M. Emmet Walsh
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Acting Credits
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 fi...
Known For
Filmography
Green and Gold
2025
as Scotty
Outlaw Posse
2024
as Catfish
Brothers
2024
as Judge Farful
A Little White Lie
2023
as Arthur Baldwin
Dotty and Soul
2023
as Harold Eichelbaum
The Immaculate Room
2022
as Kate's Father
American Gigolo
2022
as Coleman
The Mimic
2021
as The Director
South of Bix
2019
as Grandpa
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
as Fr. John
Knives Out
2019
as Mr. Proofroc
Raising Buchanan
2019
as Larry Kiesling
Sorry, Not Sorry
2019
as Harry's Father
The Righteous Gemstones
2019
as Roy Gemstone
Change in the Air
2018
as Walter Lemke
Shifting Gears
2018
as Hank
Toto
2018
as Toto
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as Gorak
Boiling Pot
2015
as Dean Marison
Empire
2015
as Harold Blakeley
Sneaky Pete
2015
as Tex Hopkins
Calvary
2014
as The Writer
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
as Detective
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Uncle Bub
Love Sick Love
2012
as Ed
Arthur Newman
2012
as Zazek
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
2011
as Chief Van Owen
The Assignment
2010
as Mr. Beudreaux
Chasing 3000
2010
as Chuck Ireland
Pound Puppies
2010
as Olaf (voice)
Adventure Time
2010
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
Don McKay
2009
as Samuel
Youth in Revolt
2009
as Mr. Saunders
Your Name Here
2008
as Kroger
Haunted Echoes
2008
as Neil
A True Character
2008
as Self
Big Stan
2007
as Lew Popper
Man in the Chair
2007
as Mickey Hopkins
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
as Self
Damages
2007
as Lyle Hewes
Army Wives
2007
as Bernie Wallacheck
'Til Death
2006
as Uncle Rudolph
Racing Stripes
2005
as Woodzie
Greener Mountains
2005
as Muggs
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
as Walt Scheel
Baggage
2003
as Sandy Westphall
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
as Wally Westland
Charlie Lawrence
2003
as Cubby
Snow Dogs
2002
as George
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
as Jeb (voice)
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
as Stu O'Malley
Eyeball Eddie
2001
as Coach Cook
Night Visions
2001
as Gus (segment "Reunion")
The Guardian
2001
as Ezra Pence
Poor White Trash
2000
as Judge Pike
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
as Self
Jack of Hearts
2000
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
Ed
2000
as Mayor Wally Kendricks
The Iron Giant
1999
as Earl Stutz (voice)
Wild Wild West
1999
as Coleman
Me and Will
1999
as Dean
Random Hearts
1999
as Billy (uncredited)
Monster!
1999
as Lloyd Reeves
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999
as Mack (voice)
Chairman of the Board
1998
as Freemont
Twilight
1998
as Lester Ivar
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998
as Marshal Jim Phillips
Erasable You
1998
as Ralph Worth
Men in White
1998
as Stanley
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Joe O'Neal
Retroactive
1997
as Sam
Albino Alligator
1997
as Dino
The Killing Jar
1997
as Sheriff Foley
A Time to Kill
1996
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Criminal Hearts
1996
as Martin
Portraits of a Killer
1996
as Raymond Garrison
The Lottery
1996
as Chief Davis
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Apothecary
Early Edition
1996
as Santa
Tracey Takes On...
1996
The West
1996
as Self (voice)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995
as Morris
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
as Bill Wilcox
Panther
1995
as Dorsett
Dead Badge
1995
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
The Outer Limits
1995
as Sanford Vallé
Cops & Robbersons
1994
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Camp Nowhere
1994
as T.R. Polk
Probable Cause
1994
as Sadler
Relative Fear
1994
as Earl Ladelle
Madness of Method
1994
as Rudolph Thorndyke
The Glass Shield
1994
as Det. Jesse Hall
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
The Music of Chance
1993
as Calvin Murks
Bitter Harvest
1993
as Sheriff Bob
Wilder Napalm
1993
as Fire Chief
Frasier
1993
as Rich Koechner
The X-Files
1993
as Arthur Dales
NYPD Blue
1993
as Joe Kroft
White Sands
1992
as Bert Gibson
Killer Image
1992
as John Kane
The Naked Truth
1992
as Garcia / Gesundheim
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
as Mayor Thornbush
Wild Card
1992
as Mose
Equinox
1992
as Pete Petosa
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991
as Mort
Fourth Story
1991
as Harry
Silverfox
1991
as Charles Blankenship
Home Improvement
1991
as Colonel
Narrow Margin
1990
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
The Flash
1990
as Henry Allen
Chattahoochee
1990
as Morris
Love and Lies
1990
as Clyde Wilson
The Flash
1990
as Henry Allen
The Civil War
1990
as Various (voice)
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Fred Miller
Catch Me... If You Can
1989
as Johnny Phatmun
Thunderground
1989
as Wedge
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Jonas
Unsub
1989
as Ned Platt
Brotherhood of the Rose
1989
as Hardy
Red Scorpion
1988
as Dewey Ferguson
War Party
1988
as Colin Ditweiler
Sunset
1988
as Chief Marvin Dibner
Clean and Sober
1988
as Richard Dirks
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Governor
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
as George Henderson Sr.
