M. Emmet Walsh
Known for acting · Born 22 March 1935 · Died 19 March 2024 · aged 88 · Ogdensburg, New York, USA
222 credits
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
Blade Runner
1982
Critters
1986
Wild Wild West
1999
Missing in Action
1984
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Blood Simple
1985
Red Scorpion
1988
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
Pound Puppies
2010
Youth in Revolt
2009
Snow Dogs
2002
Ordinary People
1980
Acting (222)
2025Green and GoldScottyFilm
2024BrothersJudge FarfulFilm
2024Outlaw PosseCatfishFilm
2023A Little White LieArthur BaldwinFilm
2023Dotty and SoulHarold EichelbaumFilm
2022The Immaculate RoomKate's FatherFilm
2022American GigoloColemanSeries
2021The MimicThe DirectorFilm
2019Knives OutMr. ProofrocFilm
2019The Righteous GemstonesRoy Gemstone · 2 episodesSeries
2019Faith, Hope & LoveFr. JohnFilm
2019Raising BuchananLarry KieslingFilm
2019Sorry, Not SorryHarry's FatherFilm
2019South of BixGrandpaFilm
2018Change in the AirWalter LemkeFilm
2018Shifting GearsHankFilm
2018TotoTotoFilm
2015EmpireHarold BlakeleySeries
2015Sneaky PeteTex Hopkins · 7 episodesSeries
2015The Scorpion King 4: Quest for PowerGorakFilm
2015Boiling PotDean MarisonFilm
2014CalvaryThe WriterFilm
2014Tim and Eric's Bedtime StoriesDetectiveSeries
2012The Odd Life of Timothy GreenUncle BubFilm
2012Arthur NewmanZazekFilm
2012Love Sick LoveEdFilm
2011Sam Steele and the Junior Detective AgencyChief Van OwenFilm
2010Adventure TimeCosmic Owl (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2010Chasing 3000Chuck IrelandFilm
2010Pound PuppiesOlaf (voice) · 65 episodesSeries
2010The AssignmentMr. BeudreauxFilm
2009Youth in RevoltMr. SaundersFilm
2009Don McKaySamuelFilm
2008Haunted EchoesNeilFilm
2008Your Name HereKrogerFilm
2008A True CharacterSelfFilm
2007Big StanLew PopperFilm
2007DamagesLyle Hewes · 3 episodesSeries
2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelfFilm
2007Army WivesBernie WallacheckSeries
2007Man in the ChairMickey HopkinsFilm
2006'Til DeathUncle RudolphSeries
2005Racing StripesWoodzieFilm
2005Greener MountainsMuggsFilm
2004Christmas with the KranksWalt ScheelFilm
2003Tracey Ullman in the Trailer TalesWally WestlandFilm
2003Charlie LawrenceCubbySeries
2003BaggageSandy WestphallFilm
2002Snow DogsGeorgeFilm
2002What's New, Scooby-Doo?Jeb (voice)Series
2001The GuardianEzra PenceSeries
2001Night VisionsGus (segment "Reunion")Series
2001Christmas in the CloudsStu O'MalleyFilm
2001Eyeball EddieCoach CookFilm
2000EdMayor Wally KendricksSeries
2000Poor White TrashJudge PikeFilm
2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'SelfFilm
2000Jack of HeartsComissioner Menlo BoyceFilm
1999The Iron GiantEarl Stutz (voice)Film
1999Wild Wild WestColemanFilm
1999Random HeartsBilly (uncredited)Film
1999Me and WillDeanFilm
1999Monster!Lloyd ReevesFilm
1999The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotMack (voice) · 26 episodesSeries
1998The Wild ThornberrysGemsbok #1 (voice)Series
1998TwilightLester IvarFilm
1998Chairman of the BoardFreemontFilm
1998Men in WhiteStanleyFilm
1998Nightmare in Big Sky CountryMarshal Jim PhillipsFilm
1998Erasable YouRalph WorthFilm
1997My Best Friend's WeddingJoe O'NealFilm
1997RetroactiveSamFilm
1997Albino AlligatorDinoFilm
1997The Killing JarSheriff FoleyFilm
1996Romeo + JulietApothecaryFilm
1996A Time to KillWillard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)Film
1996Early EditionSantaSeries
1996The WestSelf (voice)Series
1996Criminal HeartsMartinFilm
1996The LotteryChief DavisFilm
1996Portraits of a KillerRaymond GarrisonFilm
1996Tracey Takes On... · 2 episodesSeries
1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeBill WilcoxFilm
1995The Outer LimitsSanford ValléSeries
1995PantherDorsettFilm
1995Dead BadgeSergeant Miller HoskinsFilm
1995From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerMorrisFilm
1994Camp NowhereT.R. PolkFilm
1994Cops & RobbersonsCaptain Ted Corbett (uncredited)Film
1994The Glass ShieldDet. Jesse HallFilm
1994Baseball(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1994Relative FearEarl LadelleFilm
1994Probable CauseSadlerFilm
1994Madness of MethodRudolph ThorndykeFilm
1993The X-FilesArthur DalesSeries
1993FrasierRich KoechnerSeries
1993NYPD BlueJoe KroftSeries
1993The Music of ChanceCalvin MurksFilm
1993Wilder NapalmFire ChiefFilm
1993Bitter HarvestSheriff BobFilm
1992White SandsBert GibsonFilm
1992EquinoxPete PetosaFilm
1992The Naked TruthGarcia / GesundheimFilm
1992Killer ImageJohn KaneFilm
1992Four Eyes and Six-GunsMayor ThornbushFilm
1992Wild CardMoseFilm
