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M. Emmet Walsh

Born 22 March 1935 · Ogdensburg, New York, USA · Died 19 March 2024

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).

Films and shows

  1. 2025Green and Gold1h 35mScotty
  2. 2024Brothers1h 29mJudge Farful
  3. 2024Outlaw Posse1h 48mCatfish
  4. 2023A Little White Lie1h 41mArthur Baldwin
  5. 2022The Immaculate Room1h 32mKate's Father
  6. 2021The Mimic1h 21mThe Director
  7. 2019South of Bix14mGrandpa
  8. 2019Sorry, Not Sorry8mHarry's Father
  9. 2019Raising Buchanan1h 45mLarry Kiesling
  10. 2019Faith, Hope & Love1h 46mFr. John
  11. 2019Knives Out2h 11mMr. Proofroc
  12. 2018Toto17mToto
  13. 2018Change in the Air1h 34mWalter Lemke
  14. 2018Shifting Gears1h 42mHank
  15. 2015Boiling Pot1h 35mDean Marison
  16. 2015The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power1h 45mGorak
  17. 2014Calvary1h 41mThe Writer
  18. 2012Arthur Newman1h 33mZazek
  19. 2012Love Sick Love1h 23mEd
  20. 2012The Odd Life of Timothy Green1h 45mUncle Bub
  21. 2011Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency1h 27mChief Van Owen
  22. 2010The Assignment1h 28mMr. Beudreaux
  23. 2010Pound Puppies3 seasonsOlaf (voice)
  24. 2010Chasing 30001h 55mChuck Ireland
  25. 2009Youth in Revolt1h 29mMr. Saunders
  26. 2009Don McKay1h 27mSamuel
  27. 2008Haunted Echoes1h 37mNeil
  28. 2008Your Name Here1h 46mKroger
  29. 2008A True Character11mSelf
  30. 2007Man in the Chair1h 47mMickey Hopkins
  31. 2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner3h 34mSelf
  32. 2007Big Stan1h 49mLew Popper
  33. 2005Racing Stripes1h 42mWoodzie
  34. 2005Greener MountainsMuggs
  35. 2004Christmas with the Kranks1h 39mWalt Scheel
  36. 2003Baggage1h 30mSandy Westphall
  37. 2003Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales50mWally Westland
  38. 2002Snow Dogs1h 39mGeorge
  39. 2001Eyeball Eddie29mCoach Cook
  40. 2001Christmas in the Clouds1h 36mStu O'Malley
  41. 2000Jack of Hearts1h 33mComissioner Menlo Boyce
  42. 2000Poor White Trash1h 26mJudge Pike
  43. 1999Wild Wild West1h 46mColeman
  44. 1999Monster!Lloyd Reeves
  45. 1999Me and Will1h 41mDean
  46. 1999The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot2 seasonsMack (voice)
  47. 1999The Iron Giant1h 26mEarl Stutz (voice)
  48. 1998Men in White1h 23mStanley
  49. 1998Erasable You1h 25mRalph Worth
  50. 1998Nightmare in Big Sky Country1h 26mMarshal Jim Phillips
  51. 1998Chairman of the Board1h 35mFreemont
  52. 1998Twilight1h 34mLester Ivar
  53. 1997Retroactive1h 31mSam
  54. 1997Albino Alligator1h 37mDino
  55. 1997My Best Friend's Wedding1h 45mJoe O'Neal
  56. 1997The Killing Jar1h 41mSheriff Foley
  57. 1996Criminal Hearts1h 32mMartin
  58. 1996The Lottery1h 32mChief Davis
  59. 1996Portraits of a Killer1h 33mRaymond Garrison
  60. 1996Romeo + Juliet2hApothecary
  61. 1995Dead Badge1h 35mSergeant Miller Hoskins
  62. 1995From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler1h 32mMorris
  63. 1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home1h 35mBill Wilcox
  64. 1995Panther2h 4mDorsett
  65. 1994Madness of Method16mRudolph Thorndyke
  66. 1994Probable Cause1h 30mSadler
  67. 1994Relative Fear1h 30mEarl Ladelle
  68. 1994Camp Nowhere1h 36mT.R. Polk
  69. 1994Cops & Robbersons1h 33mCaptain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
  70. 1994The Glass Shield1h 50mDet. Jesse Hall
  71. 1993The Music of Chance1h 38mCalvin Murks
  72. 1993Wilder Napalm1h 49mFire Chief
  73. 1993Bitter Harvest1h 38mSheriff Bob
  74. 1992Killer Image1h 34mJohn Kane
  75. 1992Four Eyes and Six-Guns1h 32mMayor Thornbush
  76. 1992White Sands1h 41mBert Gibson
  77. 1992Wild Card1h 35mMose
  78. 1992The Naked Truth1h 32mGarcia / Gesundheim
  79. 1992Equinox1h 50mPete Petosa
  80. 1991Silverfox55mCharles Blankenship
  81. 1991Fourth Story1h 32mHarry
  82. 1991Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat1h 44mMort
  83. 1990Narrow Margin1h 37mSergeant Dominick Benti
  84. 1990Chattahoochee1h 38mMorris
  85. 1990Love and Lies1h 37mClyde Wilson
  86. 1990The Flash1h 34mHenry Allen
  87. 1989Unsub1 seasonNed Platt
  88. 1989The Mighty Quinn1h 38mFred Miller
  89. 1989Brotherhood of the Rose1 seasonHardy
  90. 1989Catch Me... If You Can1h 46mJohnny Phatmun
  91. 1988Red Scorpion1h 45mDewey Ferguson
  92. 1988Sunset1h 47mChief Marvin Dibner
  93. 1988War Party1h 37mColin Ditweiler
  94. 1988Clean and Sober2h 4mRichard Dirks
  95. 1988The Milagro Beanfield War1h 57mGovernor
  96. 1987The Abduction of Kari Swenson1h 36mDon Nichols
  97. 1987Broken Vows1h 35mDetective Mulligan
  98. 1987Harry and the Hendersons1h 50mGeorge Henderson Sr.
  99. 1987No Man's Land1h 46mCaptain Haun
  100. 1987Murder Ordained1 seasonVern Humphrey
  101. 1987Murder Ordained3h 5mVern Humphrey
  102. 1986Critters1h 26mHarv
  103. 1986The Right of the People1h 40mSindaco
  104. 1986The Deliberate Stranger3h 5mDet. Sam Davies
  105. 1986The Deliberate Stranger1 seasonDet. Sam Davies
  106. 1986The Best of Times1h 44mCharlie
  107. 1986Hero in the Family2hGeneral Presser
  108. 1986Resting Place1h 40mSarge
  109. 1986Back to School1h 36mCoach Turnbull
  110. 1986Wildcats1h 46mWalt Coes
  111. 1985Blood Simple1h 37mPrivate Detective
  112. 1985The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn30mRocco
  113. 1985Fletch1h 38mDr. Joseph Dolan
  114. 1984Missing in Action1h 41mTuck
  115. 1984Scandalous1h 32mSimon Reynolds
  116. 1984Courage1h 30mColonel Crouse
  117. 1984The Pope of Greenwich Village2h 1mBurns
  118. 1984Grandview, U.S.A.1h 37mMr. Clark
  119. 1984The Outlaws1h 44mWarden MacDonald
  120. 1983The Woman Who Willed a Miracle45mJoe Lemke
  121. 1983Night Partners1h 40mJoe Kirby
  122. 1983Silkwood2h 11mWalt Yarborough
  123. 1982Blade Runner1h 58mBryant
  124. 1982Cannery Row2hMack
  125. 1982Fast-Walking1h 55mSergeant Sanger
  126. 1982The Escape Artist1h 34mFritz
  127. 1981Back Roads1h 34mArthur
  128. 1981Reds3h 15mSpeaker at Liberal Club
  129. 1981Hellinger's Law1h 40mMr. Graebner
  130. 1981East of Eden1 seasonSheriff Horace Quinn
  131. 1980Ordinary People2h 4mSwim Coach
  132. 1980High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane1h 36mHarold Patton
  133. 1980Raise the Titanic1h 55mMaster Chief Vinnie Walker
  134. 1980Skag2h 18mMoran
  135. 1980City in Fear2h 16mSheldon Lewis
  136. 1980Brubaker2h 11mC.P. Woodward
  137. 1979No Other Love1h 37mDeFranco
  138. 1979Dear Detective1h 38mCapt. Gorcey
  139. 1979The Gift1h 40mLegion Commander
  140. 1979The Jerk1h 34mMadman
  141. 1979The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh1h 42mWally Cantrell
  142. 1978Straight Time1h 54mEarl Frank
  143. 1978A Question of Guilt1h 44mInspector McCartney
  144. 1978Superdome1h 37mWhitley
  145. 1977Red Alert1h 35mSheriff Sweeney
  146. 1977Airport '771h 54mDr. Williams
  147. 1977Slap Shot2h 3mDickie Dunn
  148. 1976The Invasion of Johnson County1h 40mIrvine
  149. 1976Mikey and Nicky1h 46mBus Driver
  150. 1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic1h 36mMr. Peterson
  151. 1975Crime Club1h 14mJack Doyle
  152. 1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue1h 38mDoorman
  153. 1975At Long Last Love2h 5mHarold
  154. 1974The Gambler1h 52mLas Vegas Gambler
  155. 1973Kid Blue1h 40mBarber
  156. 1972The Sandy Duncan Show1 season
  157. 1972Get to Know Your Rabbit1h 31mMr. Wendel
  158. 1972What's Up, Doc?1h 34mArresting Officer
  159. 1971They Might Be Giants1h 38m1st Sanitation Man
  160. 1971Escape from the Planet of the Apes1h 38mAide
  161. 1970The Traveling Executioner1h 35mWarden Brodski
  162. 1970End of the Road1h 50mCrab Man / Tutu Man
  163. 1970Little Big Man2h 19mShotgun Guard