No Man's Land
1987
as Captain Haun
Broken Vows
1987
as Detective Mulligan
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987
as Don Nichols
Murder Ordained
1987
as Vern Humphrey
Raising Arizona
1987
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Murder Ordained
1987
as Vern Humphrey
Critters
1986
as Harv
The Best of Times
1986
as Charlie
Back to School
1986
as Coach Turnbull
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
as Det. Sam Davies
Resting Place
1986
as Sarge
Wildcats
1986
as Walt Coes
The Right of the People
1986
as Sindaco
Hero in the Family
1986
as General Presser
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
as Det. Sam Davies
Blood Simple
1985
as Private Detective
Fletch
1985
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
1985
as Rocco
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Amazing Stories
1985
as Grandpa
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
as Burns
The Outlaws
1984
as Warden MacDonald
Missing in Action
1984
as Tuck
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Mr. Clark
Scandalous
1984
as Simon Reynolds
Courage
1984
as Colonel Crouse
Silkwood
1983
as Walt Yarborough
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
as Joe Lemke
Night Partners
1983
as Joe Kirby
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Detective Underhill
AfterMASH
1983
as Reverend Horn
Cannery Row
1982
as Mack
Fast-Walking
1982
as Sergeant Sanger
Blade Runner
1982
as Bryant
The Escape Artist
1982
as Fritz
Back Roads
1981
as Arthur
Reds
1981
as Speaker at Liberal Club
Hellinger's Law
1981
as Mr. Graebner
East of Eden
1981
as Sheriff Horace Quinn
Brubaker
1980
as C.P. Woodward
Raise the Titanic
1980
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Ordinary People
1980
as Swim Coach
City in Fear
1980
as Sheldon Lewis
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980
as Harold Patton
Skag
1980
as Moran
The Jerk
1979
as Madman
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Wally Cantrell
The Gift
1979
as Legion Commander
Dear Detective
1979
as Capt. Gorcey
No Other Love
1979
as DeFranco
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Harry
Straight Time
1978
as Earl Frank
A Question of Guilt
1978
as Inspector McCartney
Superdome
1978
as Whitley
Slap Shot
1977
as Dickie Dunn
Red Alert
1977
as Sheriff Sweeney
Airport '77
1977
as Dr. Williams
Nickelodeon
1976
as "Father" Logan
Mikey and Nicky
1976
as Bus Driver
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
as Irvine
Bound for Glory
1976
as Husband
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
as Doorman
At Long Last Love
1975
as Harold
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
as Mr. Peterson
Crime Club
1975
as Jack Doyle
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Freddie
Baretta
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Lloyd Herman Eckworth
The Gambler
1974
as Las Vegas Gambler
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Callahan
The Rockford Files
1974
as Edgar Burch
Serpico
1973
as Gallagher
Kid Blue
1973
as Barber
What's Up, Doc?
1972
as Arresting Officer
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
as Mr. Wendel
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Jack Hoover
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
The Waltons
1972
as David Fletcher
Cold Turkey
1971
as Art
They Might Be Giants
1971
as 1st Sanitation Man
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Aide
All in the Family
1971
as Billy Hartfield
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Officer Ames
Nichols
1971
as Gabe McCutcheon
The Traveling Executioner
1970
as Warden Brodski
Little Big Man
1970
as Shotgun Guard
End of the Road
1970
as Crab Man / Tutu Man
Arnie
1970
Alice's Restaurant
1969
as Group W Sergeant
Midnight Cowboy
1969
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Stiletto
1969
as Racing Partner (uncredited)
Ironside
1967
as Telegraph Clerk
Bonanza
1959
as Mattheson
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as General Presser
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sarge