1991Home ImprovementColonel · 2 episodesSeries
1991Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatMortFilm
1991Fourth StoryHarryFilm
1991SilverfoxCharles BlankenshipFilm
1990The FlashHenry Allen · 2 episodesSeries
1990Narrow MarginSergeant Dominick BentiFilm
1990The Civil WarVarious (voice) · 9 episodesSeries
1990The FlashHenry AllenFilm
1990ChattahoocheeMorrisFilm
1990Love and LiesClyde WilsonFilm
1989Tales from the CryptJonasSeries
1989The Mighty QuinnFred MillerFilm
1989Brotherhood of the RoseHardy · 2 episodesSeries
1989Catch Me... If You CanJohnny PhatmunFilm
1989ThundergroundWedgeFilm
1989UnsubNed Platt · 8 episodesSeries
1988Red ScorpionDewey FergusonFilm
1988SunsetChief Marvin DibnerFilm
1988The Milagro Beanfield WarGovernorFilm
1988Clean and SoberRichard DirksFilm
1988War PartyColin DitweilerFilm
1987Raising ArizonaMachine Shop Ear-BenderFilm
1987Harry and the HendersonsGeorge Henderson Sr.Film
1987No Man's LandCaptain HaunFilm
1987Broken VowsDetective MulliganFilm
1987Murder OrdainedVern Humphrey · 2 episodesSeries
1987The Abduction of Kari SwensonDon NicholsFilm
1987Murder OrdainedVern HumphreyFilm
1986CrittersHarvFilm
1986Back to SchoolCoach TurnbullFilm
1986WildcatsWalt CoesFilm
1986The Best of TimesCharlieFilm
1986The Deliberate StrangerDet. Sam DaviesFilm
1986Resting PlaceSargeFilm
1986Hero in the FamilyGeneral PresserFilm
1986The Right of the PeopleSindacoFilm
1986The Deliberate StrangerDet. Sam Davies · 2 episodesSeries
1985Blood SimplePrivate DetectiveFilm
1985FletchDr. Joseph DolanFilm
1985The Twilight ZonePeter (segment "Dealer's Choice")Series
1985Amazing StoriesGrandpaSeries
1985The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary FinnRoccoFilm
1984Missing in ActionTuckFilm
1984The Pope of Greenwich VillageBurnsFilm
1984Grandview, U.S.A.Mr. ClarkFilm
1984CourageColonel CrouseFilm
1984ScandalousSimon ReynoldsFilm
1984The OutlawsWarden MacDonaldFilm
1983SilkwoodWalt YarboroughFilm
1983The HitchhikerDetective UnderhillSeries
1983AfterMASHReverend HornSeries
1983The Woman Who Willed a MiracleJoe LemkeFilm
1983Night PartnersJoe KirbyFilm
1982Blade RunnerBryantFilm
1982Cannery RowMackFilm
1982Fast-WalkingSergeant SangerFilm
1982The Escape ArtistFritzFilm
1981RedsSpeaker at Liberal ClubFilm
1981Back RoadsArthurFilm
1981East of EdenSheriff Horace Quinn · 3 episodesSeries
1981Hellinger's LawMr. GraebnerFilm
1980Ordinary PeopleSwim CoachFilm
1980BrubakerC.P. WoodwardFilm
1980Raise the TitanicMaster Chief Vinnie WalkerFilm
1980City in FearSheldon LewisFilm
1980High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will KaneHarold PattonFilm
1980SkagMoranFilm
1979The JerkMadmanFilm
1979The Fish That Saved PittsburghWally CantrellFilm
1979The French Atlantic AffairHarry · 3 episodesSeries
1979The GiftLegion CommanderFilm
1979No Other LoveDeFrancoFilm
1979Dear DetectiveCapt. GorceyFilm
1978Straight TimeEarl FrankFilm
1978SuperdomeWhitleyFilm
1978A Question of GuiltInspector McCartneyFilm
1977Slap ShotDickie DunnFilm
1977Airport '77Dr. WilliamsFilm
1977Red AlertSheriff SweeneyFilm
1976Mikey and NickyBus DriverFilm
1976Bound for GloryHusbandFilm
1976Nickelodeon"Father" LoganFilm
1976The Invasion of Johnson CountyIrvineFilm
1975Starsky & HutchFreddie, Lloyd Herman EckworthSeries
1975The Prisoner of Second AvenueDoormanFilm
1975Baretta · 2 episodesSeries
1975At Long Last LoveHaroldFilm
1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicMr. PetersonFilm
1975Crime ClubJack DoyleFilm
1974Little House on the PrairieCallahanSeries
1974The GamblerLas Vegas GamblerFilm
1974The Rockford FilesEdgar BurchSeries
1973SerpicoGallagherFilm
1973Kid BlueBarberFilm
1972What's Up, Doc?Arresting OfficerFilm
1972The WaltonsDavid FletcherSeries
1972The Bob Newhart ShowJack HooverSeries
1972Get to Know Your RabbitMr. WendelFilm
1972The Sandy Duncan Show · 13 episodesSeries
1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesAideFilm
1971All in the FamilyBilly HartfieldSeries
1971They Might Be Giants1st Sanitation ManFilm
1971Cold TurkeyArtFilm
1971McMillan & WifeOfficer AmesSeries
1971NicholsGabe McCutcheon · 5 episodesSeries
1970Little Big ManShotgun GuardFilm
1970The Traveling ExecutionerWarden BrodskiFilm
1970End of the RoadCrab Man / Tutu ManFilm
1970ArnieSeries
1969Midnight CowboyBus Passenger (uncredited)Film
1969Alice's RestaurantGroup W SergeantFilm
1969StilettoRacing Partner (uncredited)Film
1967IronsideTelegraph ClerkSeries
1959BonanzaMatthesonSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyGeneral PresserSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSargeSeries