Birthday:
Mar 22, 1935
Place of Birth: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Place of Birth: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
M. Emmet Walsh
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).
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| South of Bix | Grandpa | 2019 |
| Brubaker | C.P. Woodward | 1980 |
| The Iron Giant | Earl Stutz (voice) | 1999 |
| Critters | Harv | 1986 |
| Alice's Restaurant | Group W Sergeant | 1969 |
| The Best of Times | Charlie | 1986 |
| The Mighty Quinn | Fred Miller | 1989 |
| The Jerk | Madman | 1979 |
| Blood Simple | Loren Visser | 1984 |
| Slap Shot | Dickie Dunn | 1977 |
| Chairman of the Board | Freemont | 1998 |
| Straight Time | Earl Frank | 1978 |
| Narrow Margin | Sergeant Dominick Benti | 1990 |
| Wild Wild West | Coleman | 1999 |
| Cold Turkey | Art | 1971 |
| Raise the Titanic | Master Chief Vinnie Walker | 1980 |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Burns | 1984 |
| Cannery Row | Mack | 1982 |
| My Best Friend's Wedding | Joe O'Neal | 1997 |
| Harry and the Hendersons | George Henderson Sr. | 1987 |
| Twilight | Lester Ivar | 1998 |
| Fletch | Dr. Joseph Dolan | 1985 |
| Red Scorpion | Dewey Ferguson | 1988 |
| Silkwood | Walt Yarborough | 1983 |
| Retroactive | Sam | 1997 |
| Christmas in the Clouds | Stu O'Malley | 2001 |
| No Man's Land | Captain Haun | 1987 |
| Big Stan | Lew Popper | 2007 |
| Catch Me If You Can | Johnny Phatmun | 1989 |
| Christmas with the Kranks | Walt Scheel | 2004 |
| Don McKay | Samuel | 2009 |
| The Outlaws | Warden MacDonald | 1984 |
| Cops & Robbersons | Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited) | 1994 |
| Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins | 2007 |
| Missing in Action | Tuck | 1984 |
| Back to School | Coach Turnbull | 1986 |
| Back Roads | Arthur | 1981 |
| The Gambler | Las Vegas gambler | 1974 |
| Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Mort | 1989 |
| Poor White Trash | Judge Pike | 2000 |
| Me and Will | Dean | 1999 |
| Fast-Walking | Sergeant Sanger | 1982 |
| Ordinary People | Swim Coach | 1980 |
| The Music of Chance | Calvin Murks | 1993 |
| Camp Nowhere | T.R. Polk | 1994 |
| Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007 |
| Reds | Speaker at Liberal Club | 1981 |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Wally Cantrell | 1979 |
| White Sands | Bert Gibson | 1992 |
| Killer Image | John Kane | 1992 |
| Roney's Point | Lance McKyle | 1970 |
| The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Doorman | 1975 |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub | 2012 |
| War Party | Colin Ditweiler | 1988 |
| The Traveling Executioner | Warden Brodski | 1970 |
| The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Sam Davies | 1986 |
| Grandview, U.S.A. | Mr. Clark | 1984 |
| City in Fear | Sheldon Lewis | 1980 |
| Thunderground | Wedge | 1989 |
| Random Hearts | Billy (uncredited) | 1999 |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Morris | 1995 |
| Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Chief Van Owen | 2011 |
| High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Harold Patton | 1980 |
| Red Alert | Sheriff Sweeney | 1977 |
| A Question of Guilt | Inspector McCartney | 1978 |
| Your Name Here | Kroger | 2008 |
| Scandalous | Simon Reynolds | 1984 |
| Broken Vows | Detective Mulligan | 1987 |
| At Long Last Love | Harold | 1975 |
| Nickelodeon | "Father" Logan | 1976 |
| Love Sick Love | Ed | 2012 |
| Monster! | Lloyd Reeves | 1999 |
| Skag | Moran | 1980 |
| The Naked Truth | Garcia / Gesundheim | 1992 |
| Bitter Harvest | Sheriff Bob | 1993 |
| The Flash | Henry Allen | 1990 |
| Abduction | Don Nichols | 1987 |
| Baggage | Sandy Westphall | 2003 |
| Haunted Echoes | Neil | 2008 |
| Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Bill Wilcox | 1995 |
| Calvary | The Writer | 2014 |
| Probable Cause | Sadler | 1994 |
| Racing Stripes | Woodzie | 2005 |
| Four Eyes and Six-Guns | 1992 | |
| They Might Be Giants | 1st Sanitation Man | 1971 |
| Youth in Revolt | Mr. Saunders | 2009 |
| Mikey and Nicky | Bus Driver | 1976 |
| Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic | Mr. Peterson | 1975 |
| Little Big Man | Shotgun Guard | 1970 |
| Superdome | Whitley | 1978 |
| A Time to Kill | Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited) | 1996 |
| Airport '77 | Dr. Williams | 1977 |
| On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Self | 2000 |
| Snow Dogs | George | 2002 |
| Blade Runner | Bryant | 1982 |
| Relative Fear | Earl Ladelle | 1995 |
| Criminal Hearts | Martin | 1996 |
| Nightmare in Big Sky Country | Marshal Jim Phillips | 1998 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Aide | 1971 |
| The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | Gorak | 2015 |
| Albino Alligator | Dino | 1997 |
| Resting Place | Sarge | 1986 |
| Greener Mountains | Muggs | 2005 |
| Courage | Colonel Crouse | 1984 |
| Serpico | Gallagher | 1973 |
