movie
1991TV
1991
Silverfox

as Charles Blankenship

Movie
1991
Fourth Story

as Harry

Movie
1990
The Flash

as Henry Allen

Movie
1990
The Civil War

as Various (voice)

TV
1990
Narrow Margin

as Sergeant Dominick Benti

Movie
1990
The Flash

as Henry Allen

TV
1990
Chattahoochee

as Morris

Movie
1990
Love and Lies

as Clyde Wilson

Movie
1989
Catch Me... If You Can

as Johnny Phatmun

Movie
1989Movie
1989TV
1989
The Mighty Quinn

as Fred Miller

Movie
1989
Unsub

as Ned Platt

TV
1988
Red Scorpion

as Dewey Ferguson

Movie
1988
War Party

as Colin Ditweiler

Movie
1988
Clean and Sober

as Richard Dirks

Movie
1988
Sunset

as Chief Marvin Dibner

Movie
1988Movie
1987
No Man's Land

as Captain Haun

Movie
1987
Harry and the Hendersons

as George Henderson Sr.

Movie
1987
Murder Ordained

as Vern Humphrey

Movie
1987
Murder Ordained

as Vern Humphrey

TV
1987
Raising Arizona

as Machine Shop Ear-Bender

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Broken Vows

as Detective Mulligan

Movie
1986
Hero in the Family

as General Presser

Movie
1986
Back to School

as Coach Turnbull

Movie
1986
The Deliberate Stranger

as Det. Sam Davies

Movie
1986
The Deliberate Stranger

as Det. Sam Davies

TV
1986Movie
1986
Critters

as Harv

Movie
1986
Wildcats

as Walt Coes

Movie
1986Movie
1986Movie
1985
Amazing Stories

as Grandpa

TV
1985
The Twilight Zone

as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")

TV
1985
Fletch

as Dr. Joseph Dolan

Movie
1985
Blood Simple

as Private Detective

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Courage

as Colonel Crouse

Movie
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.

as Mr. Clark

Movie
1984
The Outlaws

as Warden MacDonald

Movie
1984
Scandalous

as Simon Reynolds

Movie
1983
Silkwood

as Walt Yarborough

Movie
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Detective Underhill

TV
1983
Night Partners

as Joe Kirby

Movie
1983
AfterMASH

as Reverend Horn

TV
1983Movie
1982
Blade Runner

as Bryant

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Fast-Walking

as Sergeant Sanger

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Reds

as Speaker at Liberal Club

Movie
1981
Back Roads

as Arthur

Movie
1981
Hellinger's Law

as Mr. Graebner

Movie
1981
East of Eden

as Sheriff Horace Quinn

TV
1980
Ordinary People

as Swim Coach

Movie
1980
Raise the Titanic

as Master Chief Vinnie Walker

Movie
1980
Brubaker

as C.P. Woodward

Movie
1980
City in Fear

as Sheldon Lewis

Movie
1980
Skag

as Moran

Movie
1979
The Gift

as Legion Commander

Movie
1979
The Jerk

as Madman

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Dear Detective

as Capt. Gorcey

Movie
1979
No Other Love

as DeFranco

Movie
1978
Straight Time

as Earl Frank

Movie
1978
A Question of Guilt

as Inspector McCartney

Movie
1978
Superdome

as Whitley

Movie
1977
Red Alert

as Sheriff Sweeney

Movie
1977
Airport '77

as Dr. Williams

Movie
1977
Slap Shot

as Dickie Dunn

Movie
1976
Nickelodeon

as "Father" Logan

Movie
1976
Mikey and Nicky

as Bus Driver

Movie
1976
Bound for Glory

as Husband

Movie
1976
Gibbsville

as Yostie

TV
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Freddie

TV
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Lloyd Herman Eckworth

TV
1975
Crime Club

as Jack Doyle

Movie
1975Movie
1975TV
1974
The Gambler

as Las Vegas Gambler

Movie
1974
The Rockford Files

as Edgar Burch

TV
1973
Serpico

as Gallagher

Movie
1973
Kid Blue

as Barber

Movie
1972
The Bob Newhart Show

as Jack Hoover

TV
1972
The Waltons

as David Fletcher

TV
1972Movie
1972
What's Up, Doc?

as Arresting Officer

Movie
1971
McMillan & Wife

as Officer Ames

TV
1971
Nichols

as Gabe McCutcheon

TV
1971
They Might Be Giants

as 1st Sanitation Man

Movie
1971Movie
1971
All in the Family

as Billy Hartfield

TV
1970
Little Big Man

as Shotgun Guard

Movie
1970
The Traveling Executioner

as Warden Brodski

Movie
1970TV
1970
End of the Road

as Crab Man / Tutu Man

Movie
1969
Alice's Restaurant

as Group W Sergeant

Movie
1969
Stiletto

as Racing Partner (uncredited)

Movie
1969
Midnight Cowboy

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1967
Ironside

as Telegraph Clerk

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Mattheson

TV
1954TV
1951TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 22, 1935
Day of DeathMarch 19, 2024
Place of BirthOgdensburg, New York, USA
Popularity1.6