People
M. Emmet Walsh
- Name: M. Emmet Walsh
- Birthday: 1935-03-22
- Also known as: Michael Emmet Walsh
- Place of birth: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
- Popularity: 13.103
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).
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Green and Gold as Scotty | 2024-10-17 |
| Brothers as Judge Farful | 2024-10-10 |
| Outlaw Posse as Catfish | 2024-03-01 |
| Dotty and Soul as Harold Eichelbaum | 2023-05-19 |
| A Little White Lie as Arthur Baldwin | 2023-03-03 |
| The Immaculate Room as Kate's Father | 2022-08-19 |
| The Mimic as The Director | 2021-02-05 |
| Knives Out as Mr. Proofroc | 2019-11-27 |
| South of Bix as Grandpa | 2019-06-20 |
| Raising Buchanan as Larry Kiesling | 2019-04-12 |
| Faith, Hope & Love as Fr. John | 2019-03-15 |
| Sorry, Not Sorry as Harry's Father | 2019-03-08 |
| Change in the Air as Walter Lemke | 2018-10-19 |
| Toto as Toto | 2018-08-01 |
| Shifting Gears as Hank | 2018-03-23 |
| Boiling Pot as Dean Marison | 2015-09-29 |
| The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power as Gorak | 2015-01-09 |
| Calvary as The Writer | 2014-04-11 |
| Love Sick Love as Ed | 2012-11-15 |
| Arthur Newman as Zazek | 2012-09-07 |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Uncle Bub | 2012-08-15 |
| Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency as Chief Van Owen | 2011-01-04 |
| Chasing 3000 as Chuck Ireland | 2010-07-16 |
| The Assignment as Mr. Beudreaux | 2010-06-15 |
| Youth in Revolt as Mr. Saunders | 2009-09-11 |
| Don McKay as Samuel | 2009-04-24 |
| Haunted Echoes as Neil | 2008-11-20 |
| Your Name Here as Kroger | 2008-06-13 |
| Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner as Self | 2007-12-18 |
| Big Stan as Lew Popper | 2007-11-03 |
| Man in the Chair as Mickey Hopkins | 2007-01-27 |
| Greener Mountains as Muggs | 2005-06-25 |
| Racing Stripes as Woodzie | 2005-01-06 |
| Christmas with the Kranks as Walt Scheel | 2004-11-24 |
| Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Wally Westland | 2003-08-09 |
| Baggage as Sandy Westphall | 2003-03-01 |
| Snow Dogs as George | 2002-01-18 |
| Eyeball Eddie as Coach Cook | 2001-04-06 |
| Christmas in the Clouds as Stu O'Malley | 2001-01-21 |
| Poor White Trash as Judge Pike | 2000-12-01 |
| Jack of Hearts as Comissioner Menlo Boyce | 2000-11-02 |
| On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' as Self | 2000-07-15 |
| Random Hearts as Billy (uncredited) | 1999-10-08 |
| Monster! as Lloyd Reeves | 1999-09-12 |
| The Iron Giant as Earl Stutz (voice) | 1999-08-06 |
| Me and Will as Dean | 1999-07-10 |
| Wild Wild West as Coleman | 1999-06-30 |
| Nightmare in Big Sky Country as Marshal Jim Phillips | 1998-08-17 |
| Men in White as Stanley | 1998-08-16 |
| Erasable You as Ralph Worth | 1998-06-13 |
| Chairman of the Board as Freemont | 1998-03-13 |
| Twilight as Lester Ivar | 1998-03-06 |
| My Best Friend's Wedding as Joe O'Neal | 1997-06-19 |
| The Killing Jar | 1997-05-27 |
| Albino Alligator as Dino | 1997-01-17 |
| Retroactive as Sam | 1997-01-01 |
| Romeo + Juliet as Apothecary | 1996-11-01 |
| The Lottery as Chief Davis | 1996-09-29 |
| A Time to Kill as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited) | 1996-07-24 |
| Portraits of a Killer as Raymond Garrison | 1996-05-21 |
| Criminal Hearts as Martin | 1996-02-15 |
| Relative Fear as Earl Ladelle | 1995-10-03 |
| Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Bill Wilcox | 1995-07-19 |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as Morris | 1995-06-06 |
| Panther as Dorsett | 1995-05-03 |
| Dead Badge as Sergeant Miller Hoskins | 1995-03-28 |
| Probable Cause as Sadler | 1994-11-20 |
| The Glass Shield as Det. Jesse Hall | 1994-09-16 |
| Camp Nowhere as T.R. Polk | 1994-08-26 |
| Cops & Robbersons as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited) | 1994-04-15 |
| Bitter Harvest as Sheriff Bob | 1993-11-03 |
| Wilder Napalm as Fire Chief | 1993-08-20 |
| The Music of Chance as Calvin Murks | 1993-06-23 |
| Four Eyes and Six-Guns | 1992-12-07 |
| The Naked Truth as Garcia / Gesundheim | 1992-09-29 |
| Equinox as Pete Petosa | 1992-09-18 |
| Wild Card as Mose | 1992-08-03 |
| White Sands as Bert Gibson | 1992-04-24 |
| Killer Image as John Kane | 1992-03-01 |
| Fourth Story as Harry | 1991-01-19 |
| The Flash as Henry Allen | 1990-11-04 |
| Narrow Margin as Sergeant Dominick Benti | 1990-09-21 |
| Chattahoochee as Morris | 1990-04-20 |
| Love and Lies as Clyde Wilson | 1990-03-18 |
| Catch Me If You Can as Johnny Phatmun | 1989-10-14 |
| Thunderground as Wedge | 1989-09-01 |
| Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Mort | 1989-05-18 |
| The Mighty Quinn as Fred Miller | 1989-02-17 |
| Red Scorpion as Dewey Ferguson | 1988-12-24 |
| War Party as Colin Ditweiler | 1988-09-15 |
| Clean and Sober as Richard Dirks | 1988-08-10 |
| Sunset as Chief Marvin Dibner | 1988-04-29 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War as Governor | 1988-03-18 |
| No Man's Land as Captain Haun | 1987-10-23 |
| Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson Sr. | 1987-06-05 |
| Murder Ordained as Vern Humphrey | 1987-05-03 |
| Raising Arizona as Machine Shop Ear-Bender | 1987-03-13 |
| Abduction as Don Nichols | 1987-03-08 |
| Broken Vows as Detective Mulligan | 1987-01-28 |
| Back to School as Coach Turnbull | 1986-06-13 |
| The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Sam Davies | 1986-05-04 |
| Resting Place as Sarge | 1986-04-27 |
| Critters as Harv | 1986-04-11 |
| Wildcats as Walt Coes | 1986-02-14 |
| The Best of Times as Charlie | 1986-01-31 |
| The Right of the People as Sindaco | 1986-01-13 |
| Fletch as Dr. Joseph Dolan | 1985-05-31 |
| Courage as Colonel Crouse | 1984-11-16 |
| Missing in Action as Tuck | 1984-11-16 |
| Grandview, U.S.A. as Mr. Clark | 1984-08-03 |
| The Outlaws as Warden MacDonald | 1984-07-09 |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village as Burns | 1984-06-22 |
| Blood Simple as Loren Visser | 1984-03-26 |
| Scandalous as Simon Reynolds | 1984-01-29 |
| Silkwood as Walt Yarborough | 1983-12-14 |
| Night Partners as Joe Kirby | 1983-10-11 |
| The Woman Who Willed a Miracle as Joe Lemke | 1983-02-09 |
| Blade Runner as Bryant | 1982-06-25 |
| The Escape Artist as Fritz | 1982-05-28 |
| Fast-Walking as Sergeant Sanger | 1982-05-11 |
| Cannery Row as Mack | 1982-02-12 |
| Reds as Speaker at Liberal Club | 1981-12-25 |
| Back Roads as Arthur | 1981-03-13 |
| Hellinger's Law as Mr. Graebner | 1981-03-10 |
| High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane as Harold Patton | 1980-11-15 |
| Ordinary People as Swim Coach | 1980-09-19 |
| Raise the Titanic as Master Chief Vinnie Walker | 1980-08-01 |
| Brubaker as C.P. Woodward | 1980-06-20 |
| City in Fear as Sheldon Lewis | 1980-03-30 |
| Skag as Moran | 1980-01-06 |
| The Gift as Legion Commander | 1979-12-15 |
| The Jerk as Madman | 1979-12-14 |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Wally Cantrell | 1979-11-06 |
| Dear Detective as Capt. Gorcey | 1979-03-27 |
| No Other Love as DeFranco | 1979-03-24 |
| Straight Time as Earl Frank | 1978-03-18 |
| A Question of Guilt as Inspector McCartney | 1978-02-21 |
| Superdome as Whitley | 1978-01-09 |
| Red Alert as Sheriff Sweeney | 1977-05-18 |
| Airport '77 as Dr. Williams | 1977-03-11 |
| Slap Shot as Dickie Dunn | 1977-02-25 |
| Nickelodeon as "Father" Logan | 1976-12-21 |
| Mikey and Nicky as Bus Driver | 1976-12-21 |
| Bound for Glory as Husband | 1976-12-05 |
| The Invasion of Johnson County as Irvine | 1976-07-31 |
| Crime Club as Jack Doyle | 1975-04-03 |
| The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Doorman | 1975-03-14 |
| At Long Last Love as Harold | 1975-03-01 |
| Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Mr. Peterson | 1975-02-11 |
| The Gambler as Las Vegas gambler | 1974-10-02 |
| Serpico as Gallagher | 1973-12-18 |
| Kid Blue as Barber | 1973-01-31 |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Wendel | 1972-06-07 |
| What's Up, Doc? as Arresting Officer | 1972-03-09 |
| They Might Be Giants as 1st Sanitation Man | 1971-06-09 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Aide | 1971-05-20 |
| Cold Turkey as Art | 1971-02-19 |
| Little Big Man as Shotgun Guard | 1970-12-23 |
| The Traveling Executioner as Warden Brodski | 1970-10-01 |
| End of the Road as Crab Man / Tutu Man | 1970-02-10 |
| Alice's Restaurant as Group W Sergeant | 1969-08-20 |
| Stiletto as Racing Partner (uncredited) | 1969-07-30 |
| Midnight Cowboy as Bus Passenger (uncredited) | 1969-05-25 |