| Madness of Method | Rudolph Thorndyke | 1970 |
| Outlaw Posse | Catfish | 2024 |
| Fourth Story | Harry | 1991 |
| The Assignment | Mr. Beudreaux | 2010 |
| Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey | 1987 |
| Boiling Pot | Dean Marison | 2015 |
| Chattahoochee | Morris | 1990 |
| Wildcats | Walt Coes | 1986 |
| Brothers | Judge Farful | 2024 |
| Panther | Dorsett | 1995 |
| Sunset | Chief Marvin Dibner | 1988 |
| Erasable You | Ralph Worth | 1998 |
| The Glass Shield | Det. Jesse Hall | 1994 |
| What's Up, Doc? | Arresting Officer | 1972 |
| Portraits of a Killer | Raymond Garrison | 1996 |
| Wilder Napalm | Fire Chief | 1993 |
| Men in White | Stanley | 1998 |
| Silverfox | Charles Blankenship | 1970 |
| Raising Arizona | Machine Shop Ear-Bender | 1987 |
| The Escape Artist | Fritz | 1982 |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Wendel | 1972 |
| End of the Road | Crab Man / Tutu Man | 1970 |
| Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland | 2010 |
| The Gift | Legion Commander | 1979 |
| Midnight Cowboy | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Hellinger's Law | Mr. Graebner | 1981 |
| Wild Card | Mose | 1992 |
| Dear Detective | Capt. Gorcey | 1979 |
| Change in the Air | Walter Lemke | 2018 |
| The Right of the People | Sindaco | 1986 |
| Clean and Sober | Richard Dirks | 1988 |
| Shifting Gears | Hank | 2018 |
| The Invasion of Johnson County | Irvine | 1976 |
| The Lottery | Chief Davis | 1996 |
| Toto | Toto | 2018 |
| The Killing Jar | Sheriff Foley | 1997 |
| Faith, Hope & Love | Fr. John | 2019 |
| Bound for Glory | Husband | 1976 |
| Eyeball Eddie | Coach Cook | 2001 |
| Knives Out | Mr. Proofroc | 2019 |
| Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling | 2019 |
| Dead Badge | Sergeant Miller Hoskins | 1995 |
| The Woman Who Willed a Miracle | Joe Lemke | 1983 |
| Night Partners | Joe Kirby | 1983 |
| Love and Lies | Clyde Wilson | 1990 |
| Romeo + Juliet | Apothecary | 1996 |
| Equinox | Pete Petosa | 1992 |
| Jack of Hearts | Comissioner Menlo Boyce | 2000 |
| No Other Love | DeFranco | 1979 |
| Arthur Newman | Zazek | 2012 |
| Crime Club | Jack Doyle | 1975 |
| Sorry, Not Sorry | Harry's Father | 2019 |
| The Mimic | The Director | 2021 |
| Stiletto | Racing Partner (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Kid Blue | Barber | 1973 |
| The Immaculate Room | Kate's Father | 2022 |
| A Little White Lie | Arthur Baldwin | 2023 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Governor | 1988 |
| Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Wally Westland | 2003 |
| Dotty and Soul | Harold Eichelbaum | 2023 |
| Green and Gold | Scotty | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Flash | Henry Allen | 1990 |
| Arnie | 1970 | |
| Starsky & Hutch | Freddie | 1975 |
| Home Improvement | Colonel | 1991 |
| Little House on the Prairie | 1974 | |
| Early Edition | 1996 | |
| The Twilight Zone | Peter | 1985 |
| All in the Family | Billy Hartfield | 1971 |
| Ed | Mayor Wally Kendricks | 2000 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Jonas | 1989 |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Jack Hoover | 1972 |
| Tracey Takes On... | 1996 | |
| Baretta | 1975 | |
| The Civil War | Various | 1990 |
| Frasier | Rich Koechner | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Arthur Dales | 1993 |
| Night Visions | Gus | 2001 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sarge | 1951 |
| The Sandy Duncan Show | 1972 | |
| The Hitchhiker | Detective Underhill | 1983 |
| Unsub | Ned Platt | 1989 |
| The Outer Limits | Sanford Vallé | 1995 |
| The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Mack (voice) | 1999 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Gemsbok #1 (voice) | 1998 |
| Empire | Harold Blakeley | 2015 |
| Amazing Stories | Grandpa | 1985 |
| The Righteous Gemstones | Roy Gemstone | 2019 |
| McMillan & Wife | Officer Ames | 1971 |
| Nichols | Gabe McCutcheon | 1971 |
| Pound Puppies | Olaf (voice) | 2010 |
| The French Atlantic Affair | Harry | 1979 |
| Charlie Lawrence | Cubby | 2003 |
| Brotherhood of the Rose | Hardy | 1989 |
| Bonanza | Mattheson | 1959 |
| The Rockford Files | Edgar Burch | 1974 |
| Baseball | Various (voice) | 1994 |
| East of Eden | Sheriff Horace Quinn | 1981 |
| Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey | 1987 |
| What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Jeb (voice) | 2002 |
| American Gigolo | Coleman | 2022 |
| Damages | Lyle Hewes | 2007 |
| The West | Self (voice) | 1996 |
| NYPD Blue | Joe Kroft | 1993 |
| Starsky & Hutch | Lloyd Herman Eckworth | 1975 |
| The Waltons | David Fletcher | 1972 |
| Ironside | Telegraph Clerk | 1967 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | General Presser | 1954 |
| Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories | Detective | 2014 |
| AfterMASH | Reverend Horn | 1983 |
| Adventure Time | Cosmic Owl | 2010 |
| Sneaky Pete | Tex Hopkins | 2015 |
