M. Emmet Walsh
Acting
- Born:
- 1935-03-22
- Died:
- 2024-03-19
- Place of birth:
- 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).
Known For
Filmography
Green and Gold
Brothers
Outlaw Posse
Dotty and Soul
A Little White Lie
American Gigolo
The Immaculate Room
The Mimic
Knives Out
The Righteous Gemstones
South of Bix
Raising Buchanan
Faith, Hope & Love
Sorry, Not Sorry
Change in the Air
Toto
Shifting Gears
Boiling Pot
Sneaky Pete
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Empire
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Calvary
Love Sick Love
Arthur Newman
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Pound Puppies
Chasing 3000
The Assignment
Adventure Time
Youth in Revolt
Don McKay
Haunted Echoes
Your Name Here
A True Character
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Big Stan
Damages
Army Wives
Man in the Chair
'Til Death
Greener Mountains
Racing Stripes
Christmas with the Kranks
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Charlie Lawrence
Baggage
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Snow Dogs
The Guardian
Night Visions
Eyeball Eddie
Christmas in the Clouds
Poor White Trash
Jack of Hearts
Ed
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Random Hearts
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Monster!
The Iron Giant
Me and Will
Wild Wild West
The Wild Thornberrys
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Men in White
Erasable You
Chairman of the Board
Twilight
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Killing Jar
Retroactive
Albino Alligator
Romeo + Juliet
The Lottery
Early Edition
The West
A Time to Kill
Portraits of a Killer
Criminal Hearts
Tracey Takes On...
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Panther
Dead Badge
The Outer Limits
Relative Fear
Probable Cause
Baseball
The Glass Shield
Camp Nowhere
Cops & Robbersons
Madness of Method
Bitter Harvest
NYPD Blue
Frasier
The X-Files
Wilder Napalm
The Music of Chance
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
The Naked Truth
Equinox
Wild Card
White Sands
Killer Image
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Home Improvement
Silverfox
Fourth Story
The Flash
The Civil War
Narrow Margin
The Flash
Chattahoochee
Love and Lies
Catch Me... If You Can
Thunderground
Tales from the Crypt
The Mighty Quinn
Unsub
Brotherhood of the Rose
Red Scorpion
War Party
Clean and Sober
Sunset
The Milagro Beanfield War
No Man's Land
Harry and the Hendersons
Murder Ordained
Murder Ordained
Raising Arizona
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
Broken Vows
Hero in the Family
Back to School
The Deliberate Stranger
The Deliberate Stranger
Resting Place
Critters
Wildcats
The Best of Times
The Right of the People
Amazing Stories
The Twilight Zone
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
Fletch
Blood Simple
Missing in Action
Courage
Grandview, U.S.A.
The Outlaws
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Scandalous
Silkwood
The Hitchhiker
Night Partners
AfterMASH
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Blade Runner
The Escape Artist
Fast-Walking
Cannery Row
Reds
Back Roads
Hellinger's Law
East of Eden
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Ordinary People
Raise the Titanic
Brubaker
City in Fear
Skag
The Gift
The Jerk
The French Atlantic Affair
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Dear Detective
No Other Love
Straight Time
A Question of Guilt
Superdome
Red Alert
Airport '77
Slap Shot
Nickelodeon
Mikey and Nicky
Bound for Glory
The Invasion of Johnson County
Starsky & Hutch
Crime Club
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
At Long Last Love
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Baretta
The Gambler
The Rockford Files
Little House on the Prairie
Serpico
Kid Blue
The Sandy Duncan Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Waltons
Get to Know Your Rabbit
What's Up, Doc?
McMillan & Wife
Nichols
They Might Be Giants
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Cold Turkey
All in the Family
Little Big Man
The Traveling Executioner
Arnie
End of the Road
Alice's Restaurant
Stiletto
Midnight Cowboy
Ironside
Bonanza
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hallmark Hall of Fame